Christmas Day Latin Mass

A very Merry Christmas to all!

I snagged a couple of recordings on my phone from our Solemn High Mass downtown.  Quality is terrible & nearly everyone present was sick a dog, but it's something.

First is the Communion verse "Viderunt omnes" & second is the Latin version of Lo, How A Rose, which we affectionately call, Lo, How A Radish Blooming.

See you on Saturday!  God willing, we'll all be better by then.  Safe travels!

P.S.: I added to the sidebar links an address given by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger on Sacred Music & liturgy.  It's importance is that it looks past ephemeral arguments about music taste & delves deeply into the theology of music in the liturgy, where we arrive at the "why" & "for whom" of the "what" we are doing.  It also calls out many of the modern errors we experience.  I used an excerpt as a quote on the back of the concert program.

"Become a saint!"

UPDATED! Music Order for Mass: Dec 31

Introit - Hail, Holy Mother

Processional Hymn: Immaculate Mary (blue #446)

Mass Ordinary: Heritage Mass

Psalm & Alleluia: R & A

Offertory: Ave Maria by Elgar

Communion:  Exult, O Daughter of Zion

Communion Hymn I: Silent Night (blue #293)

Communion Hymn II: Lo, How A Rose (blue #300)

Post-Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina or just the chant)

Recessional: Joy to the World (blue #306)

Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia - Christmas Music

The beloved Dominican Sisters of Nashville have recorded a set of Christmas carols & songs that are quite lovely (click HERE).  Fitting, since St. Cecilia is the patroness of musicians.

They also cover several of the pieces we will be singing, including Of The Father's Love Begotten (with an unexpected harmony!), Lo How A Rose, & others.  All recordings are free for download.  Of course, nothing's stopping you from sending them a donation.  HERE is their homepage.

As an aside, the first organist for the Knox Latin Mass Schola was a little teenaged girl named Mary.  She is now Dominican Sister Felicity.  Her younger sister, Anne, is now our organist, & their youngest sister, Catherine, is learning how to play, too.  Their oldest brother, Michael, is a seminarian for the Diocese of Knoxville, soon to be ordained a deacon in St. Peter's Basilica.

P.S.: I just got an email notice about the 2014 Aquinas Forum, sponsored by Aquinas College.  The Forums are an amazing opportunity to go so much deeper in knowledge & love of the Faith.  The website is HERE.

Thank God for the faithful Sisters who live, teach, & sing the Gospel!