I highly recommend this new English Gradual to anyone who wants
to sing the proper antiphons on a regular basis and is looking for
very accessible, yet most beautiful chant in the vernacular. We
cannot thank Fr. Samuel Weber enough for all his hard work, a true
labor of love and dedication to liturgy and the Church. I am most
confident that this new Gradual will become a standard work and
hopefully find a home in many parishes.
- Dr. Horz Buchholz, Director of Sacred Music Cathedral
Basilica of Saint Louis, St. Louis, MOFr. Samuel Weber has
performed an outstanding service to the liturgy of the
English-speaking world. He has taken the antiphons of the new
English translation of the RomanMissal and provided musical
settings for them that are accessible to both parishes and choirs
of various levels. In doing so, he has enabled the Catholic
faithful to encounter the word of God in an English context that
has been inaccessible to them for far too long. The Church has, for
centuries, used these antiphons in Latin for her official worship,
and now Fr. Weber has made that possible in English as well.Fr.
Weber has made a quite remarkable contribution to the handing down
of the Tradition-in the midst of the Church-in medio ecclesiae. May
this collection serve the Church's liturgy, her 'source and summit'
in numerous ways, some of which will be known only in eternity.
- Rev. Kurt Belsole, O.S.B., Director of Liturgical
Formation Pontifical North American College, Vatican City
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