PDF Download • “Pope Pius XII Hymnal” (1959)
Very few people have a copy of this incredibly rare Catholic hymnal.
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.”
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).

Very few people have a copy of this incredibly rare Catholic hymnal.

“Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle?” And he said to them, “An enemy hath done this.”
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“At that time, the Pharisees went and consulted among themselves, how to ensnare Jesus in His speech…”
My friend, Andrew Motyka, asked me to show the “full version” of this famous hymn.

We’ve made a very good start, and things will get better and better!

I recorded all the voices, to demonstrate how it sounds…

Then he saith to his servants, “The marriage indeed is ready, but they that were invited were not worthy.”

Saint John Fisher (d. 1535) tutored King Henry VIII when he was a boy—but Henry VIII eventually murdered him and placed his head on a stake.

“Hymns that are directed to the Trinity should not be used, no matter how familiar they may be.”

“O God, Who, through the august communication of this sacrifice, dost make us partakers of the one supreme divinity…”

Robert Campbell is an excellent translator of the Breviary—but even the best steal.
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