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Pope Francis: “Many have asked me about my choice to remove him from office and be replaced. I said no, just that I prefer him to even benefit me by his traditional formation.”
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”
“Music has the capability of evoking a place and a context.” — Dr. William Mahrt of Stanford
ICEL, New Translation, Roman Missal, Third Edition, 3rd, Mass, Catholic, English,
Here’s a comparison of several complete musical settings of the Mass Propers by Fr. Guy Nicholls, Fr. Paul Arbogast, and others.
The priest who rejected my submission was very professional, polite, and encouraging.
Instructions for deacons learning to sing the Gospel during the Catholic Mass.
How to Respond
“How can I get rid of those stupid multirests in Sibelius?”
Sheen’s book “Life of Christ” is such a treasure.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
The staples in my bag for teaching Gregorian chant to an informal group of homeschoolers.
“The singing of the Proper texts rather than the endless substitution of songs and hymns, are only now being seriously considered and implemented.” — Executive Director of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)
The priorities of what we should sing at mass are full of surprises for some. I hope in the end that the greater “surprise” will be in how our prayer is formed by what we sing. I hope this will be the most pleasant surprise of all.
The notion that the texts are there “to remind us that we should be singing something else” could not be further from the truth.
