Mass On January 9th, 2009

The Baptism of Our Lord

We sang at Mass this weekend in the bitter bitter cold (okay, Northerners...eye roll on 3---1, 2, all together now: 3). It was cold for us, though, and we were bundled up in the choir room huddling a bit together for warmth while the heat came on in the choir room.

January is always a tricky time for us. We've put all our effort into Christmas Masses, and are just coming off of the last break we will have until May, and so, with the one rehearsal, we try to remember all we learned last Fall and apply it to the two anthems of the day. Helen has a plan for the Juniors---they sing in Unison a simple song at Offertory and Communion in January...I had a more ambitious plan: sing the challenge piece for the year at Offertory in JANUARY.

That went about as well as it could, under those circumstances.

Here is the video from before Mass for Comfort, Comfort Ye My People, vs. 1 & 2 (which was all we could realistically manage):



At Mass, we were much warmer and there was no more shivering. The psalmist was Claire, and she did a very good job with her psalm she had to learn in six days:

Fr. Dall began by talking about the baptismal font, pictured above, in his Sermon:

This is the recording of Comfort Ye as it happened in Mass:

Tantum Ergo was much better blended in person, as I forgot where the tascam was and put the boys up front closer to the St. Richard's microphones but ON TOP of the tascam...so you'll get a good listen to the guys, beginners, newbs and advanced guys alike. This is not an easy hymn, mind you, so listen with a smile as they work at the hard stuff...

And last, but not least, the Sing-a-long piece from January: Songs of Thankfulness & Praise:

Check this post again in a few hours...I'll post the texts when I feel like going out to the freezing cold car to get the binder they are in.