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Views from the Choir Loft

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 9, 2026

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for Holy Thursday (Plainsong in English)

Only a foolish and stubborn person would claim that “hyena” is basically the same thing as “a holy person.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 7, 2026

“Dies Irae” • A Monstrous Translation

There’s a place for dynamic equivalency, but this is repugnant.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 6, 2026

“National Survey” (Order of Christian Funerals) • By the USCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship

“For this reason, I encourage everyone to take the survey.” —Jeff Ostrowski

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 5, 2026

“Samaritánæ” (3rd Sunday of Lent)

The “Ordo Cantus Missae” introduces not only…

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Andrea Leal · March 2, 2026

PDF Download • Fourteen (14) Versions of the Splendid Hymn: “Salve Mater Misericordiae”

My favorite Gregorian hymn for Lent!

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 1, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(9 of 50) “Divinity of Christ”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 27, 2026

PDF Download • “Funerals in the Ordinary Form”

Many have requested the following document (which governs any funerals at my parish).

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 24, 2026

PDF Download • “Pange Lingua” in Simple (Contemporary) Polyphony for Three Voices

This arrangement of the “Pange Lingua” (which contains the famous “Tantum Ergo” verse) works quite well.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 23, 2026

PDF Download • “Gregorian Chant Booklet” mailed by Pope Saint Paul VI to every bishop

Father McManus makes no exception for hearing-impaired or deaf Catholics; his decree is absolute.

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Mark Haas · February 23, 2026

My Response Surprised A Parishioner ‘Upset’ About Latin

We must resist the temptation to justify Latin—or any liturgical practice—based on personal taste.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 22, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(8 of 50) “New Testament Revelation”

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Dr. Charles Weaver · February 19, 2026

The Weekday Communions of Lent

The Communion antiphons of the weekdays of Lent offer us an ancient sequence to unify the season.

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Daniel Marshall · February 18, 2026

“Chant Is Not a Penitential Act” • Lenten Reflection by Daniel Marshall

…and then Easter will come, and for many parishes, the chant will disappear again.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · February 18, 2026

(Ash Wednesday) • Medieval Illumination Depicting the Distribution of Ashes

Discovered by those who edited the third edition of the Campion Missal.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 15, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(7 of 50) “Miracles”

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President’s Corner

    Knox. Has. No. Equal.
    Dr. Finberg (of the University of Leicester) famously said: “No living writer possesses a greater command over the English language than Monsignor Ronald Knox.” A lifetime spent among his works would not exhaust them; always another thing to see, never once a reason to look away. Consider the marvelous way Knox Englished the famous VERBUM SUPERNUM of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The 4th verse (in Latin) means: “By being born, He became man’s companion; at this supper, He became man’s food; in dying, He became man’s ransom; in reigning, He is man’s reward.” Knox brilliantly makes the English fit the Latin meter: The manger, Christ their equal made, | That upper room, their souls’ repast, | The Cross, their ransom dearly paid, | And heav’n, their high reward at last. I believe the meaning of the French word “manger” was not absent from his thoughts when he penned that stanza.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Proportionalist Plainchant • (Documented)
    On this website, we believe: “If we don’t know where we came from, we can’t know where we’re going.” As a result, we often spend hours scanning old books of GREGORIAN CHANT (and organ accompaniments). We don’t claim those items are useful or desirable for today’s circumstances; the goal is understanding where we came from. Here is a fascinating musical score from the 19th century. At that time, it was believed that MENSURALISM (a.k.a. “proportionalism”) was the historically correct way to sing plainsong.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”

    We received an email asking whether the “Garnier Gospel Acclamations website” has…

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    ‘Ould’ But Not Good
    Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

“The current Ordo Missae, which has grown up in the course of the centuries, certainly is to be retained.” (Hodiernus Ordo Missæ, qui decursu saeculorum succrevit, certe retinendus est.)

— Clarification from a bishop on the Council’s Liturgical Commission (11-5-1962)

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