Preparing Funeral Liturgies
Who Should Pick the Readings?
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Who Should Pick the Readings?

There is a built in tendency for nervous musicians to rush things – I think as your heart beats faster, your perception of time is dilated. As you build more confidence your sense of timing improves too.

This is a profession that is in fact, unfriendly to families, i.e., working all weekend long, nights, holidays, low pay, etc. Yet we persist through an act of will as much as an act of loving service.

Today’s installment is a picture of the angel Raphael.

I bet you don’t own this important historical hymn book!

“Many of those who have influenced the reform have no love, and no veneration of that which has been handed down to us.” —Secretary of the Consilium

“This section immediately brought to mind my mother’s old hand missal.” —Fr. Jay Finelli

A hauntingly beautiful composition by Aurelio Porfiri. How wonderful to hear God’s praises resound in Macau, China!

The Ancient Form of Mass will be offered indefinitely at St. Victor Church every Sunday at 7:00pm.

We will NOT be singing “Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer” for Communion!

About five different plans for studying the Bible from a Catholic perspective.

“I regretted the loss of the beautiful Latin cadences and sonorous chant but appreciated the understanding brought by the English translation…” —Thomas Riplinger

ÉRASE UNA LUNA DE INVIERNO (2014). El Padre Friel comparte un villancico compuesto por San Juan de Brébeuf, patrono de CCWatershed. En el himno, el padre de Brébeuf utiliza conceptos tradicionales de la religión Huron para transmitir la historia del Nacimiento de Cristo. Esta es “inculturación” en su sentido más verdadero y más saludable.
The Huron Carol of St. Jean de Brébeuf

Let’s not minimize the role of the psalms in the mass to the Responsorial! Plus a FREE download of the Epiphany Communion antiphon.
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