Interesting Points in this Sunday’s Offertory
Do you understand why I’ve highlighted various points?
Articles
“Ad Orientem” and Granovetter’s Threshold Models of Collective Behavior
The people deserve to know the truth. It is time for ignorance to end so that the faithful may develop informed opinions.
St. Josemaría and the Mass
These pictures can prove St. Josemaría’s love for the Old Mass.
The “Long & Short” of Latin Hymns
Such underlay would be considered loathsome by composers like Guerrero. Indeed, it’s an impossibility!
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli in Cappa Magna
Anyone care to hazard a guess regarding why a blue biretta would have been used circa 1933?
Does Your Bishop Enforce The GIRM?
They will assume—and why shouldn’t they?—that “approved by the USCCB” applies to the hymns and songs…
Why is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?
“To the historian their decisions are disgusting nonsense that people of my kind want simply to ignore.” — Fr. Adrian Fortescue (1919)
“Actuosa Participatio” and the Reception of Holy Communion
Relevant Reflections from “Sacramentum Caritatis.”
Free Recordings • British Boys’ Choir
Free recordings of famous British boys’ choirs on YouTube!
Letter To A Volunteer Choir…
The singers know their individual contribution is essential.
The Musical Power of the Priest in the Ordinary Form
One musical advantage for the priest celebrating the Ordinary Form is that he can play an active role leading the music, yet still celebrate Mass.
Musical Resources • 11th Sunday after Pentecost
“…pour forth Thy mercy upon us, to take away from us those things which our conscience feareth…”
Victoria Alleluia • Extraordinary & Ordinary Form
If your priest requires the congregation sing the “Alleluia,” there’s a nice way to do this.
Priestly Musical Formation in a Low Mass Culture
Reflections from Dr. Jennifer Donelson at Sacra Liturgia UK
Musical Resources • 10th Sunday after Pentecost
“O God, Who dost chiefly manifest Thy power in forbearance and mercy…”