Communion Antiphons for Christmas on “Sounds from the Spires”
“Sounds from the Spires” has been a great supporter of sacred music in the liturgy, bringing choral music, chant, and the pipe organ to a broad audience.
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
“Sounds from the Spires” has been a great supporter of sacred music in the liturgy, bringing choral music, chant, and the pipe organ to a broad audience.
A $12,000 reward will be given to anyone who can produce a Vatican II document mentioning “celebration facing the people.”
The “Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy” is itself experiencing renewal.
“Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the prayers and offerings of our lowliness…”
I don’t think young people (or most people, frankly) are drawn to the pre-conciliar Mass because of nostalgia.
Our Church is notoriously horrible at keeping up with cultural fads—because they’re so ephemeral.
Why not pick up a copy of Kevin Allen’s “Matri Divinae” collection?
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Pete Avendaño at the Sacred Music Symposium, held each year in Los Angeles.
“May we receive Thy mercy, O Lord, in the midst of Thy temple…”
“Ever wonder why McDonald’s decided in 1962 to put a piece of fish into a hamburger bun?” —Bishop Earl Boyea
A simple setting of “Dominus Dixit ad Me” by Fr. Áureo Castro.
Pope Francis has said: “Friar Junípero was one of the founding fathers of the United States.”
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