Category Archives: Catholic Music

It all becomes clear….

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

….so that’s who made Mr Inwood so terribly cross. Ad multos annos, Bishop Egan! St Michael, pray for us!

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The Dome of Home

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

The following short film explores the Shrine church of Ss Peter, Paul and Philomena, on the Wirral. In it Canon Montjean, the rector of the Shrine, discusses aspects of the Extrordinary Form of the liturgy, as well as showing the … Continue reading →

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHOIR TO SING IN ST. PETER’S

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Vatican City, (VIS) – The Choir of Westminster Abbey in London, England, is due to sing alongside the “Cappella Musicale Pontificia”, or Sistine Choir, on 29 June, in an event which will be broadcast across the world. The Westminster Choir … Continue reading →

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Publication of the Date of Easter on the Day of the Epiphany

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

by Henri Adam de Villiers From the NLM Epiphany is the last principal feast before the beginning of the Easter cycle. In this day, the Roman Pontifical (Pars III. De Publicatione festorum Mobilium in Epiphania Domini) gives the how to … Continue reading →

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Singing the Mass

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

Part One: Liturgical Music as participation in Christ (By Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted  The Catholic Sun) St. Augustine recounts in his autobiography Confessions an experience he had during the singing of the Mass: “How I wept, deeply moved by your hymns, … Continue reading →

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The savage beast

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

I have always been impressed by those people that have a facility for prayer. I am afraid that I am one of those silly people that just can’t stop their over-active minds from chattering and burbling on: no sooner do … Continue reading →

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Musings on “Folk Mass” and an Old Latin Song of Mary

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Folk music and pop music are not appropriate for the liturgy, as the Vat. II document on Divine Service makes clear: The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy: therefore, other things being equal, it should … Continue reading →

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Victimae Paschali Laudes

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

H/T to Heracletian

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Parce Domine, Parce populo suo – Lent Antiphon and the Hymn “Flectamus”

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

“Parce, Domine, parce populo tuo: ne in aeternum irascaris nobis” (Spare your people Lord: Be not angry Lord with your people forever) is a Bible Verse derived from Joel 2:17. According to Liber Usualis it is used for the Ash … Continue reading →

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Finding Wisdom in an Old Hymn.

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

By: Msgr. Charles Pope One of the great yet largely unknown hymns of the Church is Take My Life, and Let it Be. It was written by Frances R. Havergal, in February of 1874 and speaks of the Christian’s total … Continue reading →

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The Shock of the Old

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

There is a peculiar modern belief that we, as a species, have “progressed”, that our species has in some manner “matured”: this draws on an subconscious assumption that human history can be read in the same way as a human … Continue reading →

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Christmas Carols

Posted on December 19, 2010 by

A strong memory for me, of my teenage years, was setting out one evening in the frost and snow with my Catholic chums from school, to go carol singing.

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God of Nations, at thy feet in the bonds of love we meet

Posted on December 4, 2010 by

I’ve often thought how peaceable my own country’s national anthem is – so many other anthems are military in origin and martial in flavour. Written by a Catholic poet, it is a prayer, which among other things asks: ‘from dissension, … Continue reading →

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The Abbey of St. Peter – Solesmes. Millennial Anniversary Celebrations.

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

The Benedictine Monks of Solesmes have just finished celebrating 1,000 years of history of this Monastery on the River Sarthe near Sable in France. This Abbey, known universally for its scholarship in Gregorian chant can trace its origins back 1,000 … Continue reading →

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Living the Liturgy – The Benedictine Monks of Clear Creek

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

The Monastery of Our Lady of the Annunciation is a Benedictine Monastery at Clear Creek in Oklahoma, U.S.A. It is a Foundation of the Benedictine Abbey of Fontgombault. (Congregation of Solesmes). Monasteries which are members of the Solesmes Congregation, as … Continue reading →

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