“Ad Te Levavi” • Variant
This particular variant hints at “tone painting.”
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Now That You’re Shunning Bad Hymns … Stop Announcing Them!
“When we announce hymn numbers, we’re not facilitating participation—we’re disrupting it.” —Daniel Marshall
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Bach’s Psychotically Awesome Walking Bassline
Thirty-six (36) pedal notes without interruption!
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A Simple Way to Utilize Handbells
The method itself is wonderfully simple.
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Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”
(1 of 50) “Philosophy of Life”
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“Reminder” — Month of January (2026)
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
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Hymn Translation • “Was Dr. John Mason Neale the Greatest of All Time?”
I received permission to reveal publicly this “comparison chart” of hymn translations.
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August 1970 • “Graduale Simplex Doc” (12 pages)
Similar to polyester vestments & wreckovations, its sad legacy is bound up with everything regrettable about the 1960s liturgical reforms.
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“Puer Natus in Béthlehem” • (Added Fifths)
A dash of something!
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How Does The Vatican “Rhythm” Actually Sound?
With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
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“Adeste Fideles” • Too Many Translations!
Broadly speaking, only one has attained general use throughout the English-speaking world…
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Card. Heenan on Ronald Knox: “Perhaps the Church’s greatest figure of the 20th century.”
“Although renowned as a preacher and scholar, the real greatness of Knox lay in his holiness of life.” —Cardinal Heenan (Archbishop of Westminster)
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“Kaitrin Drost Strikes Again!” • Plus a Few Random Thoughts and Tirades by Jeff Ostrowski
Imagine walking up into a choir loft and sounding like these young ladies without rehearsal.
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Bing Crosby, Christmas, and Catholicism
He served as an unwitting catechist, introducing a young listener to the language and music of Catholicism.
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💰 Are Church Musicians Paid Too Little?
I came very close to paying an unspeakably severe price.
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