The sound file is an excerpt from the First Reading at the Office of Readings for the Friday after Ascension(I John 3:2). It was written by Paul Nicholson as a set of seven motets for Easter in Year B. The Schola Cantorum of St. Peter's In the Loop recorded it on the cd, "Music for Easter II." The organist is Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm, BSG. This motet is now published by GIA Publications in Chicago as part of an octavo called "Three Epistle Motets." The order number is G-7593; the cost is $1.90. The set is also very useful at other times of the yer. Please buy it!
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We are God's children now;
what we shall later be has not yet come to light.
We know that when it comes to light, we shall be like Him,
for we shall see Him as He is.

Music For Easter Ii

We Are God'S Children Now

June 1 is, in both east and west, the feat of st. Justin Martyr, philosopher who witnessed to the truth of the Christian faith to the shedding of his blood. This is the Apostles' Creed, in "question-and-answer form" from the book "By Flowing Waters" edited by Dr. Paul F. Ford and published by The Liturgical Press, Collegeville MN.

By Flowing Waters: Chant For The Liturgy

Apostles' Creed In Question Form

Today's MARIAN sound file is a Carpatho-Rusyn folk hymn to the Theotokos, "Beautiful, Holy Queen." The translation into English was done by the Rev. Msgr. William Levkulic and Cantor Jerry Jumba, and arranged for SSAA choir by J. Michael Thompson. It was recorded by the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle on the cd, "Rejoice, O Full of Grace," which is sold by the Basilian Sisters Gift Shop at Mount St. Macrina, Uniontown, PA.
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Beautiful holy Queen.
Now rejoice, purest one;
You retained purity
And have borne Christ, your Son.

(refrain)
Ev'ryone who prays to you,
bowing low before your throne,
Where you shine with radiance,
In your love so well-known.
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Mother of Jesus Christ,
Wearing her splendid crown,
At the court of the Lord,
Shines on us from her throne.
(refrain)
Ev'ryone who prays to you,
bowing low before your throne,
Where you shine with radiance,
In your love so well-known.

Rejoice, O Full of Grace

Beautiful Holy Queen

On Sat. in the 24th Wk of OT, today's sound file is "The Seed is the Word of God," a Gospel motet by German Lutheran composer Melchior Vulpius on Luke 8: 11, 15l. The Schola Cantorum of St. Peter's in the Loop recorded it on the cd, "Music for the Year of Matthew," which was published by The Liturgical Press (www.litpress.org) in 1998.
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The seed is God's Word.
But that on the good ground are those
who hear the Word and keep it,
keep the Word in an honest and good heart,
and bring forth fruit with patience.

Music For The Year Of Matthew

The Seed Is The Word Of God

Today's sound file is  the "Philippians hymn" which is familiar to many as the New Testament canticle from Evening Prayer I for Sunday (i.e., the office sung on Saturday evening). This is a setting by JMT and Dom Columba Kelly, O.S.B., which the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle recorded on the unpublished cd, Music for Church Year A,  The cantor is Sabina L. Lilly, and the organist is Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm, BSG.
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(Antiphon) Let ev'ry tongue confess 'Jesus Christ is Lord!'
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Christ Jesus, being in the form of God,
did not deem equality with God soemthing to be grasped at,
but emptied Himself,
taking the form of a slave. (Antiphon)
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Being in human likeness,
reveled in human shape,
He humbled Himself, obediently accepting even death,
death on a cross.  (Antiphon)
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Therefore God has raised Him to the heights,
and given Him a name above all names,
that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow,
in heavens and on earth and in the depths,
and every tongue confess, to the glory of God the Father,
that Jesus Christ is Lord! (Antiphon)
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Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever.  Amen.  (Antiphon)

Philippians hymn11

As we continue our preparaton for Sept. 29, today's sound file is a German pilgrimage hymn called "O Michael, Hear!"  text by Fr. Friedrich von Spee, S.J. (1591-1645).  It was harmonized by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).
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The soloists are Laura Amend and Charley Blandy.
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We stand here ready for the fray:
O Michael, hear!
Archangel, help us now, we pray!
Make thou us glorious,
O'er foes victorious.
O Michael, hear!
 
O Michael, guide and guard us well,
O Michael hear!
That we may foil the might of hell!
Make thou us glorious,
O'er foes victorious.
O Michael, hear!

The Song Of Angels

O Michael,Hear

Katherine Gatch and Susanna Gibbons, Sopranos
Mark Husey, organ
Offered in loving memory of Celestine Bradley 
28 July 1925 - 13 April 2015

Webber "Pie Jesu" from Requiem

recorded for the Austrian Music Society in Vienna, June 19, 1982.

Jean Langlais Recalls Louis Vierne and  Marcel Dupré

3/26 Wurlitzer Organ, George Wright Studio, Pasadena, CA.  Recorded 1965. Dot DLP 25612.

I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise - George Wright, organ

Did you ever sing "partner songs" in grade school?  Well, the same concept works for doing the same hymn to two different tunes.  Here is the the great Easter hymn derived from the Paschal Canon of St. John of Damascus, "Come ye faithful, raise the strain," sung to the tunes "St. Kevin" and "Ave Virgo Virginum." The arrangement was made by Carl F. Schalk (may his memory be eternal!) and published by GIA Publications in Chicago.   It was recorded by the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter's in the Loop on the audio cassette recording, "Music for Easter," published by The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN.
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Come, ye faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness;
God hath brought forth Israel into joy from sadness;
Loosed from Pharaoh’s bitter yoke Jacob’s sons and daughters,
Led them with unmoistened foot through the Red Sea waters.

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’Tis the spring of souls today; Christ has burst His prison,
And from three days’ sleep in death as a sun hath risen;
All the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying
From His light, to Whom we give laud and praise undying.

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Now the queen of seasons, bright with the day of splendor,
With the royal feast of feasts, comes its joy to render;
Comes to glad Jerusalem, who with true affection
Welcomes in unwearied strains Jesus’ resurrection.

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Neither might the gates of death, nor the tomb’s dark portal,
Nor the watchers, nor the seal hold Thee as a mortal;
But today amidst the twelve Thou didst stand, bestowing
That Thy peace which evermore passeth human knowing.

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“Alleluia!” now we cry to our King immortal,
Who, triumphant, burst the bars of the tomb’s dark portal;
“Alleluia!” with the Son, God the Father praising,
“Alleluia!” yet again to the Spirit raising.

Music For Easter 

Come ye faithful, raise the strain

I Shall Not Want / If You Want Me To

This account showcases Mark Husey's work at Saint Peter's Catholic Church in Columbia, South Carolina from 2014-2015.  "The Accidental Chorister" is baritone and recording engineer Jon Fitz, who  records, edits, and shares music from our liturgies at Saint Peter's. Enjoy these files as well as music from the  links below.

Webber "Pie Jesu" from Requiem

Mark Husey

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