Archbishop Sample’s Letter On Sacred Music (4 of 8)
“Everything in God’s good creation is hierarchically ordered, and the virtue of each part is to belong to the whole in the right way…”
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Responsorial Psalm: The “Gelineau Disease” ?
Someone might exclaim: “You also are doing this. We’ve seen your settings of the responsorial psalm!”
Archbishop Sample’s Letter On Sacred Music (3 of 8)
We need to avoid profanity “not only in itself, but in the manner in which it is presented by those who execute it.”
Archbishop Sample’s Letter On Sacred Music (2 of 8)
Most bishops will talk about everything from global warming to the latest cure for cholesterol, but they leave the issue of liturgical music to priests who think that saving people means dying with them…
Archbishop Sample’s Letter On Sacred Music (1 of 8)
We’ve teamed up to create an 8-part series on Archbishop Sample’s momentous 2013 letter. Today, Jeff Ostrowski introduces the series.
Gregory the Great Academy
An Interview with Matt Williams
Homily: Most Holy Trinity (Year A)
“We should consider it a real privilege and honor to be able and allowed to honor and praise the Holy Trinity.”
Pope Saint John Paul II on Gregorian Chant
As Gregorian Chant was arguably “dead” during much of his pontificate, Pope Saint John Paul II’s strong words on Gregorian Chant are therefore quite notable.
Antiphons in the Gradual don’t match the Roman Missal, 3rd edition?
Why aren’t the Propers from the Roman Gradual identical to the Mass Propers printed in the Roman Missal? • “Recent research … has made it clear that the antiphons of the Order of Mass were never intended to be sung.” — Bishop Donald Trautman (2007)+
Newly-Ordained Priest Murdered in Phoenix
Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP, was also seriously wounded in this burglary-turned-murder.
Art as Affirmation and Sacrifice
True art affirms the Catholic Faith—and represents a spiritual sacrifice pleasing and acceptable to the Lord.
Kevin Allen • “Recovering the Sacred”
Kevin Allen will be presenting a beautiful conference in Malaysia.
Review • Saint Isaac Jogues Illuminated Missal, Lectionary, & Gradual
“This publication is sorely needed to help reignite a Catholic imagination.” — Christine Sarti
On the Issue of Participation
Have you ever experienced “participationism” ?
Homily: Pentecost
A Homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.