Only Every Three Years…
Communion antiphon for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C).
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
Fully harmonized, including fabulous (optional) verses from the New Testament.
Like so many Advent antiphons, this one is in the first mode and comes from the prophet Isaiah.
The feast of Christ the King—a completely modern feast—was added in 1925.
This Introit is in the sixth mode (known as the “peaceful” mode).
Singing Gregorian Chant lifts one’s spirits. Agree or disagree?
With a brief digression on “feelings of inadequacy.”
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from Wednesday in the 2nd week of Lent.
This one was put in a “brighter” mode—owing to its text—based on the somewhat peculiar place the original came from.
With a digression on a 1971 film called “Fiddler on the Roof.”
This coming Sunday—13 October 2024—is the 28th in Ordinary Time.
This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant.
Today I discuss a myth about accompanying plainsong on the pipe organ.
“Entrance Chant” for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B.
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