Repeating Repertoire? • Richard J. Clark
“Repetition” in the Age of Streaming Masses…
Articles
HYMN • “Vexilla Regis” (SATB setting in English)
Father Adrian Fortescue (d. 1923) called this “perhaps the greatest of all hymns.”
Repeating Repertoire? • Veronica Moreno
My own growth as a musician for the Liturgy has culminated in my pastor allowing me to sing the Propers in English: the realization of a decade-long dream.
“Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” (Brébeuf Hymnal, #699)
During Advent, choirmasters must plan Christmas. During Lent, choirmasters must plan Easter. And so on.
Repeating Repertoire? • Dr. Tappan
“The tunes and ditties of the radio will be meaningless in the magnitude of one’s final moments; only the psalms can bear the weight of the moment.” —Barry Rose
Repeating Repertoire? • Dr. Calabrese
“I have made the mistake in the past of scheduling a whole set of new pieces for three of four weeks in a row.”
Repeating Repertoire? • Jeff Ostrowski
There’s an old saying: “Show me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.”
PDF Download • “Ad Regias Agni Dapes” (Organ Accompaniment)
I composed this organ accompaniment yesterday, looking ahead towards Eastertide.
Readings & Prayers Used By My Family On Sunday…
Including Fulton J. Sheen, Charles de Foucauld, and a Homily by Father Valentine Young, OFM
“Separated from the Sacraments” • Stories from Walter Ciszek, SJ
A missionary in Soviet Russia, Fr. Ciszek learned the spirituality of surrender through tremendous suffering.
Rehearsal Video • Breathtaking Morales “Sanctus”
CCW contributors—Jeff, Veronica, Andrea, and Cynthia—each recorded a line for this recording.
CDW Guidelines for Holy Week 2020
The Congregation has released a short document with pertinent guidance.
The Fruit of Silence is Prayer
The list of concerns is endless. Today, we may be given the gift of an overabundance of silence, but perhaps its fruit will reverberate for years.
A Word of Encouragement
For those who are separated from the liturgical life of the Church on account of COVID-19.
Eucharistic Fasting, Hunger, and Pent Up Energy
So many are distraught that they are unable to receive the Eucharist. The dryness of the Lenten desert is real.