Musical Resources • 4th Sunday after Epiphany
“But the men wondered, saying, What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey Him?”
“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).
“But the men wondered, saying, What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey Him?”
This Introit is repeated many times, depending on how many Sundays occur after Epiphany.
By Rev. Laurence J. O’Connell, and *published in English* in 1943.
Our choir is 100% volunteers—and many don’t read music.
These rubrics are official; so when does your church begin the Introit?
Cardinal Ratzinger’s English is *fantastic* (as this video shows).
To match the ancient acrostic, Erasmus changed the first line to “Herodis Hostes.”
Every so often, we stumble across true excellence. Here’s a prime example.
Communion anthem: “Jesus went down with them, and came to Nazareth and was subject to them.”
This feast has been moved *four times* since it was created in 1893…but that’s not my problem.
It’s incorrect to say new Churches must be constructed with table altars.
“Here lies He in the manger, alleluia, Who reigns without end, alleluia, alleluia.”
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