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Today we continue our coverage on the 2009 OCP Music Issue (cover pictured at left).  We also chat about Advent, and preparation for Christmas, and Bishop William E. Slattery (Tulsa, OK) gives his take about ad Orientem.
Feasts for the month: December 2008. More info: New Advent Website.
CVA Suggestion Box: Third Sunday of Advent. For more info, CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for Third Sunday of Advent.
Don't Do This at Church
Music: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Mode I), as rendered by Darrell Smith, courtesy of Podsafe.

Top Ten Things I Do Not Want to See or Hear at an Advent Mass, brought to you by Wee Believers Mass Kit for Little Boys

News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: We've gone cheesy!
Scenes from a Rehearsal: Rejoice in the Lord Always (setting by yours truly)
The Bible in the Eyes of a Child

Salute to St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church (Beverly, MA), for excellent liturgical music!

Pew editions of music written by yours truly mentioned here:
Rejoice in the Lord Always; Hear Us, O Shepherd Lord of Israel;
Lord, You Have Greatly Blessed Your Land

Additional links: What Does the Prayer Really Say; Chabanel Psalms for Year B

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CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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Party hearty, folks!  Here it is, our 150th episode!  So, i pose the question: "Cent-and-a-half-tennial" or "Sesquicentennial"?  How do we celebrate?  With a timeline of wacky events from CVA #100 all the way up to CVA #150.
The winner of our Krakowska Kielbasa parody contest is David Lauria. Click here for the words and melody to sing along with Shamus O'Reilly!
CVA Semi-Live on Route 3 (music for the 27th Sunday after Pentecost Extraordinary Form Low Mass, the last one at St. Leo the Great Church)

Music:
1. The Kingdom of God (tune: Laudate Dominum)
2. Ave Verum Corpus (written by W. A. Mozart)
3. Pange Lingua Gloriosi (Chant, Mode III)
4. To Jesus Christ, Our Sov'reign King (tune: Ich Glaub an Gott)
5. Now Thank We All Our God (tune: Nun Danket), sung by the St. Luke Church Contemporary Choir (Barrington, RI), directed by David Lauria. Karen Casale, cantor.
6. Rigaudon (written by Andre Campra), performed by yours truly!

Don't Do This at Church
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Sign of Peace Edition, brought to you by Opera Karaoke
News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: A cool new way to cook veggies!
NEW FEATURE! Songs that Get on Everybody's Nerves (a short ditty featuring Zeke the Porch Monkey)
At left is a picture of Pancho O'Malley, who we mentioned just a couple of episodes ago.
Additional Links: Stephen Colbert's "liturgical dance"

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CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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We continue our review of the 2009 OCP Music Issue.  This time: hymns 375-455.  Also, we remind our listeners about our contest for CVA #150 (which is coming very soon!), and we correct our previous show's errors (yes, we do make those from time to time!). 
Feasts for the Month: November 2008 (More info: New Advent)
CVA Suggestion Box: Music suggestions for the Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica (More info: CanticaNOVA Planning Pages)

Don't Do This at Church (two clips)

Music:
1. Due His Name, by Covenant (courtesy of Podsafe)
2. The Church's One Foundation (tune: Aurelia)
3. Faith of Our Fathers (tune: St. Catherine); 4. Gift of Finest Wheat (tune: Bicentennial)
5. Song that Gets on Everybody's Nerves (old Cub Scout ditty)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Dedication of St. John Lateran Edition, brought to you by Me for President
News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: Schweets Week at Schwan's
CVA Semi-Live on Cape Cod: Warning! Shamus is at the Wheel Again! (Music for the Dedication of the St. John Lateran Basilica)
Additional Links: How Joyful My Expressing (text by yours truly)

CVA/CVTV Krakowska Kielbasa Wall of Fame / How to Get Your Deli on the Wall of Fame
CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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I made a bad goof at the beginning. Extraordinary Form should have said "Christ the King" and not "24th Sunday after Pentecost". Sorry 'bout that!
Anyhoo, today we present a history of the Music Issue from the early 1980's on.  We also review the 2009 Music Issue.  This installment: hymns 301-374.  We also introduce Poncho O'Malley and Zeke the Porch Monkey (check out his really cool commercial). Oh, and did you know that I am a bibliophobe?
Also, I have a question for you.  Would you program Eagle's Wings at a Latin Mass?
Semi-live with the Bitmap (Music for Pentecost 23)

Music:
1. There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (tune: In Babilone)
2. Adoramus Te Christe (written by Theodore Dubois, from his Seven Last Words of Christ)
3. Panis Angelicus (written by Cesar Franck); 4. Lift High the Cross (tune: Crucifer)
5. Paul Lisney plays Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious (courtesy of Podsafe)

News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark (seafood specials)
Christus Vincit Sports (continuing baseball playoff coverage)
Orange County Mass Chopper-Uppers
Contest Reminder! Winner will be drawn on our 150th episode!
Additional links: Church of St. John the Baptist (Pawtucket, RI)

CVA/CVTV Krakowska Kielbasa Wall of Fame; How to Get Your Deli on the Wall of Fame
CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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Pride of place and high esteem - two expressions from the Constitution on Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctam Concilium - is our feature topic for today. What about these two expressions? Listen and learn!
Feasts for the Month: October 2008. For more information, check out the New Advent Website.

CVA Semi-Live on I-195: OH NO! Shamus has his license back! Check out his antics while he plays the music we did on September 21, the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost.

Music:
1. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (tune: Picardy);
2. Verbum Supernum Prodiens (Chant, Mode VIII);
3. Magnificat (Psalm Tone 8G, simple tone);
4. Now Thank We All Our God (tune: Nun Danket);
5. Hail Mary, by Johnny Proctor, courtesy of Soundclick.

Christus Vincit Sports: Snarktober Edition 2008, courtesy of Caribou Barbie.
NEW FEATURE: News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: In this inaugural clip, the Schwan's Schnark promotes meal kits, plus a cool ice cream just right for the Fall season.
Also, a contest in honor of our forthcoming 150th episode. LISTEN AND WIN!
Additional links: Catholic Light (Not "Catholic Lite")

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Sorry for the delay. This really was supposed to be uploaded by Wednesday, but that didn't happen. I didn't get home till 11:15 Tuesday night, 10:15 Friday night, etc. So you are really hearing what was supposed to go up three days ago. Enjoy anyways!
Today we discuss how you can still keep a good traditional program while using a pew book whose musical content is mostly "contemporary".  We also blab (once again) about that so-called (very much dreaded, mind you) "gathering song".

CVA Suggestion Box: Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time.  More suggestions: CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for Ordinary Time XXV.
Music: Pray, by Johnny Proctor, courtesy of Soundclick.
Top Ten Customers I Least Want to See While Running a Schwan's Route, brought to you by The Sound of Futurechurch.
Additional Links: New Liturgical Movement post on the Gathering Song; MusicaSacra

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In today's episode, we talk about keeping musical settings of the Ordinary of the Mass in rotation, not only in English, but the Latin chant settings in the Kyriale (pictured left).

CVA Suggestion Box: Music suggestions for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.  More ideas: CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Communion Hymns for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Edition, brought to you by GPS.

Music:
1., 2. Alleluia and Dying You Destroyed Our Death (from Acclamations for Advent, adapted by yours truly from Conditor Alme Siderum, Chant, Mode IV);
3. Alleluia (adapted by yours truly from Divinum Mysterium, Chant, Mode V);
4. God of Mercy, by The Mustard Procedure (MySpace link), courtesy of Podsafe.

Additional Link: Aeolian-Skinner Archives

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In this episode, we talk about tempo, especially as it pertains to the beloved hymn Tantum Ergo Sacramentum, sung to the metrical tune that I'm sure that many are familiar with.
We also touch base briefly about ember days.
Feasts for the Month: September 2008. For more information: New Advent Website.

CVA Suggestion Box: Music suggestions for the Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. For more information: CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for Ordinary Time XXIII.

Music:
 1. Tantum Ergo (tune: St. Thomas); 2. Maestro, by David Cyr, courtesy of Podsafe.

Shamus' Adventures in Classical Latin: Shamus wreckovates Ubi Caritas, brought to you by Spirits Illustrated and Prayboy Magazines.
Additional Links: Church of SS. Philomena and Cecilia (Oak Forest, IN); The Liturgical Press

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CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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Singing while playing the organ? Bad? Don't let the whack-job left fool you! Explanations and tales here!
CVA Semi-Live on Cape Cod: Music from the extraordinary form Mass for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (VIII-18-08) at St. Leo the Great Church, courtesy of The Schwan Food Company.

Music:
1. Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (tune: St. Thomas); 2. Magnificat (Psalm Tone 6F);
3. Little Fugue in G Minor (BWV 578/J.S. Bach), played by Chris Breemer (Piano Society page), brought to you by the Classic Cat.

Top Ten Reasons that the Extraordinary Form Mass You Went to Is Not Kosher, brought to you by Ludwig von Beaker.
Additional Links: Rosary Army: Major Sirius News episode; The Catholic Channel

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FINALLY! An episode in the 30-some-minute range (like we used to do), as opposed to our last three, which topped 50 minutes!  Today, we FINALLY finish off our series on the GIA hymnal Worship I.
We also have a couple of bits of liturgy news from the CDW (formerly known as the BCL), pertaining to the new Mass translation and the use of the word often pronounced as "Yahweh".
CVA Suggestion Box: Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time.  For more ideas: CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for 20 OT (A).

Music: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above, led by the Mater Ecclesiae Choir (Berlin, NJ) at last year's Extraordinary Form Mass for the Assumption at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Camden, NJ.
Top Ten Reasons Shamus Is Banned from Campsites across the USA, brought to you by The Liturgy of the Word at the 2008 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress Mass.

Additional Links:
Cdl. Arinze's Instruction on the Divine Name of God ("YHWH"), RPInet thread on "YHWH",
Cdl. Arinze's official recognitio on the new Mass Ordinary Translation,
The new Mass Ordinary Translation, Christus Vincit - the BLOG!

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Part three of our series on Worship I takes us through the Order of Mass pages, as well as the music for the Ordinary of the Mass contained in this GIA hymnal.
Within today's show, we scattered two special announcements as well!
Feasts for the Month: August 2008. For more information: New Advent Website.
CVA Semi-Live at the Neighborhood Softball Field: Some great news about a tournament my daughter Brittany just finished playing, plus music for the Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time that I played at St. Anthony's Church in Providence.

Music:
1. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (tune: Kingsfold)
2. Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless (tune: St. Agnes);
3., 4. Now Thank We All Our God (two settings: 3. hymn tune: Nun Danket; 4. the first part of an organ postlude based on said hymn tune, as written by Sigfried Karg-Elert, played on the St. Anthony organ by yours truly)
5., 6. Preface Dialogue (two 1960's chant settings in English)
7., 8. Sanctus (two 1960's chant settings in English)
9. Take Time for the Tub (written and performed by Derek K. Miller), brought to you by Podsafe. Derek's podcast: Penmachine.

Shamus Adventures in Classical Latin: Shamus wreckovates the Transfiguration Introit, Tibi Dixit Cor Meum, brought to you by the pre-loaded iPod.


Additional Links:
The Chabanel Psalms Project; Wikipedia article on Our Lady of the Snows;
catholicculture.org article on St. Hippolytus; Christus Vincit - the BLOG!; Mozilla Firefox

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Today we continue where we left off three weeks ago, discussing GIA's first hymnal for the Ordinary Form of the Mass, Worship I.
We also talk about the music I've been writing during our mini-hiatus.

CVA Semi-Live at the Neighborhood Softball Field: Covering the music we did at St. Leo the Great Church on July 20, the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) and at St. Anthony Church on July 27, the Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ordinary Form).

Music:
1. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (tune: Kingsfold)
2. Veni, Creator Spiritus (Chant, Mode VIII);
3. Adoro Te Devote (Chant, Mode V); 4. The Church's One Foundation (tune: Aurelia);
5., 6. Be Thou My Vision (tune: Slane) - two versions: one performed by yours truly at St. Anthony Church in Providence, RI, the other performed by Fugli, courtesy of Podsafe;
7. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (tune: Lobe den Herren)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: One Bread, One Body Edition, brought to you by the New and Improved Our Father Holding Hand.
Additional Links: CanticaNOVA Publications; The Chabanel Psalm Project
Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

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CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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In today's show, we'll be talking about the rare find that I'm flashing in this picture - Worship - yes, the original Worship from GIA Publications. This will most likely be a three-part series.

We also chew out those Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion who think that receiving Communion on the tongue is not an option.

Feasts for the month (replacing Feasts for the Week): July 2008 (using both the Extraordinary Form and Ordinary Form liturgical calendars. For more information, check out the New Advent Website.
CVA Suggestion Box: Music suggestions for the Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time.
For more suggestions, check out the CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for Ordinary Time 15-A.
Music: Toccata in Seven (written by John Rutter), performed by Joel Abrahamson, brought to you by The Classic Cat.
Top Ten Things Shamus Should Have Added to His Debut Video, brought to you by Papa Ben's Organically Developed Novus Ordo 2.0.

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

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CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

CHRISTUS VINCIT TV 6

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We've been wanting to do a videocast for quite some time. After all, we haven't done one since February. However, my wife's digital camera went south (the lens stopped opening). So, Shamus O'Reilly offered to give us a hand - and what a hand!

Shamus discusses his new (used) weather machine (you'd have to go back to some very old CVA episodes to hear about his old snow machine), and has his own little version of Don't Do This at Church.
CVTV Top Ten List: Top Ten Least Popular Opening Lines at Mass, brought to you by Gibbet.
The rest of the show is brought to you by Beer.

CVA Interactive Corner (From there you can access YouTube and Pyro.TV to watch this video as well. And dont' forget to check out the ever-growing Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit ANYWHERE!)

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Today we're discussing those "songs about our actions", as well as the music that better serves in their places.
Feasts for the Week:  June 16-22. For more information: New Advent Website.
Christus Vincit Semi-Live at the Neighborhood Softball Field: Amidst a busy week of my daughter playing in playoffs AND all-star tourneys, we manage to discuss the music we did at Holy Cross Church for the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ordinary Form), and at St. Leo the Great Church for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form).

Music:
1. All People that on Earth Do Dwell (tune: Old Hundredth);
2. O God, Our Help in Ages Past (tune: St. Anne);
3. O Deus, Ego Amo Te (18th Century melody);
4. Panis Angelicus (written by Cesar Franck) (featuring Valerie Myette)
5. Ave Verum Corpus (written by Camille Saint-Saens), performed by the Choeur de Marais, brought to you by The Classic Cat

Christus Vincit Sports: brought to you by Ineffable. At left is a pic of the prelate whose team just won the NBA Finals! WOOHOO!

Additional Links:
2008 Eucharistic Congress (Atlanta, GA);
Catholic New Media Celebration (also in Atlanta)

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

CVA/CVTV Krakowska Kielbasa Wall of Fame; How to Get Your Deli on the Wall of Fame
CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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Today we finish comparing of the two issues of the hymnal Gather Comprehensive.
Feasts for the Week:  June 9-15.  For more information: New Advent Website.
CVA Suggestion Box: Music suggestions for the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time. For more information, check out the CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A.
Music: Praise Ye the Lord (Psalm 150) (Cesar Franck), performed by the St. Joseph Church Choir (Columbia, SC), directed by Teresa S. Riley, courtesy of GarageBand.

Christus Vincit Sports, brought to you by Viagra: Today we discuss turnarounds in Major League Baseball, as well as two Boston teams outside of baseball, the "new steroid", and a new citizen of the USA.

Additional Links:
Melody and text: O That I Could for Ever Dwell (.pdf)
The Our Father Holding Hand (new and improved);
2008 Eucharistic Congress (Atlanta, GA); Catholic New Media Celebration (also in Atlanta)

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

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CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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Moving further along in our comparing the two editions of GIA's Gather Comprehensive hymnal. Oh, and, Shamus tells us how he takes it easy.

Feasts for the Week: June 2-8. For more information, check out the New Advent Website.

CVA Suggestion Box: Music suggestions for the Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. For more information, check out the CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for the Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A.
Music: Power to Believe, by Johnny Proctor, brought to you by Podsafe.
Liturgy 911, brought to you by the St. Anthony 404 Page: Papa Joe Ratzi and Frank A. Rinze investigate complaints in two cities for puppets, masks, and voodoo dolls.

Additional Links:
cyberhymnal.com entry for God Is My Strong Salvation; The Catholic Hack
2008 Eucharistic Congress (Atlanta, GA); Catholic New Media Celebration (also in Atlanta)

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

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Today we continue our comparisons of the two editions of GIA's Gather Comprehensive hymnal (1994 and 2004), by noting the good music that was in the 1994 book that was dropped from the 2004 book, and good music not in the 1994 book that was added for 2004.

Feasts for the week: May 26-June 1.

CV Semi-Live with the Bitmap: Wait till you hear this music list I was stuck with for Corpus Christi. Definitely not for the faint of heart!
Music: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (tune: Picardy), performed by Fugli, brought to you by the Podsafe Music Network.
Shamus' Adventures in Classical Latin: Shamus wreckovates Ecce Panis Angelorum, brought to you by Snarkies.

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

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CVA Interactive Corner (including the rapidly growing Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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Today marks the premiere of a new series where we compare the two editions of GIA's Gather Comprehensive.

Feasts for the Week:  May 19-25.
Christus Vincit Semi-Live at the Softball Field: Reviewing and playing music I did for the Pentecost Vigil (Ordinary Form) and Trinity Sunday (Extraordinary Form).

Music:
1. Come, Holy Ghost (tune: Lambillotte)
2. Lord, Send out Your Spirit (Psalm 104/Psalm Tone 8G)
3. O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God (tune: St. Columba)
4. The Church's One Foundation (tune: Aurelia)
5. O God, Almighty Father (refrain/tune: Gott Vater, sei Gepriesen)
6. De Trinitate (Anonymous tune); 7. Veni, Creator Spiritus (Chant, Mode VIII)
8. Salve Regina (Chant, Mode V); 9. Holy, Holy, Holy (tune: Nicaea);
10. Sanctus from St. Cecilia Mass (Charles Gounod), sung by the St. Joseph Church Choir, Columbia, SC, courtesy of Garage Band

Shamus' Adventures in Classical Latin: Shamus returns from his vacation and wreckovates De Trinitate. Wait till he tells you where he's been! Oy Vey! Brought to you by Better Liturgy through Technology.

Additional Links:
Catholic Light; The Spirit's Sword; Organ-ic Chemist
St. Joseph Church (Columbia, SC/parish website)

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

CVA/CVTV Krakowska Kielbasa Wall of Fame / How to Get Your Deli on the Wall of Fame
CVA Interactive Corner (including the rapidly growing Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

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Today we will discuss why we shouldn't take it upon ourselves to toy with the Mass text for the sake of fitting it into some badly-written jingle.
Feasts for the Week:  May 5-11.  For more info, check out the New Advent Website.
CVA Suggestion Box: Pentecost and the Vigil.  For more information, see the CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for the Pentecost Vigil (which also includes an order for an extended Vigil) and Pentecost Sunday.
Music: Veni, Creator Spiritus (Chant, Mode VIII), sung by the Ensemble Vocal Pythagore, brought to you by the Classic Cat
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Come, Holy Ghost Edition, brought to you courtesy of Pterodactyl Airlines.

Additional Links:
Candlepin Challenge / Comcast 8 New England (CN8) / On Pentecost They Gathered
2008 Eucharistic Congress (Atlanta, GA) / Catholic New Media Celebration (also in Atlanta)

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

CVA/CVTV Krakowska Kielbasa Wall of Fame / How to Get Your Deli on the Wall of Fame
CVA Interactive Corner (including the rapidly growing Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

Say the Black, Do the Red" logo courtesy of Fr. John Zuhlsdorf.

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The second of our two-part series on bad music and liturgy going on locally. Today we discuss the funeral Mass for my father-in-law's aunt that took place a couple of weeks ago.
Feasts for the Week:  April 28-May 4.  For more information, visit the New Advent Website.
CVA Suggestion Box: Ascension and Seventh Sunday of Easter.  For more suggestions, consult the CanticaNOVA Planning Pages - Ascesnion / Easter VII-A.

Music:
1. Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim (tune: Lyons)
2. O Clap Your Hands (written by Ralph Vaughan Williams), performed by St. Peter's Choir (Nottingham, UK), courtesy of The Classic Cat.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Canticum Novum Edition, courtesy of Copertino Son Tanning Lotion.

Additional Links:
O That I Could for Ever Dwell (written by yours truly)
2008 Eucharistic Congress (Atlanta, GA)
Catholic New Media Celebration (also in Atlanta) / The Curt Jester / Catholic Moments
SQPN / Daily Breakfast / Rosary Army / The Catholic Hack / Catholic: Under the Hood

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

CVA/CVTV Krakowska Kielbasa Wall of Fame / How to Get Your Deli on the Wall of Fame

CVA Interactive Corner (including that rapidly growing Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere).

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Today we offer a special presentation: a snark's version of A Tale of Two Cities, as we discuss the music for the Papal Masses celebrated just last week in DC and NYC.
Feasts for the Week:  April 21-27.  For more information: New Advent Website.
Christus Vincit Semi-Live with the Bitmap: Music for the Extraordinary Form Mass we played for the Fourth Sunday after Easter at St. Leo the Great Church.

Music:
1. Alleluia! Sing to Jesus! (tune: Hyfrydol)
2. Cantate Domino Canticum Novum (written by Vincent d'Indy)
3. Now Thank We All Our God (tune: Nun Danket)
4. Liberty Bell March (written by John Philip Sousa), performed by the Hampshire Guitar Orchestra, brought to you by Podsafe.

Top Ten Things I Was Happy Not to See at Any of the Papal Masses, brought to you by Ridalin (not to be confused with "Ritalin")

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Official Videos of the Papal Visit
Kelly Clarkson sings Schubert's Ave Maria to the Pope

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Listen below, or download here. (35:45/32.7 MB)

After enough comical Don't Do This at Church segments, I figured I'd touch base with a couple of bad Masses that I stumbled into myself over the past three weeks or so. First of two parts.
Feasts for the week: April 14-20.  More info: New Advent Website.
CVA Suggestion Box: Music suggestions for the Fifth Sunday of Easter.  For more information: CanticaNOVA Planning Page for Easter V-A
Music: Clouds or Smoke, by Derek K. Miller, courtesy of Podsafe.

Christus Vincit Sports: Shamus bought a Red Sox shirt on E-bay for 50¢. Listen to find out whose shirt it is. Brought to you by the Christian Duplicating Service.
Additional Links: Holy Family NYC Worship Leaflet for 4/13/08

Awards to vote for:
Blogger's Choice Awards; Blogger's Choice: Best Religion Blog
Blogger's Choice: Best Podcast (Thank you for your support!)

CVA/CVTV Krakowska Kielbasa Wall of Fame; How to Get Your Deli on the Wall of Fame

CVA Interactive Corner (including that rapidly growing Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)