Thou Hast Saved the Good Wine until Now
Reflections on the communion chant for the Second Sunday after Epiphany
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The Prophet Baruch: Surge, Ierusalem, Look to the East!
The communion chant for the Second Sunday of Advent, together with the introit and offertory, invite us to reflect on the Holy City, Jerusalem.
Missale Meum: Get EF Mass Texts on Your Devices
A new resource for accessing Mass texts on your phone, tablet, or computer
Sacred Music US • Website for Fr. Weber’s Resources
A website exists to disseminate Fr. Samuel Weber’s sacred music resources
Spanish Missal Chants Now Available
A collection of fine resources are available from the Domenico Zipoli Institute
Square Note App
Bring your “Graduale Digitalum” wherever you go.
What to Do with the “Fourth Option”
A new Adoremus article explores how best to overthrow the tyranny of “alius cantus congruus.”
New Collection of Propers from GIA
The growing market for Mass propers is a sign of promise.
Turning Off the Air Conditioning
Taking Advantage of the Natural Beauty that Surrounds Us
Composition Contest
Submissions Sought by the Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians
Communion Antiphons for Advent & Christmas • NEW • World Library Publications
World Library Publications has published settings of Communion propers for Advent and Christmas. Listen here to beautiful recordings directed by Paul French.
A Different Kind of World Youth Day
Sacred Music Helped to Transform Tauron Arena Kraków into a House of Prayer
Instruction on Sacred Music by Bishop John Doerfler
Introducing a Five-Year Plan for the Future of Sacred Music in the Diocese of Marquette
The Phrasing of the Sanctus
The Difference a Comma Makes
Too Many Options
Allowing Adolescents to Choose Their Faith & the Wide-Open Permissions of the GIRM
Communion Antiphons for Lent • RCIA and Scripture
Propers for Lent and their relationship with RCIA and the scriptures
Podcast • Advent Communion Propers on “Sounds from the Spires”
There is such richness in the scriptures we sing in Advent. This is the kind of thing I find exciting! I am grateful to have discussed the propers with Dr. Pascual, Director of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Communion Antiphons for Advent • World Library Publications
World Library Publications has published settings of Communion propers for Advent. Listen here to beautiful recordings directed by Paul French.
Sacra Liturgia 2015 — Update II
Fourteen (14) practical ideas for how a priest might transform his celebration of the Ordinary Form
Why Should We Sing the Psalms at Mass?
if we do not sing the antiphons proper to the day—and the corresponding Psalm verses—we risk having a narrow view of the Psalms.
Taking the easy way out, relatively speaking
Starting a collection of easier propers for the Extraordinary Form. A pair of Alleluias and two Offertory antiphons to start the ball rolling.
Preparing Funeral Liturgies
Who Should Pick the Readings?
Scripture, Sacred Music, and the Actions of Our Lives
Let’s not minimize the role of the psalms in the mass to the Responsorial! Plus a FREE download of the Epiphany Communion antiphon.
Colloquium Friends & Chant Workshops
“Adventus Dona” in the Diocese of San Diego
The Society for Catholic Liturgy
Two Contributions from CCW Bloggers