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The truth is stranger than fiction.

The songs and hymns were pleasantly familiar … to the point where after twelve years I could play by heart every song in the ‘Breaking Bread’ hymnal.

There must have been a need for such a booklet, otherwise he would not have gone to the trouble of creating it!

If your priest approaches you after Mass and says the music sounded horrible, it’s incorrect to reply: “Well, that’s how it’s supposed to be.”

“Work hasn’t even begun on the next Lectionary, and there’s nothing definite about 2028 as a date.” — Father Andrew V. Menke, director of the USCCB liturgical committee

In addition to this rare book by Max Springer (870 pages), I release the draft copy of a new Gregorian project (157 pages).

Musicians can have a stronger voice than even the legendary Fulton J. Sheen!
She said: “Jeff, you should record these harmonies with human voices, to illustrate what you mean.”

The motu proprio 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 “hit him pretty hard” says the private secretary to the Pope Emeritus.
Dr. Peter Wagner, a famous musicologist, founded the “Gregorian Academy” in Freiburg (Switzerland).

From his place of retirement, he sent a private letter following “Traditionis Custodes” (a document which attempted to strangle the Traditional Mass).

Saint John Vianney, while in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, could scarcely speak or breathe (so moved was he).

This morning I sat down and arranged what—in my view—is one of the beautiful Christmas carols.

Anyone who’s ever stood in front of a choir knows the choirmaster’s vocation is not an easy one.
A mother describes her son’s love for the Mass. He memorizes and recruits friends to “play Mass.” We are a people of hope.
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