iSNARK! 187

 

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We're covering a couple of topics in this hour (give or take 14 seconds) of fun! One answers the question of what a funeral is like at my parish.  What music do I play?  What music do we allow and disallow?  We cover that, as well as play a good number of pieces from a recent funeral.  The other describes the differences, improvements, and declines in the four hymnals pictured at left.  Also, does a pop singer deserve to have the American flag flown at half-mast?
Feasts for the Week: February 22-March 4
Don't Do This at Church: Ashes on the fly!
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In What We Have Done and In What We're Going to Do: "Have done" for the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time and Ash Wednesday, and "Going to do" for the First Sunday of Lent.
Random Thought: Bad mixes
Hymnody in Inflationary Language: Shamus O'Reilly lists some interesting "inflated" Lenten hymn titles.  Also, get a load of what he's giving up for Lent!

Music:
1. Requiem Aeternam (Chant, Mode VI); 2. Lift High the Cross (tune: Crucifer)
3. Alleluia (written by Theodore Marier, with funeral verse sung to Psalm Tone 5)
4. Glory and Praise to You (written by yours truly, based on Vexilla Regis, Chant, Mode I)
5. Sanctus XVIII; 6. Mortem Tuam Annuntiamus, Domine (from Jubilate Deo)
7. Agnus Dei XVIII (Missa Pro Defunctis version); 8. Lux Aeterna (Chant, Mode VIII)
9. Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured (tune: Jesus, Meine Zuversicht)
10. I Believe that My Redeemer Lives (written by Henri St. Louis)
11. In Paradisum (Chant, Mode VII/VIII)
12. Ave Verum (written by Camille Saint-Saens), sung by the Choeur de Marais, brought to you by The Classic Cat.

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iSNARK! 160

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Today we rate the Psalm section of the 2010 OCP Music Issue (Psalm section), as well as present my Lenten contributions to the Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project.

Big storm? What big storm? Pictured at left are plows waiting for the "big snow storm." Only catch was, that storm never happened. We finally got some snow about 5:00 last night. It turned out the most we got in our city was a big whopping two inches! Opening segment was actually recorded about 1:00 that afternoon. Supposed blame? Shamus' snow machine malfunctioned!

Feasts for the Week: DOUBLE DUTY! February 8-21. BTW, even the Jungle Screechers were waiting for this "big storm".
Commercials (scattered): our three official products, plus the Chabanel Psalm Project
iSNARK! Semi-Live on US 6: Music lists for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, as sung/played by yours truly at the Chapel of Our Savior, Brockton, Massachusetts, and St. Anthony's Church, Providence, Rhode Island.
Don't Do This at Church (two scattered segments)

Music: (3-8 written by yours truly)
1. Holy, Holy, Holy (tune: Nicaea)
2. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (tune: Lobe den Herren)
3. Be Merciful, O Lord (Psalm 51); 4. Be with Me, Lord (Psalm 91)
5. The Lord is My Light (Psalm 27); 6. The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Psalm 103)
7. Taste and See (Psalm 34); 8. The Lord Has Done Great Things for Us (Psalm 126)
9. Organist Kelvin Smith plays Vater Unser in Himmelreich (written by Johann Sebastian Bach / BWV 737), courtesy of The Classic Cat

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Fat Tuesday/Ash Wednesday Appetite Edition
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CHRISTUS VINCIT ANYWHERE! 153

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Today we will present the Responsorial Psalm settings for Lent that I wrote and sent to the Chabanel Responsorial Psalms Project.  We also tell you what I've been up to during my little hiatus, and we share a couple of stories that were given to me by my wife Ann.
Feasts for the Month: February 2009. For more info: New Advent Website.
Liturgy 101 from the School of Snark: Ash Wednesday. For more info, check out the CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for Ash Wednesday.
Don't Do This at Church (two clips)
Christus Vincit Semi-Live at the Kitchen Table: the aforementioned original Psalm settings

Music:
1-6. Excerpts from Be Merciful, O Lord, Your Ways, O Lord, I Will Walk before the Lord, Lord, You Have the Words, Taste and See, and Create a Clean Heart, all written by yours truly.
7. Antiphon from the introit Esto Mihi (Chant, Mode IV), sung by the Schola Cantorum of St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Beverly, MA, Michael Olbash: schola director, Frederick McArthur: music director. Also in the schola, Rich Chonak of Catholic Light.

Hymnody in Inflationary Language, brought to you by Pope Pelosi: Shamus inflates six of the seven verses of Adoro Te Devote.

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CHRISTUS VINCIT ANYWHERE! 70

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Above is the T-shirt I'll be donning very soon!

This is our 70th show! WOOHOO!
Today we'll be covering two key chant books: The Liber Usualis (Tridentine Mass) and the Graduale Romanum (Missa Normativa).
Also, we've scattered some more miscellaneous outbursts within the podcast, and a flock of sheep put a stop to a liturgical abuse.
Feasts for the week: St. Katherine Drexel. For more info: New Advent Website.
Christus Vincit Semi-Live on I-195 raises hairs all over: at 100 mph! Amidst all that, we still manage to go over the music lists for Ash Wednesday and the First Sunday of Lent.

Music:
1. Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ (Psalm Tone 2D);
2. Parce Domine (Chant, Mode I); 3. Attende Domine (Chant, Mode V)
4. Qui Meditabitur (Chant, Mode III, from the Gregorian Missal)
5. Lord, Who throughout these Forty Days (tune: St. Flavian)
6. Invocabit Me (Psalm Tone 2D); 7. O God, Our Help in Ages Past (tune: St. Anne)
8. Scapulis Suis (Chant, Mode III, from the Gregorian Missal)
9. Magnificat (Antiphon from Taize, with verses set to Psalm Tone 6F)
10. In Your Name, written and performed by Sweet Crystal, brought to you by Podsafe.

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Hymnody in Inflationary Language: Lord, Who throughout these Forty(-one) Days, brought to you by Hillary Clinton.

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CHRISTUS VINCIT PODCASTING 19

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We continue "White Listing" the good selections found in Breaking Bread, by Oregon Catholic Press.  We also point out the events to take place at Holy Ghost during Lent, as well as some of the latest articles on CHRISTUS VINCIT - the Blog.

Music Lists: Ash Wednesday and the First Sunday of Lent.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Ashes edition, courtesy of the Ash-O-Matic 5000.

Like episode #17, we have music a-plenty from Mass:
1. O God, Our Help in Ages Past (tune: St. Anne)
2. Praise to You, Lord, Jesus Christ (Tone 2)
3. Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless (tune: St. Agnes)
4. Sanctus and 5. Agnus Dei (Mass XVIII); 6. Attende, Domine (Mode V)

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