Musical Resources • Second Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form)
“Gather ye together His Saints to Him; who have set His covenant before sacrifices…”
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
“Gather ye together His Saints to Him; who have set His covenant before sacrifices…”
At my funeral, please pray for my soul. Please don’t “celebrate my life” (do that after…) or “celebrate my resurrection.” Pray.
Registration is now open for the CMAA Winter Sacred Music Workshop in Houston
Mr. Mawby emailed me two weeks after sending the music, saying he’d already purchased his plane ticket and would see us in Rome!
This blog post is about a four-year-old who behaves at Mass and how the Extraordinary Form allows a father to learn to behave better at Mass.
Sometimes it takes decades to appreciate the genius of this or that Gregorian chant.
“Christianity is the perfect development of the Jewish religion…” —Fr. Leslie Rumble
“Arise in thy strength, we beseech thee, O Lord, and come…”
Whether this rumor is accurate makes no difference, because the rules for Friday abstinence were changed in the 1960s.
The liturgy suffers under the weight of the culture of mediocrity and instant gratification. Most distressing is a false sense of liberty that promotes a sense of entitlement, placing the preferences and opinions of the individual above all else.
I never dreamed that so many people love this stuff…and are willing to fight for it!
The program seeks to broaden the knowledge of already well trained musicians so that they can become well trained liturgical musicians.
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