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Old 113th and simple chant

March 7, 2016

A venerable Reformation tune points the way to more authentically liturgical music

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Chant, Hymns

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

January 18, 2016

The Hymnal version is far from the original – perhaps to its, and our, benefit

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In Liturgy Tags Hymns, Translation, Eucharist

On fixing the date of Easter

January 16, 2016

A proposed set and shared date for Easter raises some interesting questions

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In Liturgy Tags Agricultural festivals, Easter, Kalendar

Let God arise

November 6, 2015

Interpreting an imprecatory Psalm

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Ascension, Choral literature, Psalms, Scripture

Saints and saints

November 3, 2015

Conflating All Saints and All Souls robs us of the obligations and opportunities of each

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In Liturgy Tags Departed, Heaven, Martyrs, Saints

O quanta qualia

November 1, 2015

Considering Abelard’s fine hymn on All Saints’ Day

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Choral literature, Hymns, Translation, Heaven, Saints

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

Magnificat and martyrdom

August 14, 2015

Commemorating and learning from a modern witness to the faith

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In Liturgy Tags Martyrs, Daily Office

I love thy kingdom, Lord

August 8, 2015

Church, Kingdom, and the earliest American hymn still in general use

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In Liturgy Tags Heaven, Hymns, Kingdom

The birth and death of St John the Baptist

July 12, 2015

The Forerunner and the Coming of the Lord

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In Liturgy Tags Kalendar, Kingdom, Saints

Veiled in flesh

May 10, 2015

Christ clothed in our flesh, and we clothed with Him

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Ascension, Baptism, Choral literature, Easter, Hymns, Iconography, Incarnation, Mary, Theosis

The wounded side of Christ II

April 12, 2015

Further thoughts on this rich image

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In Liturgy Tags Easter, Iconography

Father, we thank thee who hast planted

April 10, 2015

A look at another fine Bland Tucker hymn based on an early Christian source

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In Liturgy Tags Agricultural festivals, Church, Eucharist, Kingdom, Hymns

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr

April 5, 2015

The origins of this Easter Gloria paraphrase, first sung on this date in 1523

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Anglicanism, Chant, Easter, Hymns, Translation, Printing & Publishing

We would see Jesus

March 28, 2015

Looking high and low for the divine Presence

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In Liturgy Tags Kenosis, Lent, Transfiguration

...not to condemn mankind

March 15, 2015

The early Christian source of this fine Bland Tucker hymn

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Hymns, Printing & Publishing

On the Way

March 8, 2015

Psalm 19 connects the creating, redeeming, and sustaining aspects of the divine

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In Liturgy Tags Creation, Incarnation, Psalms, Kenosis, Repentance

The Sacrifice of Praise

January 30, 2015

The full text and real import of Pierpoint’s ‘For the beauty of the earth’

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In Liturgy Tags Eucharist, Hymns

The Flight into Egypt

January 5, 2015

Christ’s coming into the world was and always is a threat to worldly power

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In Liturgy Tags Kalendar

The Lord is glorious in his saints

October 28, 2014

Baptism on All Saints’ Day reminds us that it is baptism into the Communion of Saints

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In Liturgy Tags Saints, Departed, Kalendar
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