Simple Yet Beautiful Easter Piece You Might Want To Sing This Sunday
The verses come from an Easter poem found in numerous ancient manuscripts.
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
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).

The verses come from an Easter poem found in numerous ancient manuscripts.

Someone told me in advance the cardinal was a trained musician; he certainly was!

An usher approached me, tapping on my shoulder. This was the last straw.

Practice Videos for KYRIE “Impleta Sunt”—based on a piece by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Dean, Nixon, and others made tons of money writing and speaking about Watergate.

Directing a choir is extremely difficult. The obstacles often seem insurmountable.

I was surprised to see composer David Haas comment on facebook in support of this.

This 1,292 page book is much thinner than I had anticipated.

A “Dialogue” Low Mass with singing (c. 1958) by choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney.

Notice how the priest, dressed in cope, is engulfed in darkness at the beginning of the Easter Vigil—except for candles burning.

You will notice that Fr. Weber’s version sounds quite similar to the authentic Latin chant.

Should we assume malice on the part of those who denigrate the Traditional Mass?

Catholics can now *see with their own eyes* the antiquity of our liturgy.
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