Why It is Truly Right and Just to Sing the Preface
Like the Creed, the Preface is a unique place in the Mass where dogma of the Church is expressed. Furthermore, it expresses thanksgiving for the work of salvation.
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

Like the Creed, the Preface is a unique place in the Mass where dogma of the Church is expressed. Furthermore, it expresses thanksgiving for the work of salvation.
Stay tuned for daily reports on the CMAA Sacred Music Colloquium next week
It had been over a decade since I had set foot in St. John Cantius—enough time to forget that one never can tell what beautiful surprise awaits unsuspecting visitors.

Could this have something to do with how each line comes through “cleanly” in 3-part music?

“It is better to speak of a Declaration of Nullity rather than an Annulment…” —Most Rev. Gracida (1994)

Mother Angelica sat down for a wonderful interview with a famous Theologian.

A luxuriant choral setting of the Kyrie from “Mass of the Angels”

The organist will play softly at the Offertory.
When reading certain publications, one gets the sense that every Catholic in the world is up-in-arms about the present translation.
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Weddings, with all of their challenges offer an important chance to evangelize. God calls us to be fishers of women and men. That’s the most important catch of all.

Here are some thoughts, but I can’t promise they make sense.

I realize what I propose seems like moving forward at a snail’s pace, but considering how long the average parishioner has been in the liturgical and musical desert, anything more would cause the musical equivalent of refeeding syndrome.

Who wouldn’t welcome a brief-but-beautiful piece like this?
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