My Latest Inspiration in Church Music
Just before I took the reins at Sacred Heart in April, 2011, I had two chances to finally hear the choir at Saint Paul Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts (home of the famous St. Paul Choir School,...
View ArticleGaudete Sunday at Sacred Heart
Our regular weekend schedule, of course:Saturday (anticipated for Sunday); 5 PMSunday: 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AMEntrance (not "gathering"): Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding (Merton)Responsory: Isaiah 12...
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I Still Love Christmas
But what I don't like is...* The stupidity that precedes it, namely in the stores and on the road. Yeah, the pushing around of your fellow customers because you're trying to get that anatomically...
View ArticleRorate Sunday at Sacred Heart
Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant justum! Let the heavens bring forth the Just One, and the clouds rain him down!(NO! Please don't sing that hideous ditty, Rain Down!)That's the assigned Introit...
View ArticleFour-Day Weekend 1 of 2 at Sacred Heart
Our Christmas Masses at Sacred Heart Church in West Warwick, RI, are:Christmas Eve (Thursday, December 24): 5:00 and 10:30 PMChristmas Day (Friday, December 25): 9:00 and 11:15 AMOur brass trio (which...
View ArticleTop Ten Worst "Christmas Songs" of All-Time
I haven't done a top ten list in, like, eons. And, being three days before Christmas, I decided to let loose the ten worst "Christmas songs" I've ever heard in my 51 years. You may ask, "Why did you...
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Respect MY Authoritah!!!
On this solemnity of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph (the day I write this "epistle from my scriptorium"), we Catholics heard in the Gospel where Jesus, at just 12 years old, stayed behind...
View ArticleFour-Day Weekend 2 of 2 at Sacred Heart
This four-day weekend will consist of three Masses for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (January 1, a holy day of obligation), and the Epiphany of the Lord (January 3). The "Plumbers" (see...
View ArticleMusic for Holy Mass: Baptism of the Lord
I know of many who think Christmas ends with the Epiphany (the "12th day of Christmas").Then you have the retail industry and mainstream media who have screwed up Christmas so bad, they think it starts...
View ArticleSunday II at Sacred Heart, Normalcy, and a Little While
Two of my favorite quotes come to mind, well, perhaps three. The first is Warren Harding's famous campaign quote in his 1920 successful bid for the White House, "Return to normalcy". Before Harding...
View ArticleSunday III at Sacred Heart
Here it is, the music for Sunday I-24-16, the Third Sunday of (not so) Ordinary Time.Entrance Hymn: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven, "Lauda Anima"Gloria: Holy Angels Mass, BMPPsalm 19: R./ Your...
View ArticleSunday IV at Sacred Heart
The music for I-31-16, the Fourth Sunday of Ordered Time, or Fourth Sunday of the Year (following the Latin "Dominica IV per Annum").Entrance hymn: To the Name of our salvation, "Oriel"Gloria: Holy...
View ArticleOf Cantors, "Song Leaders", and Microphones
I know I've touched on this previously, well, way way back when I was blogging regularly under the Christus Vincit moniker, but I don't think many new readers (the few I may have) will want to try to...
View ArticleOf Cantors, "Song Leaders", and Soloists
Three days ago, I posted this blurb about cantors and "song leaders". Today, I will continue down that road a bit.If you noticed in the last blurb, I blatantly used quotation marks for the term "song...
View ArticleFirst Friday, Sunday V (with a BANG!), and Ash Wednesday at Sacred Heart
First up, the Sacred Heart Community Mass, this Friday (First Friday, II-5-16) at 6 PM, which is also the Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr.Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love DivinePsalm...
View ArticleLiturgy Preparations using "Psalm 151": Ash Wednesday (February 10, 2016)
Greetings!Following is the first of a series of "liturgy planners" utilizing components of my pet project, dubbed Psalm 151, a set of Introits, Responsorial Psalms, Alleluias (in this case, the Lenten...
View ArticleLiturgy Preparations using "Psalm 151" I Lent C (February 14, 2016)
Here we go with another Liturgy Planner using my Psalm 151 project, this time for the First Sunday of Lent. There's a lot of Psalm 91 going on for this day, plenty enough so that you don't have to...
View ArticleI Lent and Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart
First Sunday of LentSaturday II-13-16 at 5 PM; Sunday II-14-16 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AMEntrance hymn: Praise to the Holiest in the height, "Newman"Kyrie: from Messa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe",...
View ArticleLiturgy Preparations using "Psalm 151" II Lent C (February 21, 2016)
Following is our Liturgy Planner using my Psalm 151 project for the Second Sunday of Lent. For this Sunday, you can use one of two Introits.INTROITPsalm 27: My heart has declared unto youR./...
View ArticleII Lent at Sacred Heart Church
Saturday, February 20: 5 PMSunday, February 21: 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AMEntrance hymn: We sing the praise of him who died, "Breslau"Kyrie: from Messa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe", Federico CaudanaPsalm...
View ArticleLiturgy Preparations using "Psalm 151" III Lent C (February 28, 2016)
Following is our Liturgy Planner using my Psalm 151 project for the Third Sunday of Lent. For this Sunday, you can (once again) use one of two Introits.INTROITPsalm 25: My eyes are turnedR./...
View ArticleIII Lent at Sacred Heart Church
Saturday, February 27: 5 PMSunday, February 28: 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AMEntrance Hymn: Forty Days and Forty Nights, "Heinlein"Kyrie: from Messa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe", Federico CaudanaPsalm 103: R./...
View ArticleLiturgy Planning, Psalm 151 Style! IV Lent (Laetare Sunday, March 6, 2016)
Following is our Liturgy Planner using my Psalm 151 project for the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare, or "rejoice", Sunday). Yes, open up the organ a little more this Sunday. LAETARE!INTROITPsalm 122:...
View ArticleFirst Friday and Laetare Sunday Music at Sacred Heart
Here it is, folks, the music for the Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday) and Sunday IV of Lent, that is, Laetare ("Rejoice") Sunday at Sacred Heart Church.Sunday IV of Lent is definitely my...
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Amazing Grace
What are the words?GIA can't seem to make up their minds!It's not very often we sing Amazing Grace at our parish, especially on Sundays. It's one of the few more "popular hymns" I don't mind using...
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