“Secret Book of Happiness” • Official English Translations of the Roman Gradual
Overkill: “ too much of something; the amount by which destruction exceeds what is necessary.”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
Overkill: “ too much of something; the amount by which destruction exceeds what is necessary.”
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“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)
If you’re searching for “Cum vénerit Paráclitus,” you might want to check the *D* section…
Catholics can now *see with their own eyes* the antiquity of our liturgy.
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“English Psalm-Tone Propers for the Ordinary Form of the Mass” is now available in print!
Are we surprised that authentic Church music died in the 1970s?
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+
At last! We finally have the answer! . . . Er, sort of . . .
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