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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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Pew Book • Saint Isaac Jogues Illuminated Missal, Gradual, and Lectionary

Pew Book • Saint Isaac Jogues Illuminated Missal, Gradual, and Lectionary

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OPHIA PRESS INSTITUTE offers an exciting pew book for Ordinary Form which fulfills “the true liturgical vision of the Vatican II fathers.” This book is intended for the pews wherever Ordinary Form Masses are offered. By exploring the resources below, you can view sample pages, read reviews, and learn about the various elements that make this book’s 832 pages so unique. The official title is SAINT ISAAC JOGUES ILLUMINATED MISSAL, LECTIONARY, & GRADUAL, but it’s usually referred to as “The Jogues Missal.” This pew resource will last until the new Lectionary for the United States is released—which is scheduled to arrive in 2028.

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Please contact Sophia Institute Press with questions about this excellent pew book.

+ Fact Sheet (PDF) • Overview on a single sheet of paper.

+ Special Home Video • How to open & use this book.

+ Table of Contents (PDF) • Familiarize yourself with the contents of this book.

+ Preface (PDF) • Should the Vatican II Gradual matter for today’s Catholics?

+ Congregational Mass Setting • Scores & Videos for organist, cantor, and SATB choir.

+ Gospel Acc. (1st Tune) • Download or buy all 172 pages!

+ Gospel Acc. (2nd Tune) • Download or buy all 172 pages!

+ Responsorial Psalms • Download or buy all 607 pages!

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Essays & Reviews about the Jogues Missal

JOGUES REVIEW : Fr. Brent Maher

JOGUES REVIEW : Dallas Area Catholic (Blog)

JOGUES REVIEW : Christine Sarti

JOGUES REVIEW : New Liturgical Movement

JOGUES REVIEW : Fr. Alan M. Guanella

JOGUES REVIEW : Fr. Jay Finelli

JOGUES REVIEW : John Sonnen

JOGUES REVIEW : Susan Benofy (ADOREMUS)

JOGUES REVIEW : Melanie Bettinelli

JOGUES REVIEW : Daniel Craig

Essay 1 • Which antiphon translations are approved by the Church?
Essay 2 • How long will our current Lectionary translations last?
Essay 3 • Documentation on why Missal antiphons don’t always match the Gradual.
Essay 4 • The purpose of “sung” vs. “spoken” antiphons.
Essay 5 • Possibilities until the Sequences are revised by Liturgiam Authenticam.
Essay 6 • Musical collections of Propers in English.
Essay 7 • Clarity! • Missal vs. Gradual Text (Ordinary Form)

HE SAINT Isaac Jogues Illuminated Missal—now available from Sophia Institute Press—is for parishes seeking to move their community toward a more elevated, solemn, beautiful, and traditional celebration of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Designed to replace flimsy, disposable missalettes, the Jogues Missal brings together the rich texts of the Entrance, Gradual, Offertory and Communion chants along with the readings of the Lectionary, including responsorial psalms and Gospel acclamations. The Missal encompasses all Sundays, Holy Week, special solemnities, funerals, weddings, confirmations, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The preeminent highlight of the Missal, however, is the ORDO MISSAE, featuring full-color photographs portraying the various parts of the Mass. Sidebar explanations serve as a mini-treatise on the Mass, reminding the faithful that the Holy Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.”

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President’s Corner

    “American Catholic Hymnal” (1991)
    The American Catholic Hymnal, with IMPRIMATUR granted (25 April 1991) by the Archdiocese of Chicago, is like a compendium of every horrible idea from the 1980s. Imagine being forced to stand all through Communion (even afterwards) when those self-same ‘enlightened’ liturgists moved the SEQUENCE before the Alleluia to make sure congregations wouldn’t have to stand during it. (Even worse, everything about the SEQUENCE—including its name—means it should follow the Alleluia.) And imagine endlessly repeating “Alleluia” during Holy Communion at every single Mass. It was all part of an effort to convince people that Holy Communion was historically a procession (which it wasn’t).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Music List” • 27th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Readers have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I’ve prepared for 5 October 2025, which is the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and Mass Propers for this Sunday are conveniently stored at the spectacular feasts website alongside the official texts in Latin. Readers will want to check out the ENTRANCE CHANT posted there, which has a haunting melody (in the DEUTERUS MODE) and extremely powerful text.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Kids’ Choir Sings Thomas Aquinas
    Last Sunday, a children’s choir I’m teaching sang with us for the very first time at Sunday Mass. Females from our main choir sang along with them. If you’re curious to hear how they sounded, you can listen to a ‘live’ recording. That’s an English version of TANTUM ERGO by Saint Thomas Aquinas. That haunting melody is called GAUFESTRE and was employed for this 2-Voice Arrangement of a special hymn for 9 November (“Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome”) which replaces a Sunday this year.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reminder” — Month of September (2025)
    Those who don’t sign up for our free EMAIL NEWSLETTER miss important notifications. Last week, for example, I sent a message about this job opening for a music director paying $65,000 per year plus benefits (plus weddings & funerals). Notice the job description says: “our vision for sacred music is to move from singing at Mass to truly singing the Mass wherein … especially the propers, ordinaries, and dialogues are given their proper place.” Signing up couldn’t be easier: simply scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Canonic” • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Fifty years ago, Dr. Theodore Marier made available this clever arrangement (PDF) of “Come down, O love divine” by P. R. Dietterich. The melody was composed in 1906 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (d. 1958) and named in honor of of his birthplace: DOWN AMPNEY. The arrangement isn’t a strict canon, but it does remind one of a canon since the pipe organ employs “points of imitation.” The melody and text are #709 in the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Did they simplify these hymn harmonies?
    Choirs love to sing the famous & splendid tune called “INNSBRUCK.” Looking through a (Roman Catholic) German hymnal printed in 1952, I discovered what appears to be a simplified version of that hymn. In other words, their harmonization is much less complex than the version found in the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal (which is suitable for singing by SATB choir). Please download their 1952 harmonization (PDF) and let me know your thoughts. I really like the groovy Germanic INTRODUCTION they added.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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“In accordance with the ancient tradition of the Church, institution to the ministries of reader and acolyte is reserved to men.”

— Pope Saint Paul VI (15 August 1972)

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