Musical Resources • 17th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
“Very humbly, O Lord, we implore of thy majesty, that the holy mysteries we are celebrating … save us from transgressing in the time to come …”
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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 humbly, O Lord, we implore of thy majesty, that the holy mysteries we are celebrating … save us from transgressing in the time to come …”
…including a digression on why choirs hate Solfège.
Last Sunday we sang a beautiful composition by Richard Rice.

“…it is important to avoid musical forms which, because of their profane use, are not conducive to prayer.”

What you didn’t know about Fr. Jonathan Morris…

“May thy grace … cause us to be zealous at all times in the doing of good works.”

Can you see the difference? Can you hear the difference?

Download these Propers for Saint Pio of Pietrelcina—according to the 1962 Missale Romanum!

“I think that all of us clerics should rethink our choice of clothing…” —Bishop René H. Gracida

I first sang this marvelous piece as a freshman in college, under Dr. James F. Daugherty.

“May thine abiding loving-kindness, O Lord, cleanse and fortify thy Church…”

Here’s a chart with rubrics from the 1974 “Graduale” translated into English.

Astounding video about how the Amiens Cathedral was saved by a medieval “iron band-aid.”

“Reconciled for evermore to thy Church, do thou watch over her, O Lord…”

A Collection of 115 Motets and Hymns, with an Easy Mass for Two Equal Voices.
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