Elvis Presley, Offertory Processions, & “Alius Cantus”
Offertory processions in the 1940s? Really?
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Hymns Replacing Propers
Preparing Funeral Liturgies
Who Should Pick the Readings?
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Sound the Bell of Holy Freedom
Hymn for the World Meeting of Families 2015
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The Society for Catholic Liturgy
Two Contributions from CCW Bloggers
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Some Thoughts On “Englishing” Gregorian Chant
But why bring up this subject at all, when probably 95% of Catholic priests have no familiarity with Gregorian chant? • concerning the challenges of composing Gregorian chant in English+
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Mass Propers In English
Roosevelt was President while paralyzed. Churchill gave speeches but couldn’t pronounce “S” correctly. Surely, then, we can implement the Mass Propers with these 11 collections! • the Graduale Romanum has been set in English by many composers; here are some collections with audio samples+
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Are Priests Permitted To Add More Scripture To The Ordinary Form? Yes!
Vatican II wanted more Scripture in the Mass, but somehow the reformers missed that memo.
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Diary of Cardinal Antonelli (1964): “How Exactly Should The Vatican II Mass Look?”
If Pope Pius V or Gregory the Great were to come back, they ought to see that the Mass after Vatican II has substantially remained the same.” — Secretary of the Consilium
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Colloquium Update IV
The Glories of A Single Proper
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Antiphons in the Gradual don’t match the Roman Missal, 3rd edition?
Why aren’t the Propers from the Roman Gradual identical to the Mass Propers printed in the Roman Missal? • “Recent research … has made it clear that the antiphons of the Order of Mass were never intended to be sung.” — Bishop Donald Trautman (2007)+
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The Vatican II Hymnal • Old Website
The Vatican II Hymnal Website will continue to house free online hymns.
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Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons
A full set of free English settings of the Communion antiphons for cantor, organ, and congregation.
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The Mystery of Missal vs. Gradual has been solved!
Are there concrete reasons to prefer the ancient texts from the Roman Gradual? Short answer: Yes!
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SAMPLE PAGES • Jogues Illuminated Missal
These Mass texts are “3L” : Large, Lovely, Legible … silly sounding, but true!
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PDF Download: Extremely Rare Book Of Propers (1962)
A book which Bugnini called the “precursor” to the Simple Gradual is now online!
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