Church Music Dubia Remain Unanswered
The time for serious discussions about church music has not yet come.
“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).
The time for serious discussions about church music has not yet come.
The fear was that Protestant translators might distort the theology contained in the ancient Catholic hymns…
Next Sunday, some EF priests will choose an “external solemnity.”
Have you noticed liturgical progressives are never happy?
“Let Thy grace, we beseech Thee, O Lord, ever go before us…”
Hymns to the Blessed Virgin, Hymns for Benediction, Offertories, etc.
…and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet is risen up amongst us and God hath visited His people.”
“A huge success! My pastor was blown away at the beauty of the Mass setting by Guerrero. The people in attendance were just floored…”
“Grant us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that this saving Victim may become both the cleansing of our sins, and the propitiation of Thy might.”
“Having received Thy heavenly sacraments, O Lord, we beseech Thee that we may profit unto the increase of everlasting salvation…”
Fourth: musicians who beguile their way into religious orders are for the most part silly, idle, vacillating, vain, effeminate, and even vicious individuals.
“…and it chanced that a certain priest went down the same way, and seeing him, passed by.”
Only two people in the whole school are forced to publicly demonstrate their work: the choirmaster and the coach.
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