Song that defines the Easter season

Is there a certain song that defines your Easter season?  For about the last 12 years or so, my congregation has been singing In the Breaking of the Bread by Michael Ward (WLP) as our recessional song for the Easter vigil and Easter morning.  The words are based on Luke 24 and Acts 2.  [...]

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Triduum Memories 2008

Holy Week has come and gone.  It’s been so long since I was part of the congregation (and not the choir director) that I almost feel like I want to take one Triduum off and just enjoy the Three Days without feeling the pressure of being there with the music—no, as I think more about [...]

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Starbucks music wisdom

Holy Thursday begins March 20th this year.  I read that this is the earliest date for the beginning of Triduum since 1885!  Being the forgetful person that I am, I’ve made it my goal this season to be way ahead of schedule so there is no last minute choir practice or any other choir director [...]

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Forcing a bilingual liturgy on a parish community

About a year ago, my parish started offering a mass in Spanish.  This was probably a good idea, as there are many Spanish speaking people in the surrounding area.  Our parish has been around since the mid sixties, so this is quite a change for our community.
As the choir director, I’ve been asked [...]

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Quarterly Music Publisher Octavo Packets

A note about the lack of post in this blog: If you have visited this blog and have found that it looked abandoned since the first couple of entries, you are basically correct. I’ve been very busy caring for my son-in-law and keeping up with his blog, so please excuse my absence—things have calmed down [...]

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