PDF • SATB Enhancement (“Our Father”)
“As the congregation sings their part, the choir “enhances” them with polyphony. This is genius!” — Veronica Moreno
Archives for November 2024
PDF Download • “Put Out into the Deep”
“His appointment was somewhat unexpected as he was installed as Bishop of Providence in May of 2023.” — Richard J. Clark
PDF Download • “Polyphonic Enhancement” for the Lord’s Prayer (Mass in English)
As the congregation sings their part, the choir “enhances” them with polyphony. This is genius!
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The sixth mode is sometimes the “peaceful” mode.
“Entrance Chant” • Sunday (17 Nov. 2024)
This Introit is in the sixth mode (known as the “peaceful” mode).
Internet Trolls + Cardinal Merry Del Val
We sometimes receive messages which…
Confirmed! • Bp. Woost Elected Chairman of “Committee on Divine Divine Worship”
For sixty years, Catholics have demanded to know what is gained by the ceaseless tinkering with liturgical translations.
“Quotation” • Pope Pius X on Plainsong
“That would be to me the finest triumph sacred music could have…” —Giuseppe Cardinal Sarto (1897)
Genitive Case
In Latin, the genitive case is sometimes unclear.
Advent • “Introducing Ancient Sacred Works”
“In less than a year, I was able to transition their Spanish Mass from completely contemporary to completely sacred. No parishioners were lost and the Mass attendance grew slightly.” —Rebecca De La Torre
Cardinal Arinze • “Recent Latin Mass Restrictions”
Francis Cardinal Arinze served as Prefect of the Vatican’s “Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments” from 2002 to 2008.
Liquescent Notes in the Official Edition
A perfect “apples-to-apples” comparison.
“Reader Feedback” • 9 November 2024
Let’s call this person “Harry.” (We usually redact names for anonymity’s sake.)
Music List • (32nd Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
Huge Discovery! • Rare Document Explains Why There’s a “Spoken” Version of the Propers
His statement is not only foolish, it approaches heresy!