“What Shall I Render to the Lord…”
It is impossible for us, by ourselves, to make a just return to the Lord for all He has given to us. But “with the Lord, nothing is impossible.”
Articles
Like Eve in the Garden
“The fruit in my hands was not forbidden but simply forgotten.” — Fr. Brent Maher
Altar Servers Caught In The Act?
These altar boys are going to get in trouble.
The Supreme Court & Traditional Liturgy
In my opinion, Fr. Paul Scalia’s face resembles that of his father (Justice Antonin Scalia) … but I could be completely wrong about this.
Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 7
Guided by this one principle, every parish: “will become a model in its own way, and the liturgical reform, in its essence and demands, will be happily fulfilled.” — Aurelio Porfiri
PHOTO: Cardinal Ratzinger Saying The Latin Mass
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass in Weimar (Germany) in 1989 and 1999.
Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 5
Silence is one of the most important sounds of the liturgy.
Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 6
You will not make progress at your parish unless you understand Pope Benedict’s “Unbelievably Big Kite” theory.
Three Painless Ways To Begin Singing Propers … Without Losing Your Job
A peritus of the Council once suggested that certain parties detest the Mass Propers because they’re almost impossible to “hijack” with heterodox theology.
Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 4
Importing singers is the quickest way to get good music into your parish, even if it is only for one occasion.
Diary of Cardinal Antonelli (1964): “How Exactly Should The Vatican II Mass Look?”
If Pope Pius V or Gregory the Great were to come back, they ought to see that the Mass after Vatican II has substantially remained the same.” — Secretary of the Consilium
Inaccurate Statements About Translations Of The Mass Propers (A Pet Peeve)
The quickest way to make this clear to a skeptical priest or liturgist is to request that they bring you some Offertory antiphons from MR3. (They don’t exist!)
Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 3
Turn off the microphones. This can be a challenge when many parishes and even some cathedrals are enamored of carpeting – to say nothing of seat cushions!
PDF Download: “Propers” by A. Edmonds Tozer and “Propers” by Father Theodore Labouré
“The law of the Church plainly declares that, whenever High Mass is celebrated, the Proper of the Mass must be sung or at least recited.” — Fr. Labouré (1922)
Basic Steps To Improve Music At Your Parish — Part 2
I have been asked to recommend some ways in which any parish in the United States could improve the music used at Mass. Some parishes may already have taken the following two steps, in which case my advice will be nugatory for them, but if your parish has not yet done so, now’s the time to begin.