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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Cynthia Ostrowski · March 18, 2013

Catholic News Agency Praises Vatican II Hymnal

“The paper is of the highest quality with a resilient binding, the designs, beautifully appointed. It has the readings for all Sundays and feast days – the complete cycles, A, B, C. It will be about twenty years or perhaps thirty before another translation is made. Here is music for the new evangelization. The Vatican II Hymnal serves as a musical ambassador for Christ.” —Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo

Fr. David Friel · March 17, 2013

Doing Something New

Jesus & Pope Francis

Richard J. Clark · March 17, 2013

Mourning Pope Benedict XVI and Trusting the Holy Spirit

The Church’s vast treasury of sacred music belongs to the people! This is the truth that will bear out.

Jeff Ostrowski · March 16, 2013

Dr. Theodore Marier And Pope Francis

Our new Holy Father, Pope Francis, seems to be less interested in the Liturgy than his immediate predecessor. Some are asking, “What will become of the Liturgical movement called for by Pope Benedict and popes before him?”

Jeff Ostrowski · March 15, 2013

My Reflections On The Election Of Pope Francis

It seems to me, sometimes the choice of a Pope is obvious.

Richard J. Clark · March 15, 2013

Reflections from St. Peter’s Square

Fr. Jonathan Gaspar, Priest Secretary to His Eminence Seán Cardinal O’Malley, shares his heartfelt reflections from St. Peter’s Square on the historic day of March 13, 2013.

Fr. David Friel · March 14, 2013

A Papal Blessing

In Two Acts

Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · March 14, 2013

Communion in the Hand

The permission to receive Holy Communion in the hand is a dangerous aberration that must be rescinded if the Church is to achieve spiritual health again.

Jeff Ostrowski · March 13, 2013

Yet Another Example Added I Just Had To Share

Like many of you, I read voraciously about sacred music, liturgy, and music in general . . .

Andrew R. Motyka · March 13, 2013

How Do I Get Them to Sing? Part 2 of 2

Part 2 of the congregational singing series.

Jeff Ostrowski · March 12, 2013

News About The Papal Election

We live in an age where false information can be “dressed up” and disseminated via the internet with the click of a button.

Cynthia Ostrowski · March 12, 2013

Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #09

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”

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 10, 2013

The Real Reason Pope Benedict Resigned . . .

A little humor, anyone?

Jeff Ostrowski · March 10, 2013

Getting Rid Of “Gree-vee-uhss” (Mispronunciation)

This blog entry starts out “negative” but ends “positive.” Sadly, most people will not read the entire thing, so they’ll miss the positive section. Will you?

Fr. David Friel · March 10, 2013

Be Reconciled to God

Return of the Prodigal

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President’s Corner

    Proof Which All Can Immediately See!
    “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” as the famous maxim goes. Over the years, I’ve observed malicious attacks on the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal. Rather than scoring a ‘hit’ on the Brébeuf Hymnal, those launching such attacks often reveal profound ignorance. I’ve been advised never to reply … but I break that rule today. Certain voices online assert that the Brébeuf Hymnal is “untraditional” because it includes both the Urbanite and pre-Urbanite versions of the hymns. If such people would pick up the 1913 VESPERALE (printed by order of Pope Saint Pius X) they would see how mistaken such statements are.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    New Bulletin Article • “8 June 2025”
    My pastor requested that I write short articles each week for the parish bulletin. Those responsible for preparing similar write-ups may find a bit of inspiration in these brief columns. The latest article includes a few anecdotes about Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and Abraham Lincoln.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Gloria in Spanish” • Free Accompaniment
    Several people have requested an organ accompaniment for the GLORY TO GOD which prints the Spanish words directly above the chords. The Spanish adaptation—Gloria a Dios en el cielo—as printed in Roman Misal, tercera edición was adapted from the “Glória in excélsis” from Mass XV (DOMINATOR DEUS). I used to feel that it’s a pretty boring chant … until I heard it sung well by a men’s Schola Cantorum, which changed my view dramatically. This morning, I created this harmonization and dedicated it to my colleague, Corrinne May. You may download it for free. Please let me know if you enjoy it!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    When to Sit, Stand and Kneel like it’s 1962
    There are lots of different guides to postures for Mass, but I couldn’t find one which matched our local Latin Mass, so I made this one: sit-stand-kneel-crop
    —Veronica Brandt
    The Funeral Rites of the Graduale Romanum
    Lately I have been paging through the 1974 Graduale Romanum (see p. 678 ff.) and have been fascinated by the funeral rites found therein, especially the simply-beautiful Psalmody that is appointed for all the different occasions before and after the funeral Mass: at the vigil/wake, at the house of the deceased, processing to the church, at the church, processing to the cemetery, and at the cemetery. Would that this “stational Psalmody” of the Novus Ordo funeral rites saw wider usage! If you or anyone you know have ever used it, please do let me know.
    —Daniel Tucker

Random Quote

The Sanctus and Benedictus are one text and should be sung through without a break. The practice—once common—of waiting till after the Consecration and then singing: “Benedictus qui venit…” is not allowed by the Vatican Gradual.

— Father Fortescue, writing in 1912

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