The Lauda Sion is not just a hymn; it is a mystical ladder, lifting the soul to contemplate the depth of God's love in the Eucharist.

Hear Cozzolani sing this intricate music in honor of the Most Holy Trinity.

This is a beautiful motet in honor of the Holy Trinity.

Elgar gives us this beautiful setting from the Gospel of St. Luke and from the Prophet Isaiah as we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost.

Motet for four voices (SATB) composed in Rome by italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti in 1708. Alessandro Scarlatti (born May 2, 1660, Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies [now in Italy]—died Oct. 22, 1725, Naples) was an Italian composer of operas and religious works. Scarlatti was sent to Rome at about the age of 12; there he met Bernardo Pasquini, by whom he was greatly influenced. The first of his 115 operas, Gli equivoci nel sembiante (1679) won him the protecti

Hear this beautiful motet for Eastertide.

Fr. Scott Haynes Ingrediente Domino by George Malcom is conducted by Martin Baker with the Westminster Cathedral Choir. This beautiful music follows the procession of the palms and is sung as the procession enters the church to begin the Mass. On Palm Sunday the Church sings Ingrediente Domino as Christ, mystically present in the sacred rites, comes once more to His holy city. The chant places before us the scene of the Gospel with remarkable vividness: “As the Lord entered

The Stabat Mater is the hymn of Our Lady of Sorrows. It is frequently sung in the Stations of the Cross.

Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" is a moving hymn for the Stations of the Cross.

Gereon Krahforst improvises on the introit "Laetare Jerusalem" at the Kilgen Organ in the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis in 2013.

Rejoice with Jerusalem; be glad for her, all you that love this city! Rejoice with her now, all you that have mourned for her.

The eyes of all wait upon thee, [O Lord]; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, under the baton of Peter Dijkstra, present a stunning recording of a Lenten motet of Poulenc.

Hasse's setting of the penitential psalm of David is moving.

The Second Sunday of Lent presents the scene of Christ's Transfiguration. Learn from the Church Fathers theological truths of this mystery.

The Crucifixus comes from the Credo of the Mass. Bach's setting dates to 1714.

Composed in 1598 upon the death of Philip II, Versa est in luctum is a suitably majestic motet for six voices - the music conjuring the heavenly harps, organs and voices referred to in the text. Filmed at St Bartholomew the Great, London. My harp is turned to grieving and my flute to the voice of those who weep. Spare me, O Lord, for my days are as nothing.

The Church gives us the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus as a quiet jewel after Christmas. The Child has been born. He has been circumcised according to the Law. His Name has been spoken aloud. And now the faithful are invited to linger over it, not as a title, but as a presence. The hymn, "Jesu dulcis," is the beautiful hymn of the Holy Name.

Fr. Scott Haynes A Meditation on History, Theology, and Holy Poverty I. A Carol Born of Winter Silence In the Bleak Midwinter did not begin as a carol sung by choirs beneath candlelight. It began as a poem. In 1872, Christina Rossetti, one of the great devotional poets of the Victorian era, published a quiet meditation titled A Christmas Carol in the magazine Scribner’s Monthly . Rossetti was not writing for liturgy or performance. She was writing for the soul. Her verse wa

Gesù Bambino is a beloved Christmas carol.