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“From your wounded side, O Christ, a spring of water bursts forth, by which the squalor of the world is washed away…”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

“From your wounded side, O Christ, a spring of water bursts forth, by which the squalor of the world is washed away…”

Dom John Stéphan was a Benedictine monk of Buckfast Abbey in South Devon, England.

Includes an interesting harmonization for “Víctimae Pascháli Laudes.”

Dom Charles Augustine Bachofen was born in Switzerland but spent his career between the Benedictine monasteries at Conception (Missouri) and Mount Angel (Oregon).

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for Easter Sunday 2026.

Although a Lutheran himself, he held the appointment at a Roman Catholic Cathedral until his death.

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

Should this be added to the “pernicious hymn pairing” collection?

Some might be a bit confused as to why it says the organ “answers” in Plainsong.

Including a special release—“Rare as a Unicorn”—Pius XII Psalter in Latin and English (1,545 pages).
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