Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s Series Singing the mass

Part 1 of Bishop Olmsted’s Series on Singing the Mass “Liturgical Music as Participation in Christ”

Part 2 of Bishop Olmsted’s Series on Singing the Mass “A Short History of Liturgical Music”

Part 3 of Bishop Olmsted’s Series on Singing the Mass “Sacred Music’s Role in Evangelization”

Part 4 of Bishop Olmsted’s Series on Singing the Mass “Practical Points for Singing the Mass”

Anima Christi

A quick recording from this week’s rehearsal at St. Joseph’s in Macon, GA.

Anima Christi, Mary Van Houten

Soul of Christ, soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, from the side of Christ, wash me, wash me, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me!
O good Jesus, hear me, Hear me, hear me!
Within thy wounds, thy wounds, hide me.
Suffer me not, suffer me not to be separated from thee;
From the malignant enemy, defend me!
In the hour of my death, call me!
Call me, call me, call me!
And bid me come to thee, and bid me come, and bid me come to thee,
that with thy saints I may praise thee forever and ever. Amen.

We’ll be singing this at Mass tomorrow at 12:15 pm at St. Joseph’s.

This was so much fun to sing (I’m singing soprano on this one). We were missing one part (the low alto part), but will be a complete group of four tomorrow.

A new Mass setting

Jeff Ostrowski has composed a beautiful new Mass setting for the new Missal translation. Here are two samples from the Mass:

New ICEL Translation of the Missal • Gloria (“Glory To God”) from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.

New ICEL Translation of the Missal • HOLY HOLY HOLY from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.

To get more information about the music or to download it and use it for free, check out the CCWatershed site.

Colloquium XXI is in the wings…

I’m at work on my small portion of planning for the upcoming Colloquium. As it was last year, Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University will be the venue. For the first time in my memory, the Colloquium will be held on the week before the Feast of St. John the Baptist, which means we’ll have the chance to do some different propers this year.
I look forward to it with great anticipation. For more information, click the icon below: