Musical Resources • First Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form)
“Arise in thy strength, we beseech thee, O Lord, and come…”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

“Arise in thy strength, we beseech thee, O Lord, and come…”

Whether this rumor is accurate makes no difference, because the rules for Friday abstinence were changed in the 1960s.

The liturgy suffers under the weight of the culture of mediocrity and instant gratification. Most distressing is a false sense of liberty that promotes a sense of entitlement, placing the preferences and opinions of the individual above all else.

I never dreamed that so many people love this stuff…and are willing to fight for it!

The program seeks to broaden the knowledge of already well trained musicians so that they can become well trained liturgical musicians.
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” —Leonard Bernstein

Some of the old Catholic hymnals were dreadful, but this one is splendid.

This special Solesmes book contains another version of the “Chants Abrégés.”

A movie I have been meaning to see for years and now heartily endorse.

An important approach when utilizing multiple styles in one liturgy is to filter all music through the most important musical and liturgical principals.
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