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“Interest is growing intensely among the young, some traveling each Sunday from far away…”
Download this book—129 pages!—free of charge as a PDF: “The Trapp Family Book of Christmas Songs.”
Ideas have consequences.
Imagine blaming the rise of Adolf Hitler on the Church’s immemorial use of a ‘lingua sacra’ during Mass!
This 2024 collection incorporates responsorial psalms by many composers, particularly Catholic composers associated with Cambridge University.
Jeff Ostrowski answers a reader’s question with nine (9) statements.
Notice how Dom Franquesa (without explanation) stealthily annihilates sacrifice, sin, and the adoration we owe God.
There’s an old adage: “Once stung, twice shy.”
Father Friel holds a Doctorate in Liturgical Studies from the Catholic University of America…
A different version was requested. I was able to complete that task earlier today.
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Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
Musical scholars are divided on whether the modes are a useful way to think about music, but I’m convinced they are. In the seventeenth century, musicians created a fruitful and lasting link between the eight modes and eight particular keys called the church keys.
In my view, this one falls within the “Top Ten” list of Christmas carols.
“It results in a heavy burden being placed upon musicians to ensure that whatever they do is well-liked by all—lest the faithful complain (seemingly the great worry of many priests).” —Dr. Lucas Tappan
