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Showing posts with label responsories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label responsories. Show all posts
Friday, December 22, 2023

Advent responsory: Send forth the lamb

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Today's Advent responsory, Send forth the lamb, is the third for Friday in the third week, and also the last for the fourth Sunday of Ad...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Advent Ember Wednesday responsory: Cry out with strength

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Today is the first of the Advent  Ember Days , long designated as fast days, an ancient practice indeed in the Roman liturgy. As a result, t...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Advent responsory: Rain on a fleece as a symbol of the Incarnation

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Today's responsory is the third for Tuesday in week three of Advent (also the seventh of Sunday), and contains some rich imagery of th...
Saturday, December 16, 2023

Advent responsory: Make haste O Lord and do not tarry - and preparing for the last week of Advent in the Office (Responsories Pt 8)

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  First, a reminder that we are coming into the last week of Advent, when things become particularly complicated in the Office, so make sur...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Advent responsory: Jerusalem plantabis vineam (Responsories Pt 7)

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Source: Gregobase (Gregofacsimil) Today's Advent responsory is used on Sunday and Friday in the second week of Advent.    You can listen...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Advent responsory Ecce Dominus veniet and the diverse chant traditions of late antiquity (Responsories Pt 6)

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Source: Gregobase (Sandhofe) For today's Advent responsory I have selected Ecce Dominus veniet, which is used both on Thursday in the se...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Advent responsories: Rejoice ye heavens (Responsories pt 5)

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Today I want to continue my series on the history and function of the responsories of the Night Office, with a focus on the Advent set. In e...
Thursday, December 7, 2023

The feast of St Ambrose and the recycling of responsories (Responsories Pt 4)

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Late antique mosaic in St.Ambrogio church in Milan Source: Wiki commons St Ambrose Today is the feast of St Ambrose, a wonderful saint, who ...
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Advent responsory: The shut gate and Our Lady's perpetual virginity (Responsories Pt 3)

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Source:  Gregobase   I want to continue today, my series on the Matins responsories with a look at the second responsory for Tuesday in week...
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Advent reflections: Drop down, ye heavens, from above (Responsories Pt 2)

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I want to continue my series today, on the wonderful Matins repertoire of responsories, important both as a source for meditation and aid to...
Sunday, December 3, 2023

Reflecting on Advent through the responsories: Aspiciens a longe (Responsories Pt 1)

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I thought this Advent I might try to highlight one of the most neglected parts of the chant repertoire, namely the responsories of Matins. T...