(2025) • “Vexilla Regis” + “Ubi Caritas”
But they said: “Lord, behold here are two swords.” And He said to them: “It is enough.” —Luke 22:38
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
But they said: “Lord, behold here are two swords.” And He said to them: “It is enough.” —Luke 22:38
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
Since Covid-19, many Catholic churches “live-stream” their Masses … and this disturbing footage emerged.
Is Tito Casini correct that vernacular plainsong is a “sin against nature?”
How can we experience peace of soul when most people don’t even understand the mental trauma we deal with?
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for Maundy Thursday.
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
Some believe that “joyful” texts sound happy in Gregorian Chant and “sad” texts sound mournful.
“And the chief priests made a plot against Lazarus’ life too…”
It’s a strange type of “restoration” that rejoices over innovations that never existed before.
A large choir isn’t necessary to have dignified music at Mass.
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