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Adam lay i-bounden

March 9, 2014

Understanding a popular carol about the Fall and redemption

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Ascesis, Choral literature, Departed, Heaven, Hymns, Holy Week, Incarnation, Theosis, Kenosis, Lent, Mary, Transfiguration

The blessed sonne of God onely

January 4, 2014

Luther, Coverdale, and Vaughan Williams meet in this favorite hymn-anthem

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Anglicanism, Choral literature, Daily Office, Hymns, Incarnation, Translation, Printing & Publishing

This little Babe

December 30, 2013

The powerful full text of this familiar poem by an English Roman Catholic martyr

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Choral literature, Hymns, Kenosis, Incarnation, Martyrs, Poems

Corde natus ex parentis

December 25, 2013

Connecting the cosmic Christ and the human Jesus in a fifth-century hymn

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In Liturgy Tags Hymns, Incarnation, Poems

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

December 24, 2013

A possibly medieval text feels surprisingly modern, especially in Gardner’s setting

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In Liturgy, Music Tags Choral literature, Incarnation

O Emmanuel

December 23, 2013

The last of a series on the ‘O’ Antiphons

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In Liturgy Tags Chant, Daily Office, Advent

O Rex gentium

December 22, 2013

Continuing a series on the ‘O’ Antiphons

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Chant, Daily Office

O Oriens

December 21, 2013

Continuing a series on the ‘O’ Antiphons

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Chant, Daily Office

O clavis David

December 20, 2013

Continuing a series on the ‘O’ Antiphons

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Chant, Daily Office

O radix Jesse

December 19, 2013

Continuing a series on the ‘O’ Antiphons

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Chant, Daily Office

O Adonai

December 18, 2013

Continuing a series on the ‘O’ Antiphons

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Chant, Daily Office

O Sapientia

December 17, 2013

Understanding a series of Magnificat Antiphons that mark a season within Advent

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Anglicanism, Chant, Creation, Daily Office, Eucharist, Kalendar

The case of the missing thalamus

December 16, 2013

An important scriptural image found in many Advent texts is missing from the Hymnal

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Church, Epiphany, Heaven, Incarnation, Mary, Hymns, Translation

Thanksgiving Day

November 28, 2013

Not only a harvest festival, this Holy Day is an important part of the Advent arc

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Agricultural festivals, Hymns, Translation

Christ the King

November 24, 2013

The Last Sunday after Pentecost shows us the true nature of Christ the King

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In Liturgy Tags Advent, Kalendar

The XXV. Sunday after Pentecost

November 10, 2013

Advent themes begin to emerge at All Saints’ Day

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Tags Advent, Anglicanism, Ascesis, Departed, Kalendar, Saints

Poems of Grace

November 5, 2013

Appreciating the Hymnal as a book of poetry

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In Liturgy Tags Anglicanism, Hymns

Michaelmas

September 29, 2013

Considering the ranks and roles of angels

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In Liturgy Tags Angels, Hymns, Kalendar

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

Cogitis me

August 15, 2013

Paschasius Radbertus on the Feast of the Assumption

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In Liturgy Tags Mary, Saints, Translation
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