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Category Archives: Sacred Music
Celebrating Christ The King Sunday In A Democratic Republic
Can we all just admit it? The chief disadvantage of living in the “greatest nation on God’s green earth” is that we Americans find it just a little tougher to sympathize with and even celebrate Monarchy. I mean, wouldn’t we … Continue reading
Posted in Christendom, Feasts, Herodotus, liberal education, Religious Freedom, Sacred Music
Tagged Aquinas, bible, Blessed Miguel Pro, Christ the King, christianity, Faith, god, Herodotus, jesus, liberal education, No Kings, Othello, Pindar, Pope Saint Gregory XIII, pope Saint Paul VI, Pope Saint Pius XI
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Liberal Arts and Fine Arts: Understanding the Trivium, Quadrivium, and the Place of Music in Catholic Education
What better way to commence the new academic year than to reflect on the significance of sacred music in the education of our students! Some months back, we were humbled by Dr. Donelson-Nowicka’s invitation to join her on her excellent … Continue reading
Christus Natus Est! Christmas Feasting 2023
After a beautiful (but strenuous) Midnight Mass complete with a sung “Proclamation Nativitatis,” and, of course, all the “propers”, with appropriate motets (Quem Pastores, Psallite Unigenite, Verbum Caro Factum Est , etc. etc.) the handy and easily sung Missa Brevis … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, breakfast, Christmas, Dinner, Feasts, Sacred Music
Tagged Baby Jesus Buns, Beef Wellington, Catholic Feasts, Christmas Traditions
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“Today’s Cathedral Coffee Break”
While on a recent summer pilgrimage to St. Louis (the “Rome of the West”) with twenty-five of my students at Our Lady of Walsingham, we were able to visit at least eleven different magnificent churches for which the city is … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Palestrina, Sacred Music
Tagged Cathedral Basilica of St Louis, Palestrina, Sacred Music, Sicut Cervus
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Is Religious Music Suitable for Mass?
Obviously all religious music will occupy itself with words appropriated from scripture or at least in some way grounded in scripture. Whether using the words of a psalm, or composed as a sort of ‘poetic meditation’ on this or that … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Arts, Sacred Music, The Mass
Tagged cat stevens, Gregorian Chant, Here I am Lord, Pavarotti, Pope St. Pius X, Sacred Music, tra le sollecitudine
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Celebrating Catholic Classical Education with Cardinal Burke
I hope some of you might be able to participate in our annual school Gala by clicking on the live stream link below. The Lyceum Spring Gala Saturday, April 17, 2021 with guest of honor Cardinal Raymond Burke “Catholic Education, … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, Sacred Music
Tagged Cardinal Raymond Burke, celebration, Lyceum gala
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Where there is love… Ubi Caritas
Today, Holy Thursday, is the day for singing the ancient chant Ubi Caritas! UBI caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur.Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. Which I translate … Continue reading
Posted in Feasts, Sacred Music
Tagged Gregoria Chant, Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday, ubi caritas
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All Souls’ Day and Dies Irae: The Four Most Profoundly Influential Notes of Gregorian Chant
I am certainly not the first one to make note of the fact that the Sequence, Dies Irae, for All Souls’ Day appears to have made a profound and far ranging contribution to American Culture. From blockbusters like Star Wars … Continue reading
Easter Morning with Claudio Casciolini
Part One and Two of Easter Sunday morning Mass. (unfortunately, the live feed was interrupted after the second reading and so the sequence -Victimae Paschali as well as the Gospel were cut) With fond remembrance for my old organ and … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sacred Music, Sacrosanctum Consilium, The Mass
Tagged Claudio Casciolini, Easter, Jerry Philips, O filii et filiae, Regina Coeli
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