If we can solve these 3 misunderstandings, people can fall in love with chant easier!
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Musical Resources • Feast of the Holy Family (Extraordinary Form)
“O Lord Jesus Christ, who—in the days of thy subjection to Mary and Joseph—didst consecrate home life by ineffable acts of virtue…”
Is this the “Proper” solution for you?
I’ve decided to try an experiment that may work in other parishes.
A Most Devastating Change By Pope Paul VI
“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)
Only Priests Can Save Catholic Music
Including thirteen (13) complete collections of Mass Propers…with audio examples!
Regensburger Domspatzen
I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.
Lenten Acclamations To Genevan Psalm Tunes
“Dom Beauduin realised that the singing of psalms and the reading of the Scriptures in divine worship is the greatest bond between Catholics and Protestants.” —Fr. Mark Woodruff
Musical Resources • Holy Family
Many don’t realize that all the EF chants for the Holy Family can be used at OF—cf. section 397 of the Ordo Cantus Missæ.
Colloquium Friends & Chant Workshops
“Adventus Dona” in the Diocese of San Diego
Preparing for an EF Sung Mass
Preparing music folders for a Missa Cantata – all the essentials and a few handy desirables.
The Most Disturbing Change To The 1962 Missal
We’re not as smart as we’d thought … and our forefathers weren’t as dumb as we’d assumed.
Peace and St Francis
St Francis worked for peace through prayer. If by singing we pray twice, then this collection of music could multiply our efforts today!
Breaking News: The Communion Hymn is an Optional Add-On
Reading the General Instruction of the Roman Missal can bring many surprises. One of them has to do with the ubiquitous communion hymn.
Important Resources for Liturgical Reform (6 of 7)
Some free resources for Cantor, Choir, and Organ for furthering the liturgical reform in your parish.
Important Resources for Liturgical Reform (4 of 7)
Should Church music be fun? Yes!!!