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“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).
I hate asking people for money; and some Catholic organizations drive me crazy by constantly begging with an alarmist manner.
Published in 1911, this “Convent Mass” is for two sopranos.
Does modern architecture compare favorably to the architecture of the dark ages?
Vatican II wanted more Scripture in the Mass, but somehow the reformers missed that memo.
“At the moment of conception, a new life comes into being. The DNA—the genetic blueprint—is there.”
“Complete equality of status for the old rite of Mass alongside the new rite … is just not going to happen.” — Fr. Brian W. Harrison (26 March 1995)
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass in Weimar (Germany) in 1989 and 1999.
In my opinion, Fr. Paul Scalia’s face resembles that of his father (Justice Antonin Scalia) … but I could be completely wrong about this.
You will not make progress at your parish unless you understand Pope Benedict’s “Unbelievably Big Kite” theory.
If Pope Pius V or Gregory the Great were to come back, they ought to see that the Mass after Vatican II has substantially remained the same.” — Secretary of the Consilium
A peritus of the Council once suggested that certain parties detest the Mass Propers because they’re almost impossible to “hijack” with heterodox theology.
The quickest way to make this clear to a skeptical priest or liturgist is to request that they bring you some Offertory antiphons from MR3. (They don’t exist!)
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