SATB Hymns • “Consors Paterni Luminis” (Translated to English)
Brave choir director posts *live* recording by a volunteer choir!
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Affordable Hymnal for Catholic Parishes
Question & Answer Box • “Which Tune Is This?”
Including a live recording of a hymn about a donkey. (Not kidding!)
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PDF Download • Extremely Rare! — 1966 “Book of Catholic Worship” (809 pages)
Do you recognize where these pages were stolen from in 1966, when they hoped nobody would notice?
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8,000 entries • “Snippets Index” for New Hymnal
(Be patient while it loads) —Easy to use, fully complete; what more could you ask?
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“Comparison” • 15 Traditional Catholic Hymnals
Covid-19 has forced many parishes to remove all hymnals from their pews: A perfect opportunity for change!
“Christ The Lord Is Risen Today” • (Hymn #697)
…including several captivating attempts to translate “Victimae Paschali Laudes.”
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What Makes A “Catholic” Hymnal?
I find the following pairings reprehensible…
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When Hymn Names Don’t Match
I submit to you that calling the same tune by multiple names in the same hymnal is unacceptable.
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“Mister Eye” • Do You Mind Him?
What do you think of “eye rhymes” in hymnody?
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PDF Download • “Pope Pius XII Hymnal” (1959)
Were you shocked to see the Pius XII Hymnal assigning vernacular hymns to different parts of the Mass?
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Rorate Caeli • “Very Ancient Catholic Song”
This Catholic hymnal was written by a priest named “Police.” (not kidding)
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Translations By Non-Catholics In A Catholic Hymnal?
The fear was that Protestant translators might distort the theology contained in the ancient Catholic hymns…
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The “Long & Short” of Latin Hymns
Such underlay would be considered loathsome by composers like Guerrero. Indeed, it’s an impossibility!
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SUPPORTING MATERIALS • Jogues Missal
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PDF Download • “The Parish Hymnal” (1957)
“The origins of some are not known due to the long and nearly untraceable popular usage they have enjoyed.” —Gregorian Institute
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