At the NPM convention, as always, there was a festive breakfast Thursday morning at which awards and scholarships were given out.
Here’s this year’s “opening hymn” (so to speak) at the breakfast, compliments of Alan Hommerding from WLP. Sing it to get the full effect.
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#1 by Paul F Ford on July 30, 2012 - 8:44 am
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Delightful!
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#2 by Adam Wood on July 30, 2012 - 8:53 am
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Cue comments lacking a sense of humor in 3… 2… 1…
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#3 by Charles Culbreth on July 30, 2012 - 9:00 am
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Whoa, Adam, not just yet!
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Awesome, Mssr. Hommerding!
Adam, could you email me?
scurradei (at) gmail (dot) com
#4 by Fr. Jack Feehily on July 30, 2012 - 3:39 pm
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I’m sorry I missed that occasion, I would have been roaring with laughter. Thanks for the laugh.
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#5 by John Ondrey on July 30, 2012 - 7:35 pm
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Terrible. This is not part of the solution, ergo…
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#6 by Peter Rehwaldt on July 30, 2012 - 7:36 pm
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The corrected Latin underneath the title is a nice touch. Well done, Alan!
Coming next year . . .
“Incense that rises and kneelers for kneeling;
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Well-crafted sermons and prayers that bring healing;
Priests who can chant and a parish that sings.
These are a few of my favorite things . . .”
#7 by Cameron Neal on July 31, 2012 - 12:50 am
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How do you stop the problem? You don’t translate.
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#8 by Pat Vallez-Kelly on August 1, 2012 - 5:59 pm
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Probably best he didn’t play around with flibberti-… er, …gibbet.
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#9 by Alan Hommerding on August 2, 2012 - 8:25 am
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As a matter of fact, Pat, an unnecessary (and, therefore, deleted) third stanza did include “gibbet” and “consubstantial” and the line that convinced me to stop working on it:
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” ‘Morning Has Broken’ is the place for dewfall.”
#10 by Tom Kostrzewa on August 2, 2012 - 10:47 pm
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Alan – thanks for a good chuckle and a laugh. Being among those who are “slightly” irreverent, I would love to hear your deleted third verse.
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#11 by Terry Piontkowski on August 9, 2012 - 12:54 pm
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This was absolutely wonderful. I agree that perhaps the translation should have not been tampered with. Keep the great songs coming we need some humor during this time….
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