Psalms for Lent 2009

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Today we will present the Responsorial Psalm settings for Lent that I wrote and sent to the Chabanel Responsorial Psalms Project.

Today's lineup:
- What I've been up to during my little hiatus
- Feasts for the Month: February 2009. For more info: New Advent Website.
- Two stories my wife sent me
- Liturgy 101 from the School of Snark: Ash Wednesday. For more info, check out the CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for Ash Wednesday.
- Don't Do This at Church (two clips)
- Christus Vincit Semi-Live at the Kitchen Table: the aforementioned original Psalm settings
- Music:
Excerpts from Be Merciful, O Lord, Your Ways, O Lord, I Will Walk before the Lord, Lord, You Have the Words, Taste and See, and Create a Clean Heart, all written by yours truly.
Antiphon from the introit Esto Mihi (Chant, Mode IV), sung by the Schola Cantorum of St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Beverly, MA, Michael Olbash: schola director, Frederick McArthur: music director. Also in the schola, Rich Chonak of Catholic Light.
- Hymnody in Inflationary Language, brought to you by Pope Pelosi: Shamus inflates six of the seven verses of Adoro Te Devote.

- Additional Links:
CVA/CVTV Krakowska Kielbasa Wall of Fame; How to Get Your Deli on the Wall of Fame
CVA Interactive Corner (including the Facebook group, Fans of Christus Vincit Anywhere)

2009 Music Issue, Part 4, Holidays, and "Adeste Fideles"

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Today's lineup:

- How I answer a Happy Holidays greeting
- Shamus joins a quartet for Adeste Fideles
- My New Year's Resolution (I actually have one this year! Can you believe it?)
- Feasts for the month: January 2009.
(For more information: New Advent Website)
- Liturgy 101 from the School of Snark (formerly known as the CVA Suggestion Box): Second Sunday of Ordinary Time.
(For more information, check out the CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time)
- Don't Do This at Church (two clips)
- Continuing review of the 2009 Music Issue

- Music: What Child Is This (tune: Greensleeves), arranged and performed by Mario Ajero, courtesy of Podsafe. Mario's podcast: The Piano Podcast with Mario Ajero
- Top Ten Nightmares Known to Happen at a Christmas Mass, brought to you by 4:33
- News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: Oven Roasted Chicken Bites and Fruit-to-Go Cups
- A brief word on the Memorial Acclamation
- Additional Link: The Curt Jester

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2009 Music Issue, Part 3, Advent, and Ad Orientem

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Today's lineup:
- Advent, and preparation for Christmas
- Bishop Slattery on ad Orientem
- Feasts for the month: December 2008.
(For more info, see the New Advent Website)
- CVA Suggestion Box: Third Sunday of Advent.
(For more info, CanticaNOVA Planning Pages for Third Sunday of Advent)
- Don't Do This at Church
- Continuing review of the 2009 Music Issue (cover pictured at left)
- Music: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, by Darrell Smith, brought to you by Podsafe.
- Top Ten Things I Do Not Want to See or Hear at an Advent Mass, brought to you by Wee Believers Mass Kit for Little Boys

- News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: We've gone cheesy!
- Scenes from a Rehearsal: Rejoice in the Lord Always (setting by yours truly)
- The Bible in the Eyes of a Child
- Salute to St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Beverly, Massachusetts, for excellent liturgical music!

Pew editions of music written by yours truly mentioned here:
Rejoice in the Lord Always; Hear Us, O Shepherd Lord of Israel;
Lord, You Have Greatly Blessed Your Land

Additional links: What Does the Prayer Really Say; Chabanel Psalms for Year B

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The CVA Cent-and-a-half-tennial Snarkvemberfest

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Today's lineup:
- "Cent-and-a-half-tennial" or "Sesquicentennial"?
- The winner of our Krakowska Kielbasa parody contest is David Lauria. Click here for the words and melody to sing along with Shamus O'Reilly!
- CVA Semi-Live on Route 3 (music for the 27th Sunday after Pentecost Extraordinary Form Low Mass, the last one at St. Leo the Great Church)

- Music:
The Kingdom of God (tune: Laudate Dominum); Ave Verum Corpus (written by W. A. Mozart)
Pange Lingua Gloriosi (Chant, Mode III); To Jesus Christ, Our Sov'reign King (tune: Ich Glaub an Gott)
Now Thank We All Our God (tune: Nun Danket), sung by the St. Luke Church Contemporary Choir (Barrington, RI), directed by David Lauria. Karen Casale, cantor.
Rigaudon (written by Andre Campra), performed by yours truly!

- Don't Do This at Church
- A timeline of features from CVA #100 to CVA #150
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Sign of Peace Edition, brought to you by Opera Karaoke
- News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: A cool way to cook veggies!
- NEW FEATURE! Songs that Get on Everybody's Nerves (a short ditty featuring Zeke the Porch Monkey)
- At left is a picture of Pancho O'Malley, who we mentioned just a couple of episodes ago.
- Additional Links: Stephen Colbert's "liturgical dance"

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I Have a 2009 Music Issue, Part 2

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Today's Lineup:
- CVA #150 Contest details/reminder
- Corrections made from our previous episode
- Feasts for the Month: November 2008 (More info: New Advent)
- CVA Suggestion Box: Music suggestions for the Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica
(More info: CanticaNOVA Planning Pages)
- Don't Do This at Church (two clips)

- Part 2 of our 2009 Music Issue Review (hymns 375-455)
- Music:
Due His Name, by Covenant (courtesy of Podsafe)
The Church's One Foundation (tune: Aurelia)
Faith of Our Fathers (tune: St. Catherine)
Gift of Finest Wheat (tune: Bicentennial)
Song that Gets on Everybody's Nerves (old Cub Scout ditty)

- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Dedication of St. John Lateran Edition, courtesy of Me for President
- News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: Schweets Week at Schwan's
- CVA Semi-Live on Cape Cod: Warning! Shamus is at the Wheel Again! (Music for the Dedication of St. John Lateran)
- Additional Links: How Joyful My Expressing (text by yours truly)

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I Have a 2009 Music Issue, Part 1

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I made a bad goof at the beginning. Extraordinary Form should have said "Christ the King" and not "24th Sunday after Pentecost". Sorry 'bout that!

Also, for a change of pace, I decided to write my show notes in the form of a lineup. Therefore...

Today's Lineup:
- Poncho O'Malley and I am a bibliophobe!
- Semi-live with the Bitmap (Music for Pentecost 23)
- Music at Mass:
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (tune: In Babilone)
Adoramus Te Christe (written by Theodore Dubois, from his Seven Last Words of Christ)
Panis Angelicus (written by Cesar Franck); Lift High the Cross (tune: Crucifer)

- Zeke the Porch Monkey debuts in a commercial
- Eagle's Wings at a Latin Mass?
- History of the Music Issue from the early 1980's on, and the CVA review of the 2009 Music Issue, Part 1 (hymns 301-374)
- Paul Lisney plays Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious (courtesy of Podsafe)

- News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark (seafood specials)
- Christus Vincit Sports (continuing baseball playoff coverage)
- Orange County Mass Chopper-Uppers
- Contest Reminder! Winner will be drawn on our 150th episode!
- Additional links: Church of St. John the Baptist (Pawtucket, RI)

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Pride and Esteem

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Pride of place and high esteem - two expressions from the Constitution on Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctam Concilium - is our feature topic for today. What about these two expressions? Listen and learn!

Feasts for the Month:
St. Regimus, St. Therese of Lisieux, Holy Guardian Angels, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Bruno,
Bl. Marie Rose Durocher, Our Lady of the Rosary, St. Bridget, St. John Leonardi, St. Denis,
St. Francis Borgia, Motherhood of Our Lady, St. Edward, St. Callistus, St. Theresa of Avila,
St. Hedwig, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, St. Luke, St. John Cantius, St. Paul of the Cross,
St. Hilarion, St. Anthony Mary Claret, St. John of Capistrano, St. Raphael,
SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, SS. Simon and Jude.
For more information, check out the New Advent Website.

CVA Semi-Live on I-195: OH NO! Shamus has his license back! Check out his antics while he plays the music we did on September 21, the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost.

Music:
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (tune: Picardy);
Verbum Supernum Prodiens (Chant, Mode VIII);
Magnificat (Psalm Tone 8G, simple tone);
Now Thank We All Our God (tune: Nun Danket);
Hail Mary, by Johnny Proctor, courtesy of Soundclick.

Christus Vincit Sports: Snarktober Edition 2008, courtesy of Caribou Barbie.

NEW FEATURE: News at the Door from the Schwan's Schnark: In this inaugural clip, the Schwan's Schnark promotes meal kits, plus a cool ice cream just right for the Fall season.

Also, we have a contest brewing in honor of our forthcoming 150th episode. Listen and learn how YOU CAN WIN!
Additional links: Catholic Light (Not "Catholic Lite")

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