What to Do with Musicam Sacram
Does the 1967 Instruction on Music in the Liturgy have any relevance today?
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We want to be fed
What do you think of a new Catechetical Lectionary?
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Short And Simple Organ Postludes & Preludes
Many of you asked me to share the results, which I have done below.
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The Lowest Musical Aspiration Possible – Or the Highest?
Is being a church musician the lowest musical aspiration possible? Or the Highest?
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Musical Resources • Holy Family
Many don’t realize that all the EF chants for the Holy Family can be used at OF—cf. section 397 of the Ordo Cantus Missæ.
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“The best I have ever seen. Anywhere. In the world. Period.” —Mr. John Sonnen
“The vitality of the Classical Rite is as fresh as ever.”
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Rare Photograph: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen With Father Joseph Ratzinger in 1965
Archbishop Sheen said nary a word about any liturgical reforms following the Council.
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Was Fulton J. Sheen Ever Wrong?
There’s a discrepancy in this Sunday’s EF Introit.
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The American Idolization of Liturgy
Sometimes I wish people didn’t have so many opinions about the liturgy.
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Why Didn’t Anyone Stop This?
Here is an except from a Church bulletin published in December of 2014.
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Organ Processionals & Postludes: Suggestions Needed
“So many of the wonderful Preludes & Fugues by Bach—as splendid as they are—do not work as Processional pieces: they’re simply too long.”
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Reflections On Marty Haugen’s “Mass Of Creation” (Revised Version)
Before the revision, Haugen’s Gloria “worked” much better, but I still had serious reservations about it.
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L’Anima Mia Ha Sete Sung By Music School In Rome
Recorded for Vatican Radio with organist Aurelio Porfiri. Conducted by Sister Dolores Aguirre.
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Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #65
Today’s installment is a rare image of our Lord’s Resurrection.
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Musical Resources • Most Holy Name Of Jesus
…including a special PDF version (Singer + Organist) of “Corde Natus ex Parentis.”
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