Musical Resources • 2nd Sunday of Lent 1
“O God, Who seest how we are destitute of all strength…”
“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
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).
Fr. Christopher Smith has created a 7-part series on Vatican II.
Yesterday, I used the text on page 366 to create an SATB Hymn for Lent.
The psalm verses are optional—making this piece as long or short as you desire.
What does sacred music have to do with the O. J. Simpson murder trial?
“There remains throughout the presence of Bugnini—his bias, his anger, and his prejudice—making one continuously ask the unanswerable question: why?” ~ Msgr. Richard J. Schuler
“Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
The OF can enrich the EF, but not the way Fr. Stravinskas describes.
Two young ladies in high school created this video as part of a school project.
“Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?”
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