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Jeff Ostrowski · January 3, 2026

How Does The Vatican “Rhythm” Actually Sound?

With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 8, 2025

Few Catholics seem to realize it was Pope Pius XII who suppressed Tenebrae, a ceremony deeply loved by the faithful for centuries.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 17, 2017

By Rev. Laurence J. O’Connell, and *published in English* in 1943.

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

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There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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Regarding approval for the “Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition).”

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Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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I don’t care what people say; I love this piece!

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