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- Venerator Sti Lot on Roundup of books on St. Augustine of Hippo: “mibethda got me thinking further, and wondering if you, Father, or my fellow readers have any further suggestions or comments…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1691: When Augustine and his mother Monica were reunited after 1617 years: “She is clearly the Neil Peart of Samantron.”
- on ASK FATHER: Is the Collect from Leo’s “Mass for Creation” heretical?: “It also is a direct restatement of the Nicene Creed. “Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum. Et…”
- on ASK FATHER: Priests tells me to say Act of Contrition outside the confessional, afterward: “I would add, to the priests: just giving a routine, unthinking ‘Hail Mary’ as a penance is useful to no-one:…”
- on Kudos to the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston: “I hope he inspires others to do likewise. If the bishops who are not dead set against the TLM would…”
- on Roundup of books on St. Augustine of Hippo: “O’Daly’s book is now in a second edition (the one shown above is the first edition). The Augustinian Heritage Institute…”
- on Roundup of books on St. Augustine of Hippo: “For the latinist I would like to suggest: “De Concordia inter Humanam et Divinam Institutionem: Quid Augustinus et Petrarca senserint”…”
- on Kudos to the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston: “And perhaps Bishop Evelio will participate in the St. Paul Center’s conference at Oglebay next year. It’s only across town…”
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Tag Archives: sacred music
What’s up with sacred music in Rome? Nothing good, it seems.
Sandro Magister has a piece today about what is going with sacred music in Rome, more specifically via the Sistine Chapel Choir and the Pontifical Institute for Sacred Music. In a word: disaster. Here is the first part: Not Sacred … Read More
Ash Wednesday glimpses and papal liturgical music observations
First, lunch was a cup of soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. This was consumed while viewing the Holy Father’s Mass at Santa Sabina, the Roman Station. The day began at the nearby San’tAnselmo on the Aventine Hill for the collect. … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Ash Wednesday, ashes, liturgy, sacred music
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18 Comments
Detroit: New orchestral Mass premiered at Assumption Grotto, composed by the parish priest!
I posted about the comments made by Msgr. Miserachs-Grau about the state of sacred music. Now I would like to share something about a friend of mine Fr. Eduard Perrone at the great Assumption Grotto parish in Detroit. He is … Read More
QUAERITUR: Mixing Latin and English in the Ordinary Form
From a reader: Last Sunday I attended a Mass where the priest used one Latin phrase during an English-language Novus Ordo: he sang “Mysterium Fidei” after the Consecration. Is this permitted? Would that he had used more! Latin is the … Read More
Bp. Morlino on beauty and worship: beauty is NOT just a matter of taste.
On the site of the Diocese of Madison’s paper, The Catholic Herald (not to be confused with The Catholic Herald in the UK), His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Morlino has some observations about liturgy which are worth a look. My … Read More
Proper attire in and proper liturgical music
You should be checking out The Chant Cafe with some regularity. I saw this over there. I thought it was apt, considering I have also lately seen a few posts out there in the blogosphere about proper attire in church. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Eucharistic “Danny Boy” Prayer. Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: That is strange. Last weekend we had a visiting priest and something strange happened. He sang the first part of the Eucharistic prayer to the tune of “Danny Boy”. Well, needless to say most of us were … Read More
Changes in the rubrics for music in the new, corrected translation.
My friend Jeffrey Tucker of the estimable The Chant Cafe has a fascinating post about changes in the noew, corrected translation of the Missale Romanum which will affect sacred music in our worship. Here is his piece, which I am … Read More
Posted in The future and our choices
Tagged General Instruction of the Roman Missal, GIRM, rubrics, sacred music
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55 Comments
Must watch and hear. Palestrina.
Tip of the biretta to NLM for this on Gloria TV. It is a BBC show on Palestrina. Fantastic views of Rome.
Venerator Sti Lot on Roundup of books on St. Augustine of Hippo: “mibethda got me thinking further, and wondering if you, Father, or my fellow readers have any further suggestions or comments…”
