PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for Holy Thursday (Plainsong in English)
Only a foolish and stubborn person would claim that “hyena” is basically the same thing as “a holy person.”
Rev Fr Adrian Fortescue Liturgy
How Does The Vatican “Rhythm” Actually Sound?
With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for 29 June … Which Falls on a Sunday This Year!
Growing up, we had an encyclopedia in our basement—but that was hardly the equivalent access to the internet!
“I Hate, Loathe, and Utterly Despise the Trivial Details of Ceremonies.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
“I want never to hear another word about ceremonies for as long as I live. I would rather discuss the symptoms of cancer.” —Dr. Fortescue
“My Song Is Love Unknown” • Jeff Attempts to Sing All Parts … Including the Female Voices!
Few Catholics seem to realize it was Pope Pius XII who suppressed Tenebrae, a ceremony deeply loved by the faithful for centuries.
The New Lectionary & “Voice of God” Hymns
The sale of indulgenced prayers is immoral. Someday they’ll have to make restitution for this.
PDF Download • “Baptism of the Lord” (Hymn)
From what I have seen, musicians tend to be the best liturgists…
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Including twelve (12) different versions!
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Years ABC)
Including ten (10) alternate versions!
When Dr. Calabrese Addressed Me Personally
Including a ‘live’ recording of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn, which comes from a 7th-century Irish manuscript.
Documentation • “In the Olden Days, Was Vernacular Sung During Liturgical Services?”
Including a splendid harmonization of “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name.”
Update (25 April) • “Forthcoming Spanish Hymnal”
“When our people have the courage to break resolutely with a bad tradition, there are unworked mines of religious poetry in the old hymns that we can use in translations.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
“Strangest Of All…” • (Fortescue)
In his illustrious 1912 tome—The Mass: A Study Of The Roman Liturgy—Father Adrian Fortescue spoke of sequences, writing: “Strangest of all were the vernacular sequences in France and Germany, or those partly vernacular and partly Latin.” Our volunteer choir experimented with that on Holy Thursday, mixing Latin verses with an English refrain. For the record, […]
“Victimæ Paschali Laudes” • Thirty-One (31) Different Versions — Including Organ Accompaniments
This version by Father Adrian Fortescue is fascinating!
Josquin Des Prez Was A Vandal • (Not Kidding)
Also included: the day my life changed forever.