Repeating Repertoire? • Christopher Mueller
I’m sure I’m not the only one to feel this way: certain celebrations don’t feel right without “that piece.”
“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
I’m sure I’m not the only one to feel this way: certain celebrations don’t feel right without “that piece.”
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Many churches have turned to live streaming during these difficult times. But getting the audio quality right is challenging. Here are some tips!
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Father Adrian Fortescue (d. 1923) called this “perhaps the greatest of all hymns.”
My own growth as a musician for the Liturgy has culminated in my pastor allowing me to sing the Propers in English: the realization of a decade-long dream.
During Advent, choirmasters must plan Christmas. During Lent, choirmasters must plan Easter. And so on.
“The tunes and ditties of the radio will be meaningless in the magnitude of one’s final moments; only the psalms can bear the weight of the moment.” —Barry Rose
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“I have made the mistake in the past of scheduling a whole set of new pieces for three of four weeks in a row.”
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There’s an old saying: “Show me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.”
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I composed this organ accompaniment yesterday, looking ahead towards Eastertide.
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Including Fulton J. Sheen, Charles de Foucauld, and a Homily by Father Valentine Young, OFM
A missionary in Soviet Russia, Fr. Ciszek learned the spirituality of surrender through tremendous suffering.
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CCW contributors—Jeff, Veronica, Andrea, and Cynthia—each recorded a line for this recording.
The Congregation has released a short document with pertinent guidance.
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The list of concerns is endless. Today, we may be given the gift of an overabundance of silence, but perhaps its fruit will reverberate for years.
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