Tonight we will hopefully put the final touches on “O Bone Jesu”, and have it ready for Mass, along with the Simple English Propers for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time.  ”O Bone” is a great piece to sing throughout the Liturgical year, given it’s general petitionary theme, but we will use it mostly during Lent:

O bone Jesu, miserere nobis, quia tu creasti nos, tu redemisti nos sanguine tuo praetiosissimo.

English:

O gracious Jesus, have mercy on us, because You have created us and redeemed us with Your most precious blood.

Schola will continue working on the Durufle, and review our current working reprtoire.

We are having choir rehearsal tonight at 7pm.  The practice list includes the Propers for Sunday 3 in OT, which can be printed from here:  http://musicasacra.com/books/sep/037_SEP_Third-Sunday-OT.pdf

We got away from using all the Propers during Christmastide, simply because of lack of rehearsals.  But I want to keep using the Propers at the 9am Mass.  I truly feel that if we are ABLE to do these, we SHOULD do these.  Hymns can be good, but there’s no way to make good music for Mass out of bad music (like last Sunday – Here I Am, Lord – doesn’t it heartily fail by comparison to the Propers??)  I would much rather sing the Mass than inject music  into the Liturgy – especially weak music.

We’ll also be working on O Bone Jesu for Holy Thursday.

Schola will review Locus Iste, Ave Maria, and O Magnum Mysterium.  We’ll also begin Durufle’s setting of Ubi Caritas tonight.  You won’t want to miss this!  We’ll also be singing this for Holy Thursday.

Dear wonderful singing friends,

I’m canceling choir practice tonight. I have many sick kids at home, and a migraine hot on my trail.
Let me take this opportunity to let you know once again, how much I appreciate all the richness you bring to the church. Deb and I are blessed to know and work with such beautiful people.

Yours in Christ,