Chore wars and maintaining motivation
Setting up choir folders would have to rank 50XP and 30 gold pieces with a 50% chance of battling a carnivorous ring binder to gain a rare fragment of an illuminated manuscript.
Articles
Sermon on Poor Souls • Based on Wisdom 2:23—3:9
A guest article by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM
Simple 2-Part Canon For Men & Women
You will love what Henri Durieux has done with this hymn melody.
The People Deserve Better
Two documents that speak directly to the issue of liturgical experimentation and abuse.
Active Participation in the Traditional Latin Mass
2 Churches demonstrate active participation in the Tridentine Mass.
Liturgical Press Has An “Oops” Moment
“If we had known what the prayers really said, we would not have wanted to pray them any longer.” —Paul Inwood
Trination on All Souls: My Thoughts
Having invited reader input the other day, I offer now my own opinion.
My Personal Lesson Plan for Training Probationers
Here is the entire set of lesson plans I use for training our Probationers.
Musical Resources • Feast of All Saints (November 1st)
“…most humbly we pray that—since so great is the number of thine elect pleading in our behalf—we may partake, in all their fulness, of thine abounding mercies…”
Should Priests Trinate on All Souls’ Day?
Whether the Permission to Do So Constitutes an Encouragement to Do So
Guinea Pigs and the Old Sequence for All Souls Day
Dies Irae – day of wrath and day of mourning. Our pets’ passing provided a poignant reminder of our mortality.
“Te Saeculorum” • Simple, Sensational, SATB
Were you aware of this amazing piece by Raphaël Mercier?
Text and Emotion • Our Pastoral Responsibility
Treat the Word of God carelessly, and we will lose our orientation towards the Divine. It is therefore, a pastoral responsibility to ensure the God’s Word reaches the faithful.
It’s All About The Players
The social construct of a choir should be like an inverted pyramid.
An American Requiem
A Funeral Guide for helping Catholic pastors, choirmasters and families in America honor our beloved dead.