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March 2018

March 13, 2018

What happened when a suburban parish introduced Gregorian chant?

You might be surprised. St. John the Beloved Catholic Church in Virginia started immersing the...

March 12, 2018

Chants meeting: Rediscovering this beautiful form of sacred music

Last week, I posted a little item on The Exsultet — and by happy coincidence, the...

March 10, 2018

Hymn of the Week: ‘God So Loved the World’

I can't imagine a better interpretation of this than this glorious version by the Mormon...

March 06, 2018

Exult! Have you started practicing yet?

It's never too early, brother deacons. Here's part of a commentary on this great chant,...

March 03, 2018

Hymn of the Week: ‘I Heard the Voice of Jesus’

This is our entrance hymn this week. It's a Scottish hymn dating to the 19th...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Why don’t they write hymns like this anymore?

Our entrance hymn this weekend is "For All the Saints" and it left me feeling...

October 31, 2015

Why don’t they write hymns like this anymore?

Our entrance hymn this weekend is “For All the Saints” and it left me feeling...

August 2015

August 18, 2015

If it ain’t Baroque, fix it: the problem of Catholic liturgical music

Check this out, from First Things: Discussions of liturgical music in many Catholic parishes have...

August 18, 2015

If it ain’t Baroque, fix it: the problem of Catholic liturgical music

Check this out, from First Things: Discussions of liturgical music in many Catholic parishes have...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

The year’s best song title?

Well, this gets my vote. From Keith Urban, but written by Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman and...

June 15, 2015

The year’s best song title?

Well, this gets my vote. From Keith Urban, but written by Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman and...

April 2015

April 05, 2015

If I had to pick my favorite hymn, this might be it

This was sung throughout the Triduum at my parish, and most triumphantly last night, for...

April 05, 2015

If I had to pick my favorite hymn, this might be it

This was sung throughout the Triduum at my parish, and most triumphantly last night, for...

April 01, 2015

Is this the next Sister Christina? Redemptorist priest is a hit on “The Voice”

Details: The 28-year-old Redemptorist priest Damian Maria Montes has surprised thousands of viewers of Spanish...

April 01, 2015

Is this the next Sister Christina? Redemptorist priest is a hit on “The Voice”

Details: The 28-year-old Redemptorist priest Damian Maria Montes has surprised thousands of viewers of Spanish...

March 2015

March 19, 2015

Message for today: Stop whining

“The enemy has taken most of the Church and turned them from prophets into a...

March 15, 2015

Notre Dame to give Laetare Medal to Aaron Neville

The press release: Aaron Neville, a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer and musician, will receive the...

March 08, 2015

So I’m sure you’ve been asking yourself, “I wonder what Tom Hanks is doing now?”

Not what you might think. He's the star of a new music video by Carly...

February 2015

February 01, 2015

A glimpse at the “hip hop Mass”

The photo above is now making the rounds on Facebook. It appears to come from an...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

This never happens at my local Trader Joe’s

I wish it would. This was staged in London a couple years ago. For some...

January 25, 2015

An amazing rendition of “Amazing Grace”

Someone sent this to me this afternoon, and it's too good not to share. From...

January 09, 2015

RIP, Andraé Crouch

The gospel legend is going to see The King. He died Thursday at 72. From...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

“Sorry, ‘Silent Night,’ but nothing was calm about the night Jesus was born…”

Writer Sarah Thebarge unloads over at Huffington Post: I was on staff at a church...

December 26, 2014

Must-see video: “The 12 Days After Christmas”

Image: "The Twelfth Night" by David Teniers (17th century) Very cute. From those jolly folks...

December 13, 2014

Give yourself this CD as an early Christmas gift. You can thank me later.

A couple months ago, I got an email inviting me to hear parts of a...

December 12, 2014

“I Am the Very Model of a Biblical Philologist”

Well, I'm not. But I know some of you out there will love this: an...

December 12, 2014

Christmas music: Do you hear what I hear? Again and again and again?

From Nate Silver's website comes this interesting look at the music we keep hearing during...

December 11, 2014

Sister Cristina meets Pope Francis, gives him a copy of her album

Two of the most famous Catholics in the world finally met. Details: Italy’s famed singing...

December 08, 2014

World Meeting of Families debuts official hymn: “Sound the Bell of Holy Freedom”

Kathy Schiffer got the scoop: On Sunday, November 30,worshippers at a Mass at Philadelphia’s Cathedral Basilica...

December 08, 2014

“Text Me Merry Christmas”: a carol for our times

An instant classic, from the wonderful a cappella group Straight No Chaser, joined here by...