Propers for the Assumption (15 August)
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“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004), and did graduate work in Musicology. He serves as choirmaster for the new FSSP parish in Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and children.—Read full biography (with photographs).
Cardinal Montini—later known as Pope Paul VI—celebrates Mass in the St. Peter’s Basilica during Vatican II.
The Verdelot “Agnus Dei” gets better and better the more we explore its treasures.
“Such moments had been a part of his spiritual life since boyhood and through his priesthood.”
Once we finish revising the scores at Goupil, this will be unnecessary.
“I did my best to give utterance to all those black notes in the missal.” —Fulton J. Sheen
The recessional is bright, happy, and beautiful.
“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)
“Women forced to sell their bodies in desperation and fear” —From a 2013 GIA hymnal
Amazing! Verdelot’s cadence here sounds quite modern!
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