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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!)

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)

CHRISTUS VINCIT ANYWHERE! 136

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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!)

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)

CHRISTUS VINCIT ANYWHERE! 135

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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!)

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 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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WE HAVE A WINNER!!! David Doyle, a frequenter of our message boards under the nom de plume shamusrocks, has taken the Christus Vincit Whitewash Challenge and won! The winning detergent box is pictured at left. Click on it for a larger image. David has put a lot of detail into this, as you can see. David has one a .pdf copy of Variations on Asperges Me, written for organ by yours truly. So, congratulations, David, and enjoy!
Also, in our intro, we bring back memories of hymnals and missalettes that you probably haven't seen in a long time.

Today we finish up our "white listing" of music from the GIA hymnal, Gather Comprehensive - Second Edition, combing through the last hundred or so hymns, plus a few selections from the readings section.
Feasts for the week:  February 18-24.  For more information: New Advent Website.
Christus Vincit Semi-Live on Route 146: Music lists for the Ordinary Form of the Mass at the St. Antoine Residence, and the Extraordinary Form of the Mass at St. Leo the Great Church, both for the Second Sunday of Lent.

Music:
1. 'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here (tune: Swabia)
2. Parce, Domine (Chant, Mode I; verses: Ps. 50/Tonus Peregrinus)
3. Attende, Domine (Chant, Mode V); 4. The Glory of these Forty Days (tune: Old Hundredth)
5. This Time of Forty Days (parody of King of Pain, by the Police), written and performed by Nick Alexander

Top Ten Least Popular Lenten Scenarios, courtesy of L-Mart, Your Lenten Superstore
Additional Link: Catholic Light

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

CVA Interactive Corner

CHRISTUS VINCIT ANYWHERE! 119

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Today we further continue our white list of selected material from GIA's Gather Comprehensive - Second Edition, going through some of the topical sections of the hymnal.  You will also meet a new character: Joey the GIRM!
Intro: March calendar changes for 2008, and the Christus Vincit Challenge.
Feasts for the Week:  February 4-9.  More info: New Advent Website.

Christus Vincit Semi-Live in the Living Room: While relaxing after Super Bowl Sunday, we discuss our music for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, as well as reveal a GIRM citation about the Responsorial Psalm.

Music:
1. Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still (tune: St. Catherine)
2. Hail Mary, by Johnny Proctor, courtesy of Podsafe

Top Ten Least Popular Liturgical Dance Moves, courtesy of the Computer Tower Keg.
Additional Link: 150th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Lourdes (flyer from the Archdiocese of Newark)

Nominate/vote:
2008 Blogger's Choice Awards Main Page
Best Religion Blog (for Christus Vincit - the BLOG!); Best Podcast (for CVA/CVTV)

CVA Interactive Corner

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Today we continue our white list of selected material from GIA's Gather Comprehensive - Second Edition, going through more of the topical sections of the hymnal.  Also, we issue a friendly reminder of our latest challenge. Don't be left out!
Feasts for the Week:  January 28-February 3.  For more information: New Advent Website.
Christus Vincit Semi-Live at the Providence Place Mall: Shamus attempts to pull off a "Schlep on the Street" interview with almost anyone he sees while revealing our music for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Music:
1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (tune: Lobe den Herren)
2. Lord, Who at Your First Eucharist Did Pray (tune: Unde et Memores)
3. Childlike Faith, by Johnny Proctor, courtesy of Podsafe

Liturgy 911: Brought to you by Liturgical Dancing with the Stars. Papa Joe Ratzi and Frank A. Rinze head to Los Angeles. Tune in to find out why!

Nominate/vote:
2008 Blogger's Choice Awards Main Page
Best Religion Blog (Christus Vincit - the BLOG!)
Best Podcast (CVA/CVTV)

CVA Interactive Corner

CHRISTUS VINCIT ANYWHERE! 117

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Continuing to white list the material from the hymnal Gather Comprehensive - Second Edition by GIA Publications. Sections include the remainder of the seasonal sections, plus the sections marked "Word", "Praise", and "Thanksgiving".
We also issue a new challenge. Listen carefully. In a related story, you'll hear our all-new Ay Yi Yi Yi Trio, consisting of yours truly, my son, Brian Robert Page, and his buddy, Kenny "Special Man" Sousa.

Feasts for the Week:  January 21-27.  For more information, see the New Advent Website.
Christus Vincit Semi-Live on I-95: showcasing music for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (Mass in Ordinary Form at Blessed Sacrament) and Septuagesima Sunday (Mass in Extraordinary Form at St. Leo the Great). At one of the Masses, we got a visit from Richard Chonak from the Catholic Light blog.

Music:
1. Ay Yi Yi Yi (used for various jingles written by yours truly based on the tune Cielito Lindo), sung by the Ay Yi Yi Yi Trio
2. Praise the Lord, O Heav'ns, Adore Him (tune: Hyfrydol)
3. On Jordan's Bank (tune: Winchester New)
4. O Esca Viatorum (music by Johann Michael Haydn)
5. Ave Verum Corpus (music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
6. Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (tune: Grosser Gott)
7. Impromptu ripoff on Hyfrydol (yours truly at the organ)
8. Happy the People, by Lynn Breaux, courtesy of Podsafe
9. Rigaudon (music by Andre Campra, yours truly at the organ)

The Good the Bad and the Ugly: (Rerun from CVA #6 on 1/11/06) Here I Am, Lord Edition, brought to you by Why Catholics Can't Sing by Thomas Day.

Nominate/vote:
2008 Blogger's Choice Awards Main Page,
Best Religion Blog (for Christus Vincit - the BLOG!), Best Podcast (for CVA/CVTV)

CVA Interactive Corner

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Today we further explore and "white list" material from Gather Comprehensive - Second Edition by GIA Publications, now entering the seasonal parts of the hymn section from Advent through Passiontide inclusive.

Feasts for the Week:  January 13-20. For more information, see the New Advent Website.
Christus Vincit Semi-Live on Federal Hill: Reviving a segment I hadn't done since November, now that I'm doing some kind of work, albeit only on a substitute basis. Today we discuss the music we did at Blessed Sacrament Church in Providence, RI, for the feast of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Music:
1. The Church's One Foundation (tune: Aurelia)
2. Monday Morning Blues, by Johnny Proctor, courtesy of Podsafe.

Hymnody in Inflationary Language: Shamus presents The Church's One (Two) Foundation(s), brought to you by Flaming Pomegranates for Your Sanctuary
Additional Links: Wikipedia entry for Septuagesima

Nominate/vote:
2008 Blogger's Choice Awards Main Page
Best Religion Blog (for Christus Vincit - the BLOG!); Best Podcast (for CVA/CVTV)

CVA Interactive Corner

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Today we continue our "White List" as we cover the musical settings for the Ordinary of the Mass that appear in Gather Comprehensive - Second Edition, published by GIA Publications of Chicago, Illinois.
Feasts for the Week: January 7-13.  For more information, visit the New Advent Website.
Music List: This past Sunday I did some substitute work at the church pictured at left - Blessed Sacrament in Providence, RI. Beautiful Romanesque church with an Aeolian-Skinner organ. Today's music list is for the Solemnity of the Epiphany.

Music:
1. The First Nowell (traditional English); 2. What Child Is This (tune: Greensleeves)
3. Silent Night, Holy Night (tune: Stille Nacht); 4. Joy to the World (tune: Antioch)
5. We Three Kings of Orient Are (tune: Kings of Orient), performed by Rob Astor, brought to you by Podsafe
6. Impromptu ripoff on Wie Schön Leuchtet, played by yours truly.

Suggestion Box: Baptism of the Lord. For more information: CanticaNOVA Planning Pages.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Following the Star Edition, brought to you courtesy of Summorum Pontificum for Episcopal Dummies

Additional Links:
Emendation to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal; Organ Historical Society;
Stoplist/specifications for the Aeolian-Skinner organ at Blessed Sacrament;
New OHS page that I helped create for that same organ

Nominate/vote:
2008 Blogger's Choice Awards Main Page,
Best Religion Blog (for Christus Vincit - the BLOG!), Best Podcast (for CVA/CVTV)

CVA Interactive Corner

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Almost a couple of years ago, we "whitelisted" the good music of OCP's 2006 Breaking Bread hymnal. Today we embark on a brand-spankin'-new "white list" - GIA's newest hymnal, the maroon-cover Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition.
Also, you'll love our new detergent in our intro, and we also offer a congratulatory "shout out" to the most recent additions to the SQPN network:  Catholic Underground, Catholic Moments, Catholic Hack, On the U, iPadre

Feasts for the Week:  December 31-January 6.  For more information: New Advent Website.
Suggestion Box: Mary, Mother of God and Epiphany.  For more info: CanticaNOVA Planning Pages - Mary, Mother of God, Epiphany
Music: Not So Silent Night, by Charlie Crowe, courtesy of Podsafe
Top Ten New Year's Resolutions by Shamus for 2008, brought to you by Cowbell Hero

Additional Links:
Daily Breakfast, Rosary Army, Catholic: Under the Hood,
CyberHymnal entry for From East to West, from Shore to Shore,
Oremus Hymnal entry for Virgin-Born, We Bow before Thee,
Listen to There Shall a Star from Jacob Come Forth

Nominate/vote:
2008 Blogger's Choice Awards Main Page
Best Religion Blog (for Christus Vincit - the BLOG!); Best Podcast (for CVA/CVTV)

CVA Interactive Corner