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Views from the Choir Loft

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Aurelio Porfiri · September 9, 2014

A Good Reading

“The thoughts of Fr. Barsotti are not devotional or pious, but essential.” — Aurelio Porfiri.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 8, 2014

Have We Lost The Church Music Battle?

The traditional music still triumphs in one important area: parishes run by “no-nonsense” priests.

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Guest Author · September 8, 2014

Fr. Alan M. Guanella Reviews The Jogues Missal

“No other pew Missal has done such a beautiful job setting the Ordinary of the Mass.” — Fr. Alan M. Guanella

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Cynthia Ostrowski · September 8, 2014

Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #56

I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”

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Fr. David Friel · September 7, 2014

Bishop Sheen Speaks

Pointers on Public Speaking

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Veronica Brandt · September 6, 2014

Richard Terry’s Hymnal in PDF and paperback

“There can be no doubt that it will conduce very much to the devotion and decorum of extra-liturgical worship and popular services to have one common manual of Hymns, which at once offers a suitable variety and prevents the undesirable introduction of amateur efforts and unedifying novelties.”

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Richard J. Clark · September 5, 2014

Leadership, Authority, and the Power of Encouragement

“Leave it to the ignorant and stupid who judge by counting only the faults. I can be grateful, and so must you be, for even one note, one wonderful phrase.” — Pablo Casals

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · September 4, 2014

Mass Among the Poor

Does it seem strange that religious orders dedicated to serving the poor would also be rediscovering the traditional Latin Mass?

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Aurelio Porfiri · September 2, 2014

When Disobedience Is Not Only Good, But Necessary!

“The majesty of divine worship is not only disapproved by evil men, but defiled and held up to ridicule.” — Pope Gregory XVI

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 2, 2014

PDF Download: Mediator Dei Hymnal (1955)

This book’s editor had the reputation of being a “walking encyclopedia” of American hymnology…

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Andrew R. Motyka · September 2, 2014

Weddings: Some Practical Advice – The End of the Beginning, Part 2

Finally getting through the Introductory Rites of the Nuptial Mass.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 1, 2014

Barack Obama & Catholic Sacred Music

I wish somebody had explained this to me in 2005, when I began working for the Ordinary Form.

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Fr. David Friel · August 31, 2014

Liturgy vs. Social Justice

A Classic Case of the Catholic “Both/And”

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Veronica Brandt · August 30, 2014

Learning Latin in the new millennium

Two approaches to learning a little Latin language for praying with understanding.

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · August 28, 2014

The Awesomeness of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

A Benedictine monk helps us appreciate the tremendous miracle of the Mass, which is the central point of all earthly reality.

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    Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC which I created for this coming Sunday, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The INTROIT for this Sunday explains why this Sunday is called “Apple Sunday.” As we approach the end of the liturgical year, most of the INTROITS seem to be in Mode III or Mode IV, which are ‘haunting’ tones.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (27th Sund. Ordinary Time)

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday: 4 October 2026

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    ‘Ould’ But Not Good
    Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The Church has always kept, and wishes still to maintain everywhere, the language of her Liturgy; and, before the sad and violent changes of the 16th century, this eloquent and effective symbol of unity of faith and communion of the faithful was, as you know, cherished in England not less than elsewhere. But this has never been regarded by the Holy See as incompatible with the use of popular hymns in the language of each country.”

— Pope Leo XIII (1898)

Recent Posts

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