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Where Praise & Worship Meets Gregorian Chant I started writing Modern Communion Antiphons for my church’s Praise and Worship group. We previously tried psalm tone settings of the Roman Missal antiphons, but without a set meter, it was tough for inexperienced chanters to keep together—and our guitarist and drummer just ended up sitting out. To fix that, I made these new settings fully metrical, piano-driven, and include guitar chords. They also seem to work just as well a capella or on the...

This year February 2nd, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (aka Candlemas), falls on a Sunday, replacing the 4th Sunday in...

In 1884, Pope Leo VIII wrote the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, to be recited at the conclusion of Mass. Several years ago I...