Should Catholics Sing Protestant Christmas Carols?
Including the “music list” I have prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass.
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Including the “music list” I have prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass.

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass.
This topic I had believed to be fairly well understood—but I was wrong.

Upon the death of of the Very Reverend Canon Edgard De Laet.

Until a few days ago, I knew nothing of this (extremely rare) book. Now it’s been scanned and uploaded—free to all.

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for the 4th Sunday of Advent.

A brief, bright, stately setting.

When it comes to the children, I help them memorize each word…

Why should that feast overpower Our Lady of Guadalupe?

Including a new harmonization for the pipe organ.

Simplified keyboard accompaniment for “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” (Advent hymn).

On 5 December 2025, the pope said…

Readers have expressed interest in examining the music list I prepared for 8 December (“In Conceptione Immaculata Beatae Mariae Virginis”).

A collection of Palestrina works that are not only stunningly beautiful but also surprisingly accessible.

It’s hard to banish that round once it enters your ears!
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