“The Adalbert Propers” • Six (6) Quotations
“Fewer than 1% of Catholics are able to answer these questions correctly.” —Andrea Leal
“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)
“Fewer than 1% of Catholics are able to answer these questions correctly.” —Andrea Leal
Notice how Dom Franquesa (without explanation) stealthily annihilates sacrifice, sin, and the adoration we owe God.
Let’s call this person “Harry.” (We usually redact names for anonymity’s sake.)
His statement is not only foolish, it approaches heresy!
Including twelve (12) different versions!
Including an English version of the “Dies Irae,” an English version of the “Lauda Sion,” and hundreds of pages of English Mass Propers.
English Gregorian Chant by the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood (O’Fallon, Missouri)
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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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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Last night I discovered something I never knew—so I immediately telephoned a priest to verify this.
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