tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post8399403896877508862..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Sunday Afternoon Music Video: Passion Chorale (O Sacred Head)Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-16894256605177036672008-03-11T11:06:00.000-04:002008-03-11T11:06:00.000-04:00Lutheranchik ~ The song you mentioned is "Christ t...Lutheranchik ~ The song you mentioned is "Christ the Life of All the Living" ~ in ELW 339/LBW 97<BR/><BR/>Did others mention "Ah Holy Jesus" and "O Sacred Head Now Wounded"? Those are two of my favorites.Silenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269153674584521816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81752498647493108272008-03-10T22:45:00.000-04:002008-03-10T22:45:00.000-04:00I mentioned at Morning Office today that I'd writt...I mentioned at Morning Office today that I'd written this post, and the prior's immediate response was "So, what suggestions did they have?" <BR/><BR/>"Forty days and forty nights" turned out to be (1) in the breviary hymnal and (2) known to some of us. Huzzah!<BR/><BR/>Thank you all for sharing a bit of your sacred music with my community and with us all.<BR/><BR/>(And yes, Kathryn - I'd have preferred a hair shirt to yet another time through "Lord, who.." and Mother Laura, as penances go, not one I'd willingly repeat, but instructive nonetheless!)<BR/><BR/>May Passiontide be grace for you all...Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-64340471028332318522008-03-10T17:01:00.000-04:002008-03-10T17:01:00.000-04:00I like Tom Conry's "Ashes" a lot--it has a very po...I like Tom Conry's "Ashes" a lot--it has a very positive presentation of repentance with its repeated refrain about rising again from ashes, like the phoenix. It's particularly appropriate for Ash Wednesday, of course, but I have sung it off and on with Katie during bedtime prayers during Lent. She also likes "Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days"--but not every day!<BR/><BR/>And, oh, what a penance six weeks without singing would be for me, Michelle. So glad this year is better...Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-4621710558763357472008-03-10T14:05:00.000-04:002008-03-10T14:05:00.000-04:00Hard to beat "There Is a Green Hill Far Away" espe...Hard to beat "There Is a Green Hill Far Away" especially if you take the last verse a cappella.<BR/>Does anybody else sing, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"?Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-57678941127259282682008-03-10T11:53:00.000-04:002008-03-10T11:53:00.000-04:00One of my favorite Lenten hymns is "The First One ...One of my favorite Lenten hymns is "The First One Ever." It's just breathtaking when sung simply with a guitar. "Were You There" is also a favorite.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021149519641295915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-56483939675936457702008-03-10T08:26:00.000-04:002008-03-10T08:26:00.000-04:00"O Sacred Head" is by far and away my favorite, al..."O Sacred Head" is by far and away my favorite, although close seconds are "What Wond'rous Love is This" and "My Song is Love Unknown," both relative newcomers to our tradition's hymnody. Yesterday we sang "I Want Jesus to Go With Me" -- it took the congregation most of the verses to really get the melody, but by the end it sounded pretty good.<BR/><BR/>When I was a child, we sang a Lenten hymn I enjoyed at the time, whose chorus went "Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, dearest Jesus unto thee"...can someone help my senior moment and ID that hymn for me?LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-7349761002771087962008-03-10T07:58:00.000-04:002008-03-10T07:58:00.000-04:00We have been singing "I Want Jesus to Go With Me" ...We have been singing "I Want Jesus to Go With Me" every week at some point in the service, and I'm going to bring back the theme, in asking whether we *really* want to go with him, in the Palm Sunday message. I don't know if we're tired of it or not! I'm not, anyway.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-78724675726859571222008-03-10T04:41:00.000-04:002008-03-10T04:41:00.000-04:00Do you know, we dont actually KNOW "Lord, who thro...Do you know, we dont actually KNOW "Lord, who throughout.." here!<BR/>Our equivalent would be "Forty days and forty nights" - and the thought of singing that every day throughout Lent makes me search longingly for hair shirts instead!<BR/>One lovely aspect of Lenten music at St M's is that the canticles for Evensong are sung to unaccompanied settings...some plainsong, some early Fauxburdens...We dont' have the resources for Byrd or Gibbons,which were part of my Lenten experience in younger days...but still special.<BR/>In terms of hymns...um...we tend to hunt through to find hymns from throughout the year with a vaguely penitential theme<BR/>"Lord Jesus, think on me" <BR/>"Drop, drop slow tears"(a Gibbons tune - sheer heaven!) etc<BR/>But now we're into Passiontide it's going to be lots of "My Song is Love unknown" etc...And we get to O Sacred Head during the Three Hours on Good Friday. That day, and no other. Awe inspiring!Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-56782002406789746972008-03-09T22:10:00.000-04:002008-03-09T22:10:00.000-04:00I have to say, Sue, I had to look that term up on ...I have to say, Sue, I had to look that term up on www.catholicreference.net! LOVED the guitar link.<BR/><BR/>I can't say I have a favorite Lent hymn. The story about "Lord, Who Throughout" kind of cracked me up, because that's probably the only Lent hymn I could name.<BR/><BR/>I haven't been leading a strong Lent in my new congregation this year. I didn't/don't know the culture enough yet to feel comfortable going into it full force. I've talked about it a little most weeks, but haven't pushed a major penitential season. I've been doing a sermon series on the Psalms and talked about how they can inform and enrich our prayer life which is a good thing to do during Lent, but I didn't make a big deal out of Lenten disciplines. Next year I'll go there a little more I think.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-15902861149266333222008-03-09T20:24:00.000-04:002008-03-09T20:24:00.000-04:00We have been singing "Jesus Draw Me Ever Nearer" (...We have been singing "Jesus Draw Me Ever Nearer" (just two verses, though, not all three) at the end of every service during Lent. It is our "sending song" after the candle extinguishing ritual. It's very cool b/c now everyone is singing and it's the most full-voiced song during any of the three services.<BR/><BR/>Today the choir sang "Out of the Deep" from the Rutter Requiem, with cello! and the Kyrie from a Caribbean Mass, with steel drum and conga--so cool! It was a thoroughly awesome day for music. <BR/><BR/>We are doing those five passion chorales on Good Friday...very exciting. But I almost wish we'd been music-less to make the impact stronger. Maybe another year...(in our music-heavy and uber-gifted church? unlikely, but who knows...)Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-85238392501679005402008-03-09T18:01:00.000-04:002008-03-09T18:01:00.000-04:00...oops! I've put a link to explain hebdomidarian......oops! I've put a link to explain hebdomidarian - basically it's the leader of sung prayer in a monastic community. <BR/><BR/>Sue, I love <I>Tree of Life</I>, too. There is a lovely Latin piece round that goes with it.<BR/><BR/>Auntie Knickers - oh...In the Cross of Christ I Glory is not one we've used, what a terrific suggestion!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-68408764682113192612008-03-09T16:56:00.000-04:002008-03-09T16:56:00.000-04:00I would have gotten really tired of "Lord, Who Thr...I would have gotten really tired of "Lord, Who Throughout" too. How about "In the Cross of Christ I Glory" or "Beneath the Cross of Jesus"? There is a nice contemporary hymn in the New Century Hymnal, "O God, How We Have Wandered" that is set to the Bach piece you shared. I'm not much of a singer but I think I could have croaked it out. <BR/>And I too was unfamiliar with the role, or even the word, hebdomidarian! Off to the dictionary!Auntie Knickershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854138665883068803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-60101202609225144052008-03-09T16:36:00.000-04:002008-03-09T16:36:00.000-04:00Thanks for this Michelle! I am not familiar with t...Thanks for this Michelle! <BR/><BR/>I am not familiar with the role of the hebdomidarian. Sounds interesting though...<BR/><BR/>One of my favourite Lenten hymns is "Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery." There is something about it that just informs my soul that it is Lent.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.com