PDF • “Creator Alme Siderum” (Organ Accompaniment)
Each verse written out, with a translation by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.
“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).
Each verse written out, with a translation by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.
As you can see, this new hymnal is pleasantly thin and not heavy.
Several questions deal with music at the Traditional Latin Mass (“Extraordinary Form”).
“May we receive Thy mercy, O Lord, in the midst of Thy temple, that with due reverence we may prepare for the coming festival of our redemption.”
Listen to an original text accepted for publication in the Brébeuf hymnal…
Very few people have a copy of this incredibly rare Catholic hymnal.
“Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle?” And he said to them, “An enemy hath done this.”
We assembled a staggering number of Catholic hymnals and selected only the very best material from each.
Why prayer doesn’t always “work”—and why that’s a good thing!
There’s a new music director for the Archdiocese of Boston and Cathedral of the Holy Cross!
“At that time, the Pharisees went and consulted among themselves, how to ensnare Jesus in His speech…”
My friend, Andrew Motyka, asked me to show the “full version” of this famous hymn.
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