Catastrophic Results of USCCB “Interpretation”
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Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers
First Look Images! • “Proper Of The Mass” By Fr. Samuel F. Weber
This 1,292 page book is much thinner than I had anticipated.
It Has Arrived! • “Proper of the Mass” (Ignatius)
You will notice that Fr. Weber’s version sounds quite similar to the authentic Latin chant.
Jaw-Dropping Liturgical Manuscripts (7,055 Pages)
Catholics can now *see with their own eyes* the antiquity of our liturgy.
PDF Download: Father Charles Dreisoerner’s “Graduale Romanum” In English (202 pages)
Did you know the entire Roman Gradual was set to English texts in 1984?
Review: An English Gradual (Belmont Abbey, 2013)
For myself, I prefer the liturgy entirely in Latin or entirely in the vernacular. Others will disagree.
New Propers Collection By Lawrence M. Rutherford
“English Psalm-Tone Propers for the Ordinary Form of the Mass” is now available in print!
The Society for Catholic Liturgy
Two Contributions from CCW Bloggers
Fr. Alan M. Guanella Reviews The Jogues Missal
“No other pew Missal has done such a beautiful job setting the Ordinary of the Mass.” — Fr. Alan M. Guanella
Some Thoughts On “Englishing” Gregorian Chant
But why bring up this subject at all, when probably 95% of Catholic priests have no familiarity with Gregorian chant? • concerning the challenges of composing Gregorian chant in English+
Mass Propers In English
Roosevelt was President while paralyzed. Churchill gave speeches but couldn’t pronounce “S” correctly. Surely, then, we can implement the Mass Propers with these 11 collections! • the Graduale Romanum has been set in English by many composers; here are some collections with audio samples+
Are Priests Permitted To Add More Scripture To The Ordinary Form? Yes!
Vatican II wanted more Scripture in the Mass, but somehow the reformers missed that memo.
Inaccurate Statements About Translations Of The Mass Propers (A Pet Peeve)
The quickest way to make this clear to a skeptical priest or liturgist is to request that they bring you some Offertory antiphons from MR3. (They don’t exist!)
“No Propers? No High Mass!” — 1933 Article
“…at these High Masses, the choir omits the Gloria, Credo, Gradual, Tract and Sequence.” — Answer: “The method is an abuse and must be done away with.”
Antiphons in the Gradual don’t match the Roman Missal, 3rd edition?
Why aren’t the Propers from the Roman Gradual identical to the Mass Propers printed in the Roman Missal? • “Recent research … has made it clear that the antiphons of the Order of Mass were never intended to be sung.” — Bishop Donald Trautman (2007)+
