Category: Chant

The Mystery of Christ in a Heavenly Word

3 May 2025

The Nine-Fold Alleluia of Paschaltide From the Antiphonal: One of the gems of the Paschaltide Office is the glorious Nine-fold Alleluia which is sung every...

Père Garrigou–Lagrange on Psalmody

12 June 2016

Contemplative Chant What should the contemplative chant be? This chant is distinguished precisely by the spirit of prayer, or at least by the aspiration which...

Time for another “Tra le sollecitudini”

3 June 2011

The Primacy of Gregorian Chant The Holy Father’s Letter to the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (13-5-11) has prompted me to share with the readers...

Père Garrigou-Lagrange on Psalmody

14 January 2011

Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange’s remarkable teaching on liturgical prayer in The Three Ages of the Interior Life is a suitable complement to yesterday’s post on psalmody....

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12 July 2010

Thanks to Carl Dierschow and Adam Wright, I am able to present to the readers of Vultus Christi recordings of my three lectures at the...

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