Musical Resources • St. Joseph the Worker (1 May)
“Grant, O Lord, that what we have received may—by the intercession of blessed Joseph—crown our work and confirm our reward…”
“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).
“Grant, O Lord, that what we have received may—by the intercession of blessed Joseph—crown our work and confirm our reward…”
This Sunday falls on May 1st, so the EF feast is “St. Joseph the Workman.”
Modern ears don’t always enjoy the sound of extremely ancient music—do you?
“Richer than I you can never be—I had a Mother who read to me.”
“…grant Thy peoples that they may love what Thou commandest and desire what Thou dost promise…”
John Paul II: “For compositions of liturgical music, I make my own the general rule of St. Pius X…”
My friend was in charge of picking music for papal Masses under Pope St. John Paul II.
CMAA was formed the same year “Inter Oecumenici” was issued by the Vatican.
She passed away when the community’s house collapsed during the earthquake that hit the Ecuadorian coast on 16 April 2016.
Too many columnists focus endlessly on minutiae while leaving untouched a crucial issue.
Some of you know I’ve been extremely ill for more than two years…
“O God, Who dost show the light of Thy truth to them that go astray…”
You Will Want To Download These! • Written-out (“notated”) sheets for the Rite of Confirmation in the Extraordinary Form.
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