Our Lady of Good Success Novena (and Antiphon)

Veronica Brandt · January 24, 2025

Today starts a Novena to Our Lady of Good Success. Curiously, there is an Antiphon included towards the end of each day’s prayers which looks very similar to this one.

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Veronica Brandt holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering. She lives near Sydney, Australia, with her husband and six children.—(Read full biography).

“Entrance Chant” • 3rd Sunday (Ord. Time)

For this coming Sunday, short-but-sweet certainly applies! You can download the ENTRANCE ANTIPHON in English for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (26 January 2025). Corresponding to the vocalist score is this free organ accompaniment. If you’re someone who enjoys rehearsal videos, this morning I attempted to sing it while simultaneously accompanying my voice on the pipe organ.

—Jeff Ostrowski

“Reminder” — Month of January (2025)

On a daily basis, I speak to people who have followed our blog for years yet don’t realize we publish a free newsletter. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. Signing up couldn’t be easier: simply scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.

—Jeff Ostrowski

PDF • “Gloria VIII” on 5 lines!

For reasons I don’t fully understand, we’ve gotten a particular request more than any other: viz. GLORIA VIII written with treble clef. (Printed on 5 lines, in other words.) As of a few minutes ago, you can download this PDF score free of charge. Believe it or not, CARMEN GREGORIANUM “on five lines” was the traditional way in Germany. In France, this hybrid can also be found … but 4 lines was commoner.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Our Lady of Good Success Novena (and Antiphon)

Today starts a Novena to Our Lady of Good Success. Curiously, there is an Antiphon included towards the end of each day’s prayers which looks very similar to this one.

—Veronica Brandt

A Recent Podcast Conversation on Chant Rhythm

This past week, I appeared on the Nikhil Hogan show to talk about Gregorian rhythm and the Vatican edition. You can watch here. If you don’t know the show, it is an excellent series of interviews with scholars mostly dealing with the history of music theory.

—Dr. Charles Weaver

Don’t Be Fooled by a Late Easter

Isn’t it wonderful to come back to rehearsals after a brief Christmas recess and realize Easter doesn’t come until April 20? It’s tempting to be very relaxed about progress, but I’m trying to keep a sense of momentum. Though I will probably spend a bit of extra time working on vocal production issues with my choir, I want to have all our Triduum and Easter music well in hand by the end of March. That way, we can spend our April rehearsals polishing rather than frantically learning notes.

—Keven Smith

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