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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.”

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Major Typo • This Sunday’s Introit

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A SUPREMELY IMPORTANT BOOK—which until today I considered flawless—contains a major typo in the Introit for the Feast of the Transfiguration. Here is the Editio Vaticana (1908) which remains the Church’s official chant book, even in the Ordinary Form:

4797 editio vaticana

Can you spot which edition has a major error?

The 1953 Schwann edition has:

4797 Schwann edition 1953


Fr. Weinmann’s 1909 version of the Editio Vaticana has:

4797 editio vaticana WEINMANN 1909


My favorite book—“Mass & Vespers” (1957) by Solesmes—has:

4797 Mass & Vespers 1957


The 1961 Solesmes Graduale Romanum has:

4797 Solesmes Graduale 1961


The Liber Usualis has:

4797 Liber usualis


If you need help, visit St. René Goupil and download the Introit for the Transfiguration.

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