Is This Where It All Began?
Why do so many traditional priests have an aversion to Pope Pius XII’s revision of Holy Week?
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.”
Why do so many traditional priests have an aversion to Pope Pius XII’s revision of Holy Week?
Are you a priest, are you a music director? Perhaps God is calling YOU!
During the procession, all or some of the following selections may be sung…
There are two ways to distribute palm branches in the Extraordinary Form.
Two part choir exercises – one for every day of the year plus a few dozen to spare.
You may forever change the lives of someone you do not know in ways you will never know.
An easier organ accompaniment, provided by Dr. Eugène Lapierre, teacher of Roger Wagner.
Uses Gregorian chant with polyphonic _Falsibordone_ by Caesare de Zachariis (†1594).
“Scranton is a very Catholic town. Every guy, growing up considered the priesthood.” —Bishop Morlino
The *original* meter & rhyme scheme were miraculously kept in English, Polish, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hungarian!
I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.
The “Gloria Patri” is not said at the Introit from this day until Easter Sunday, except on Feasts.
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