PDF Download • “Mount Mary Hymnal” (1937)
All 255 pages of this famous hymn book can now be downloaded as a PDF.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
All 255 pages of this famous hymn book can now be downloaded as a PDF.
Could this have something to do with how each line comes through “cleanly” in 3-part music?
A generous reader sent me copies of this extremely rare book.
Two free resources for the Pentecost Sequence, “Veni Sancte Spiritus”
If they were set upon avoiding the word “men,” I wish ICEL would have done something like “peace on earth to *those* of good will.”
“The origins of some are not known due to the long and nearly untraceable popular usage they have enjoyed.” —Gregorian Institute
“These samples from Connelly make less sense in English than the Latin originals would to a North Korean.” —Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt
I’d like to produce my own version, setting all six verses to different harmonizations.
Uses Gregorian chant with polyphonic _Falsibordone_ by Caesare de Zachariis (†1594).
This free PDF was provided courtesy of the St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books.
I cannot help but think of this hymn collection as his greatest masterpiece.
Many of these melodies cannot be easily found in any other book.
The book is 1,479 pages. The monastery of Solesmes certainly had a staggering output!
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
Time's up