PDF Download • Exceedingly Rare! — “The Torn Tunic” (122 pages) … published in 1967
Is Tito Casini correct that vernacular plainsong is a “sin against nature?”
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“Our Trials” • Choirmaster Crosses
How can we experience peace of soul when most people don’t even understand the mental trauma we deal with?
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The Highlight Of My “Sacred Music Journey”
“I’ll be instructing participants in plainsong and Palestrina.” —Corrinne May
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PDF Download • “Communion” (Holy Thursday)
Its verses are quite beautiful.
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Re: The “Restoration” of the Easter Vigil
It’s a strange type of “restoration” that rejoices over innovations that never existed before.
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Father John Paul Lewis • “Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Oklahoma City”
The musical director is Dr. Alvez Barkoskie IV.
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Yesterday’s Offertory • ‘Live’ by 2 Young Women
A large choir isn’t necessary to have dignified music at Mass.
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The 1970s Liturgical Wasteland
“In a sense we need ‘disposable’ music, created to last not centuries, but weeks (or hours).” —Father Hovda
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“Entrance Chant” • 5th Sunday of Lent
The Latin words are rendered so beautifully by Monsignor Knox.
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“What is the Best Catholic Missal?” • Video Review by Catholic Family News
“I am shocked this isn’t more well known; this is really a spectacular work.” —Catholic Family News
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Regarding “Pay-To-Pray” + Lectionary Errors
Many decisions, even those with monumental consequences, were made in secret.
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Possible Error? • 4th Sunday of Lent
Because the post-conciliar liturgical reforms were done with such haste, we sometimes find errors.
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PDF Download • “Gloria III” Organ Accompaniment
This is surely one of music history’s great ironies!
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“From A Priest” • Reader Feedback (28 March 2025)
“I grew up in an Italian-American family.” —Feedback from a priest.
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AI, Primary Things, & Our Parish Choir
Every Sunday, my family and I really want to attend no other Mass than the one the choir is singing at.
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