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On the Requiem, Part II

November 2, 2017

A more detailed look at the proper texts and musical issues

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Departed, Chant, Rite

On the Requiem, Part I

November 1, 2017

A look at the history and theology behind this popular observance

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Departed, Rite, Chant

Concluding hymns and ‘processions’

March 21, 2017

A look at the rubrics and implications of hymns at the end of Mass

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Processions, Hymns, Rite

O Lord, arise, help us

September 11, 2016

The Supplication and September 11

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In Liturgy Tags Chant, Litanies, Processions, Rite

Prayer Book revision: Service of Light

July 24, 2016

Thoughts on the ritual and musical provisions for this attractive ceremony

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In Liturgy Tags Rite, Daily Office, Chant

Tenebrae

March 23, 2016

Matins and Lauds of the Triduum

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Daily Office, Holy Week, Rite

The Peace of the Lord

October 7, 2015

No time for casual chatter, the Peace is a dominical, apostolical, sacramental thing

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Choral literature, Repentance, Rite

Pascha nostrum

April 10, 2015

Tracing the history of this Easter anthem

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Tags Anglicanism, Ceremonies, Easter, Rite

The Beheading of St John the Baptist

August 29, 2013

Commemorating the life and death of the Forerunner

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In Liturgy Tags Iconography, Kalendar, Martyrs, Rite, Saints

St Mary the Virgin

August 15, 2013

Understanding the Assumption from an Anglican perspective

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In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Heaven, Hymns, Mary, Rite, Saints

The Transfiguration

August 6, 2013

A sign of the new life that awaits us

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In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Rite, Kalendar, Theosis, Transfiguration

The Nativity of St John the Baptist

June 24, 2013

On the life and ministry of the Forerunner, and music written in his honor

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Anglicanism, Chant, Choral literature, Saints, Hymns, Kalendar, Incarnation, Martyrs, Rite

The Rogation Days

May 7, 2013

On the origins of and provisions for this important observance

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In Liturgy Tags Agricultural festivals, Anglicanism, Ceremonies, Kalendar, Litanies, Processions, Repentance, Rite