World Day for Consecrated Life and Leadership from the Laity
Priests and musicians need each other and must mutually support each other. Both are immersed in the work of the liturgy, the most important act of evangelization.
Liturgy of the Word and Paraphrasing the Responsorial Psalm
Would a lector paraphrase a reading from Isaiah or Paul? Would a deacon or priest change the words while proclaiming the Gospel of St. Luke?
The Blessing of Daily Mass – Saint Mary’s Chapel, Boston College Reopens
I am at daily mass, but through no virtue of my own. God has a way of drawing us toward him even when we resist.
Reviving a Music Program & Ryan Lynch on “Sounds from the Spires”
Good-hearted and talented people respond quite positively to the philosophy of service to God and others.
The Lowest Musical Aspiration Possible – Or the Highest?
Is being a church musician the lowest musical aspiration possible? Or the Highest?
Christmas Season and the New Year
This is a profession that is in fact, unfriendly to families, i.e., working all weekend long, nights, holidays, low pay, etc. Yet we persist through an act of will as much as an act of loving service.
Scripture, Sacred Music, and the Actions of Our Lives
Let’s not minimize the role of the psalms in the mass to the Responsorial! Plus a FREE download of the Epiphany Communion antiphon.
I am a fraud: A Life of Service
The richness of liturgical worship is what draws may of us in –- for life.
Saint Paul’s Choir School ~ Top 5 on the Billboard Charts
“Christmas in Harvard Square” opened on the No. 2 spot on Billboard Magazine’s Classical Traditional Chart and has remained in the top 5 since.
Marian Meditations on RJC Cecilia Music
When I was young, I never viewed the Blessed Virgin Mary as a great source of inspiration for composition. How wrong that turned out to be!
A self-fulfilling prophecy and why we don’t sing the Creed
But how many times have we heard: “We shouldn’t use that that because nobody can sing it.” This is a self-fulfilling prophecy, is it not?
I’m not here to make you or me happy. | Music as a Virtue
It is not the point of sacred music to make individuals or even the Music Director happy.
Can’t sing? Sing the dialogues!
Reverence, prayer, and internal participation increased through this act of external participation.
All Souls — gave hope to me, too.
Do not miss the opportunities of All Souls Day, especially as it falls on a Sunday.
Letter on Sacred Music to Parishioners
An article that may serve to guide those of us searching for the words to speak to our parishioners, choir members, and also clergy.