Musical Resources • 1st Sunday of Lent
The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
Articles
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(1 of 7)
“Tacit approval” alone isn’t getting the job done. It is abdicating authority to composers and publishers, pastors and liturgists.
A Practical Secret
“Condition choirs so that you have to tell them only once.”
Bishop Slattery: “Why Did God Make Us?”
It would not be wrong to say that the entire video revolves around Sacred music.
PDF Download: 1896 “Liber Usualis” • Extremely Rare
The book is 1,479 pages. The monastery of Solesmes certainly had a staggering output!
An Educational Experience
In order to preserve Sacred Music, a treasure and an essential part of the Church, education is very important.
Westminster Cathedral (London, England)
“They were trapped and could do nothing but grin and bear it.”
Brave Schola Director Posts “Live” Recording
Last Sunday, I stuck a recording device in my pocket.
Bishops Care When Their Names Are “Tacitly” Used
The current GIRM never mentions “tacit” approval.
“What Must Be Sung Is The Mass” • Susan Benofy
“For decades there were virtually no musical settings for the Propers in English.” —Susan Benofy
Photograph • Pius X Consecrating French Bishops
A beautiful photograph from Saint Peter’s Basilica on 25 February 1906.
Praying the Divine Office This Lent
Exploring the Sites & Apps Devoted to the “Official Prayer of the Church”
Modal Responsorial Psalms & Gospel Acclamations
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 […]
The modern armchair chant scribes
A great source of chant snippets for your booklets as well as a way to make the internet a better place.
Controversy Over Female Altar Servers
“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)