“Unfair Characterization” • (But Good Question)
It’s been a while since we printed any reader feedback.
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Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo
“The Adalbert Propers” • Six (6) Quotations
“Fewer than 1% of Catholics are able to answer these questions correctly.” —Andrea Leal
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Antiphons Don’t Match?
The short answer is: the “Adalbert Propers” were never intended to be sung.
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PDF Download • “Psalm Comparison Chart”
This PDF chart will be of interest to Catholic musicians!
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“Source and Summit” • What Is That?
Notice how Dom Franquesa (without explanation) stealthily annihilates sacrifice, sin, and the adoration we owe God.
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“A Peculiar Discrepancy” • Immac. Concep. (8 Dec.)
Who can explain this?
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“Reader Feedback” • 9 November 2024
Let’s call this person “Harry.” (We usually redact names for anonymity’s sake.)
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Huge Discovery! • Rare Document Explains Why There’s a “Spoken” Version of the Propers
His statement is not only foolish, it approaches heresy!
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Liturgical Tomfoolery
Nobody’s been able to provide any reason for this—and it’s been 60 years.
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The Very Least We Can Do!
Today I must ask the infamous question… (ducks)
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PDF Download • “Entrance Chant in English” (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Including twelve (12) different versions!
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PDF Download • “O’Fallon Mass Propers” (483 Pages)
Including an English version of the “Dies Irae,” an English version of the “Lauda Sion,” and hundreds of pages of English Mass Propers.
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PDF Download • “Plainsong Propers” (1964) — Extremely Rare!
English Gregorian Chant by the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood (O’Fallon, Missouri)
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PDF Download • Rare 1970 Document Explains “Spoken vs. Sung Propers”
This is perhaps the single most significant liturgical document CCWatershed has ever unearthed—and translated to English! • Explains the origin of “Gradual Antiphons” vs. “Missal Antiphons” (a.k.a. “Sacramentary Antiphons”)+
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“Spoken vs. Sung Propers” • The Complete History
Lies containing a little truth are the most difficult to quash • Here is the definitive, final exposé on why the “Spoken Propers” don’t match the “Sung Propers.” • In October of 1972, the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy falsely equated the “Spoken Propers” with the “Sung Propers” and proclaimed: “These antiphons are too abrupt for communal recitation” • Several official English translations of the Roman Gradual have received the imprimatur multiple times+
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