“What Must Be Sung Is The Mass” • Susan Benofy
“For decades there were virtually no musical settings for the Propers in English.” —Susan Benofy
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
“For decades there were virtually no musical settings for the Propers in English.” —Susan Benofy
A beautiful photograph from Saint Peter’s Basilica on 25 February 1906.
Exploring the Sites & Apps Devoted to the “Official Prayer of the Church”
283 pages, softcover • View Table of Contents Click here to purchase this bound book. You can also download the entire book [PDF]. Complete Psalms and Gospel Acclamations (Years A, B, C, and ABC) for Sundays, Solemnities, and Feasts (including Chrism Mass and Extended Pentecost Vigil). Also included are Nuptial and Funeral Masses. Features: Durable […]
A great source of chant snippets for your booklets as well as a way to make the internet a better place.
“It will always be very appropriate to follow the noble tradition of having boys serve at the altar.” —Congregation for Divine Worship (15 March 1994)
It is quite possible we won’t get to sing the music we rehearsed — a problem everyone in Boston is facing this Sunday. But choir rehearsal itself is a prayer.
“I think of Edison trying a thousand different times to create the light bulb and failing each time.” —Dr. Tappan
“He who sings prays twice,” but as church musicians, we don’t always feel prayerful and peaceful when we are singing…
«GLORIA in EXCELSIS» is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
“Dom Beauduin realised that the singing of psalms and the reading of the Scriptures in divine worship is the greatest bond between Catholics and Protestants.” —Fr. Mark Woodruff
“After six months and 70+ letters, I received a letter from the chairman of Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy.” —Dan Craig
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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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