“Translations Approved for Liturgical Use”
There are three (3) translations of the Bible which can be used in the sacred liturgy.
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Dr. Mahrt explains the ‘Spoken’ Propers
This image is found on the first page of a 1974 Sacramentary.
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PDF • “Music List” (1st Sunday of Advent)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
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Kid’s Repertoire • “Jeffrey’s 3 Recommendations”
Growing up, I remember hearing this adage…
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PDF Download • ‘Choral Extension’ for the Sanctus (especially useful in the Ordinary Form)
It’d be easier to accept if they admitted they were explicitly contradicting Vatican II … but instead, they lied egregiously.
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Kid’s Repertoire • 3 Recommendations (Mark Haas)
“My children’s choir absolutely loves this piece.”
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PDF Download • “Hymn for Christ the King”
“Catholic parishes are slow to change their habits. They still sing what the oldest members learned at school.” —Evelyn Waugh
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“Music List” • Christ the King Sunday
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PDF Download • “Pope Pius XII Psalter” — English, Latin, and Commentary (532 pages)
I know of no greater commentary on the psalms. Its author—an erudite Dominican priest—founded the famous “Homiletic and Pastoral Review.”
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“Simplified” Keyboard Accompaniment (PDF)
A simplified keyboard accompaniment for the “O Jesus Christ, Remember” hymn.
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Re: The People’s Mass Book (1974)
“A Man Can Kill With a Gun, a Bomb, or a Lance…”
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PDF Download • “Music List” for 9 November
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PDF Download • Offertory (9 Nov.)
“Mother and Head of all churches of the City and of the World” says the inscription over the entrance.
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Job Opening • $65,000 per year +
Exciting job opening in Michigan for a Roman Catholic choir director!
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“Offertory” at Catholic Funerals
This setting cleverly inserts themes from the absolution of the body.
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