1961 Graduale Romanum

Jeffrey Tucker at The New Liturgical Movement has done a great service for Traditionalists everywhere. He has scanned a 1961 Graduale Romanum, and provided free of charge the fruits of his labor.

I am currently grabbing every file he has provided and will use them to support our local FSSP Chapel Gregorian Chant choir.

May God bless Jeffrey Tucker for his labor of love.

Chant Propers for Christ the King

I have put together a short document containing the Traditional plainchant propers for today, the Feast of Christ the King. I was hoping to have a more substantive post for this Feast of Feasts. Maybe this afternoon ...

Tell me what you want, what you really, really want ..

Dom and Amy have some thoughts on the Liturgy. Here is what Dom has to say:

• The Tridentine Mass should be given a universal indult because it was never suppressed.


• I have no real desire to make the Tridentine Mass part of my worship life. I am quite content to attend my Novus Ordo parish where I have to put up with banal music and--from certain priests, but not my pastor--banal homilies and the occasional liturgical wackiness.


• I would like a whole lot more Latin in the Mass up to and including everything but the readings and homily, especially when non-English speakers and English speakers are praying together. (I would add that I’d also like the Roman Canon to be said more often than not; come on, how much more time does it take really?)


• I’m sick of liturgists who think innovation and copying the secular culture (or worse, the secular culture of 1972) are signs of a healthy spirituality.


• The post-Vatican II changes that put the priest and his personality at the center of attention has been disastrous, not the least to the priests themselves.


• I’d like to replace 90 percent of hymns with simple chant.

So, what he really wants is a car with a Ferrari body, wheels, sound-system, and exhaust -- but not a Ferrari. The general argument is that I want orthodoxy, but only as long as it is on MY terms, and doesn't challenge me TOO much.

Unfiltered, unmitigated, uncompromising orthodoxy and orthopraxis will always be too much for some people.

Irish Festival

I will be at the Weston Irish Fest in Weston, MO this weekend visiting family and "taste-testing" the local brews.

During this time, my place of residence is within crawling distance of the event.

I will be the one with a pint in one hand, the wife holding the other, and 7 kids trying to keep up.

My favorite performers: Connie Dover, Eddie Delahunt, Bob Reeder, and Brigid's Cross.

A good time will be had by all.