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Link to Music Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle,[1]  With completed victory rife: And above the Cross's trophy  Tell the triumph of the strife: How the world's Redeemer conquer'd  By surrendering of His Life. God his Maker, sorely grieving  That the first-made Adam fell, When he ate the fruit of sorrow,  Whose reward was death and hell, Noted then this Wood, the ruin  Of the ancient wood to quell. For the work of our Salvation  Needs would have his order so, And the multiform deceiver's...
Published 03/27/24
Link to MusicToday we learn a short doxology -- sung in Monasteries and the Eastern Rites of the Church -- dating back to the 4th century! Thou art worthy of praise, thou art worthy of hymns, to Thee be glory: to God the Father and the Son with the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
Published 09/20/23
Link to MusicToday we learn a wonderful hymn to our glorious mother! August 15 - 22nd is a little octave of Our Lady, and this hymn should be a part of everyone's celebration of her Assumption and Crowning.
Published 08/23/23
Link to MusicLearn to sing the Solemn Tone of the Salve Regina. This beautiful Marian Antiphon is traditionally sung after the Rosary and after Night Prayer during Ordinary time. Mary has also revealed in visions that this is one of her favorites!
Published 08/16/23
Link to musicLearn the Missa de Angelis Part 4 -- Agnus Dei
Published 08/09/23
Link to music Learn Mass VIII (Missa de Angelis) Part 3 -- Sanctus
Published 08/02/23
Link to MusicLearn the Missa de Angelis, Part 2 -- Gloria
Published 07/26/23
Link to MusicLearn the Missa de Angelis: Part 1 -- Kyrie
Published 07/19/23
Link to MusicLearn the hymn written by St. Simon Stock, the prior of the Carmelite order to whom Mary appeared and gave the brown scapular as a privilege to the Carmelite order. This was originally used as the sequence for the feast of St. Simon, then for the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (July 16th). Now it's just a devotional hymn, but since the Church has given us all the privilege of participating in the brown scapular, let's all sing it in thank to Our Lady and Holy Mother Church!
Published 07/12/23
Link to Music"Give peace in our time, O Lord, because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only Thou, O God."
Published 07/05/23
Link to MusicAnother Hymn to St. John the Baptist (Feast: June 24th). This and it's more famous counterpart Ut Queant Laxis were originally part of the same hymn, split into three for the Divine Office. Both can be sung to the same melody (which you can learn in Episode 50) but today we'll learn a new melody. O more than blessed, merit high attaining, Pure as the snow-drift, innocent of evil, Child of the desert, mightiest of Martyrs, Greatest of Prophets.Thirtyfold increase some with...
Published 06/28/23
Link to Music Today we learn a chant setting of the well-known prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. Enjoy!
Published 01/28/23
Link to Music Today we learn the propers for Septuagesima Sunday. Enjoy!
Published 01/25/23
Links to music: Introit; Gradual(A); Gradual (B and C) Alleluia; Offertory; Communion (A and C); Communion (B) Today we learn the propers for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Extraordinary Form propers repeat again this week, see episode 80.
Published 01/25/23
Link to Music Today we learn the most commonly sung melody for the Nicene Creed. Enjoy!
Published 01/21/23
Music: Introit; Gradual; Alleluia; Offertory; Communion (Year A); Communion (Year B and C) Today we learn the propers for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary time (Extraordinary Form repeats 3rd Sunday after Epiphany this week!).
Published 01/18/23
Link to Music Today we learn another hymn of Prudentius -- listen to Audit Tyrannus Anxius from a few weeks ago to learn about his story -- O Sola Magnarum Urbium. This Epiphany hymn is also drawn from his Cathemerinon, and sings the praises of Bethlehem, noblest of cities, where the Lord was born and the Kings came to worship. 1. Bethlehem! of noblest cities None can once with thee compare; Thou alone the Lord from heaven Didst for us Incarnate bear. 2. Fairer than the sun at morning Was...
Published 01/14/23
Link to Music Link to Year A and B Introit Link to Year A Communio "Venite Post Me" Today we learn the Proper antiphons from the 3rd Sunday (in Ordinary Time/After Epiphany). Enjoy!
Published 01/11/23
Link to Music Happy Epiphanytide! Today we learn the introit from the Mass for Epiphany, and for those who haven't listened to our Propers of the Year series, we get a peak into the chants of the Holy Mass. Behold, the Sovereign Lord is coming; kingship, government and power are in his hands.
Published 01/07/23
Link to music Link to Novus Ordo Communio, Laetabimur in salutari tuo Today we learn the propers for the 2nd Sunday (of Ordinary Time or Epiphany)
Published 01/05/23
Link to Music Happy New Year's Eve! Today we learn a hymn in honor of the Holy Innocents, killed by the tyrant Herod while he searched for the Christ Child. The first blood shed for our Lord was by these innocent children, and it's impossible not to compare slaughter of the innocents with the slaughter of the unborn in our day. Sing the praises of these innocents, and beg for their intercession for an end to abortion!
Published 12/31/22
Link to Music Today we learn the propers for the Feast of Epiphany. Enjoy!
Published 12/28/22
Link to Music Merry Christmas! Today we learn one of the most popular medieval Christmas hymns: Puer Natus in Bethlehem. Let's all raise our voices to praise God for the Incarnation! A child is born in Bethlehem, Exult for joy, Jerusalem! Allelujah. With an exultant heart, let us adore the new-born Christ, with a new song. The Son of God the Father, In the highest has taken flesh, Allelujah. By angel Gabriel announced, The virgin has conceived the Son. Allelujah. Like a bridegroom from the...
Published 12/24/22
Links to music (courtesy of CCWatershed): Introit; Gradual; Alleluia; Offertory; Communion In this episode we learn the propers for the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, January 1st. In 2023 this falls on Sunday, the Octave of Christmas. In the extraordinary form this day is the Octave of Christmas/The Circumcision of the Lord, and the propers are the same as those of Christmas Mass during the day, which we covered in last week's episode (except for the Alleluia).
Published 12/21/22