Author: Michael Joncas
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Addendum to “New English-language Hymns for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe”
Since my recent posting about two English-language hymns for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe that appear in The Divine Office Hymnal (2023), Stephen Kasperick-Postellon, the music director-liturgist at St. Paul’s Benedictine Monastery in Oakdale, MN, has provided a great deal of information that I had not been able to find prior to the…
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New English-language Hymns for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
One of the happy surprises contained in the new Divine Office Hymnal (Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, Inc, 2023) is the inclusion of two English-language hymns intended for use on 12 December, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the USA. Almost all the hymns in this publication are translations from Latin originals, usually set to both metrical-chorale…
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Euchological Insights from 1983
If I am reading the information provided in the “Foreword” to the document correctly, the proper Preface of the Eucharistic Prayer provided for use at an anointing Mass was newly composed for the USA edition.
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Book Review: The Hunger Inside
I cannot think of better guides to the renewal of the Church’s life through the renewal of the Church’s worship than these two authors.
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A Hymn for the Holy Innocents
Here are the stanzas assigned to Morning Prayer for the Feast of the Holy Innocents in the present Liturgia Horarum, with my slavishly literal translation of the text, followed by the proposed English translation of the Hymnal for the Hours.
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Hispano-Mozarabic Illationes for Advent: A Euchological Enrichment, Part Six
The set of six Illationes concludes by lauding God the Father for giving Christ the mission of reconciling humanity to God.
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Hispano-Mozarabic Illationes for Advent: A Euchological Enrichment, Part Five
This Illatio is notable for the beautifully balanced clauses by which the Church praises God the Father for the redeeming work of Christ.
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Hispano-Mozarabic Illationes for Advent: A Euchological Enrichment, Part Four
The Illatio for the Fourth Sunday of Advent praises God for revealing the mystery of God’s hidden wisdom.
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Hispano-Mozarabic Illationes for Advent: A Euchological Enrichment, Part Three
Historical studies at the service of the praying church.