Christmas Day in the Anglican Breviary


In several discussions concerning the Anglican Breviary I have heard it said that it basically a faithful – if not literal – translation of the Roman Breviary as reformed under St. Pius X. In fact that is how I was originally introduced to the Anglican Breviary. Over the years I have begun to realize that … More Christmas Day in the Anglican Breviary

Excerpt from Fr.Mark Daniel Kirby on Psalmody


From the Vultus Christi blog Reciting or Chanting the Psalms The traditional Gregorian Psalm Tones, and the various simplified adaptations to the English text inspired by them, are faithful to the essential characteristics of the Hebrew parallelism reproduced in the Latin Psalters of the West. What are these characteristics? Each verse is formed of two … More Excerpt from Fr.Mark Daniel Kirby on Psalmody