Today’s Entrance Antiphon offers us the first three verses of Psalm 24(25): To you I lift up my soul, O my God. This same text is given in the lectionary as the Responsorial Psalm after the first reading; or, in the Roman Gradual, as the Chant at…
Our new CD recording opens with today’s Entrance Chant, Laetetur cor. This Chant is very ancient. It’s rather brief; largely made up from stock formulae; unadventurous in range and development, and with a simple structure. It’s also a work of musical genius…
The Roman Gradual offers five proper Chants for the Mass of each Sunday: the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory and Communion. We don’t know who selected the texts for these Chants, or who composed the music, or where…
On Wednesday 12th of April a Fund-raising Concert was held in St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral Aberdeen. The Concert was in support of the Pluscarden Abbey 1230 Pilgrimage, which itself is in support of the new South Range Building...
