Sacred Miscellany

St. Andrew Novena

Yikes!  I almost forgot this important piece of my Advent "warm-up."  Thanks to the good sisters at Moniales for reminding me as well as providing some suggestions on how to work this prayer into your day.

Thus, I can remind you as well.  Remember, 15 times a day until Christmas.

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold.

In that very hour, vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ and of his Blessed Mother. Amen.

Moving Sacred Miscellany

I'm heading over to a WordPress platform very soon.  We've got most of the "updated blog" put together - and after a little more tweaking, I'll heading over there.  What will change?  Nothing more than the address - I'll still be winsome, witty, wise, and willing to share whatever musical thoughts (and liturgical peeves) cross my mind.

And yes, the address will be coming here soon! 

 

Montserrat Figueras

This singer was one of the great voices of the 20th/21st century early music movement.  Losing her to cancer at 69 seems way too early. 

 

Animated Gospel Choir - Have a Spiritual Smile

When to Pray

Today's favorite quotation comes from novelist Isaac Bashevis Singer:

 "I only pray when I am in trouble. But I am in trouble all the time."

Quoted by James L. Mays in "A Question of Identity: The Threefold Hermaneutic of Psalmody,"

The Asbury Theological Journal 46.1 (1991) 87-94.