Putting Our Worst Foot Forward
“The Problem Is Not That We Are Sinners”
Articles
1965 English Mass Demonstration “Sign Of Peace”
“During the boy-scout hand-shake (Sign of Peace), the lady with whom I shook hands accused me of trying to steal her bracelet.” — Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt, writing in 1965
Restoring Catholic Music in the Home
… one week at a time. Some families are keen to teach their children good hymns, but don’t know where to start.
Fr. Pierre Paul And Pope Francis
Fr. Pierre Paul is well-known to Church musicians everywhere due to the amazing progress he has personally overseen with the Vatican choirs.
Stravinsky on Tradition
“A real tradition is not the relic of a past that is irretrievably gone; it is a living force that animates and informs the present” –Igor Stravinsky
Does Your Missal Obey Pope Paul VI?
“Gregorian Chant is apt to remain the singing voice of the Church for a good many years to come.” — Fr. Malone, writing in 1962.
What Vatican II Said (and Didn’t Say) about the Liturgy
Vatican II presents a mystical, contemplative, symbolic vision of liturgy, the celebration of which John Paul II said “must be characterized by a profound sense of the sacred.” Is it what you experience at your local parish?
Responsorial Psalms & Gospel Acclamations
“It is true that the use of the ancient psalm tones for texts in English has been a matter of recent debate, some asserting that it is not possible to fit the cadences of the Gregorian tones . . .”
An FYI on EP in the OF – Part 3
This timeless text is the high point of this liturgy.
Proud Father With Son & Daughter
Normally, I hate it when blogs become too personal, but I hope our readers will tolerate me sharing two (2) pictures of our children.
Chant Workshop At Historic Mission San Buenaventura
The session in Ventura, CA, will include Gregorian notation and solfege, Chant in English and Latin, Counting, Mass Ordinary, and a capstone using the Pange Lingua.
Choir Members’ Behavior In The Year 1596
On 24 December 1596, Nanino records that the singers missed a response of “Amen,” which they were supposed to make after the pope said the Gospel at Matins. But the books were marked so that the same thing would not happen the following year, as it might if they depended only on memory.
An 1833 English Translation of the Missal?
Considering the history of vernacular translations, which were forbidden at certain times by the Church, the following 1833 document will be of interest.
Obedience to the Church
Freedom or Slavery?
Watershed Customer Service
These days, companies treat their customers like animals. I find it disgusting.