Musical Resources • 4th Sunday of Lent “Laetare”
The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
A simply stunning “Salve Regina” and the “Mass of Saint Philip Neri”
When questioned about the Traditional Latin Mass, here’s what Pope Francis ought to respond…
I have personally reached the point where I am not willing to compromise on this issue with my choristers.
We have been able to establish a choir, even though our FSSP parish is still in its infancy.
It’s no secret. Anyone who’s been in Church music realizes what happens in 99% of Catholic parishes.
This fall, Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic School in Kansas will become the third Catholic Choir School in the United States.
Pressure will be brought to have him walk back his statements, but I don’t believe he will.
The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
Is sight-singing only for elite choirs? Do you need fancy resources?
If the priest is “excessively” focused on the rubrics “…I do not enter into the mystery” “…if I am a showman, the protagonist” of the Mass, “then I do not enter into the mystery” either.
One of the ways to help the congregation to enter into prayer during the Sacred Triduum is through catechesis.
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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