Sunday, March 30, 2025

Prayer before and after Choir

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The following prayer for choirs (scholæ cantorum), intended to be used at the start and end of each practice or session, was devised and ado...
Sunday, March 23, 2025

The Original Verses of the Attende Domine

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Attende Domine serves well as a motet in Lent. Owing to a reference I found online , I discovered that the Attende Domine  was originally a...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

A Prayer of the Church under Grievous Persecutions

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Oratio Ecclesiæ sub gravibus persecutionibus. Aña. Memor esto congregatiónis tuæ, Dómine, quam possedísti ab inítio. Ps. 73, 2 Psalmus 73 U...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

"Ukraine's Freedom Has Not Yet Perished, Nor Has Her Glory"

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 Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля. Thus the first line of the Ukrainian national anthem; and despite all the evils inflicted on Ukrain...
Monday, December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas MMXXIII

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Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet, omnipotens sermo tuus de cælo, a regalibus sedibus... ...
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Thursday, May 4, 2023

A Litany for King Charles on the Eve of the Coronation

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On the eve of the Coronation, of your charity pray for King Charles III; the following litany may prove appropriate - having located the ori...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost: A Beautiful Gift

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Most unexpectedly, Mass this evening for the 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost was a Missa cantata, expertly sung by a cantor, who chante...
Monday, November 7, 2022

The Manner of Hearing Mass

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For some years, I have found the most convenient way to hear Mass, since there is only a monthly Latin Mass here, is to split the difference...
Sunday, September 11, 2022

May the Queen Rest in Peace; God Save the King

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This most famous Coronation Anthem is evidently based upon the following Magnificat antiphon, used in the Roman Breviary on the Saturday bef...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

If High Mass is Too Short

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If High Mass is too short, to begin with, a vernacular hymn can be sung beforehand, during the procession of the sacred ministers and server...
Saturday, May 7, 2022

Votive Matins in Time of War

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Whilst Ukraine and her heroic people and armed forces continue to give the Russian bear a bloody nose, cease not to pray for the victory and...