| Did every parish congregation need the propers for the Blessing of an Abbot? |
| A simple psalm-tone setting of the propers, most useful for smaller or inexperienced choirs, is now again in print. |
| Nevertheless, even within the settings of the propers and hours, one keeps coming across exquisitely beautiful moments. |
| Not just settings of the ordinary, but the copious amounts of plainchant needed to cover all the propers. |
| That book has 1,293 pages, including such useful things as the propers for the Blessing of an Abbot. |
| Maintaining the one-year cycle of readings and propers that was organized by Pope St. Gregory the Great in the 6th century, the Traditional Latin Mass clings to the ancient traditions of the Roman Church. |
