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In this episode of the Marian Hour, Father Campbell discusses the Marian hymns Alma Redemptoris Mater and Ave Regina Caelorum, their histories, and their translations.

The ICC presents a concert by Floriani on the Marian hymns of Advent & Christmas to meditate on her central role in the mystery of salvation.

The Alma Redemptoris Mater is a deep and rich part of Catholic tradition, and we would do well to fall in love with these beautiful Marian hymns and antiphons. By honoring our Blessed Mother, we draw closer to Christ. With the Latin learning guide I've created and made available on my Patreon page, my hope is that you'll understand and remember these beautiful prayers, so you can share them with those you love.   The Latin Prayer Podcast is on Patreon -  for those of you who are able to financially support the podcast please Click Here (https://www.patreon.com/thelatinprayerpodcast). A huge thank you to my patrons! To Support FishEaters.com Click Here (https://www.patreon.com/fisheaters) Please check out our Resources, Gift Ideas & Affiliate Links page: https://dylandrego.podbean.com/p/resources-gift-ideas-affiliate-links Join me and others in praying the Holy Rosary every day; here are the Spotify quick links to the Rosary: Joyful Mysteries https://open.spotify.com/episode/1yhnGJNSl67psg94j3si3s?si=7IjqIg2wQQaZTJTiDm-Dhw Sorrowful Mysteries https://open.spotify.com/episode/3P0nIdaLuEjesHRMklwfoj?si=6qF7JBYpRiG0ylwuOohFwA Glorious Mysteries https://open.spotify.com/episode/3t7lCF7nFQDR3py1jjTAE1?si=hBb_5Ne5Rwu-993nUUqHqg Luminous Mysteries https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vlAjEGgWPCI79K7Eylh31?si=Hue9USzkTf-L3wrXrK79MQ 15 Decade Rosary https://open.spotify.com/episode/2q33PXMrinZi6fkaV6X7vn?si=Jy_d2xLlTVihD5qa4fSH9g To follow me on other platforms Click on my LinkTree below. linktr.ee/dylandrego If you have any prayers you'd like to request, or comments and/or suggestions - please email me at latinprayerpodcast@gmail.com. Know that if you are listening to this, I am praying for you. Please continue to pray with me and for me and my family. May everything you do be Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam. God Love You! Valete (Goodbye) This podcast may contain copyrighted material the use of which may not always have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advanced the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church for the promulgation of religious education. We believe this constitutes a "fair use” of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law, and section 29, 29.1 & 29.2 of the Canadian copyright act. Music Credit: YLFAXSSF9LJKBCU5

Merry Christmas to everyone! And what a feast of music we have on this episode of The Liturgical Looking Glass. Here is the playlist below: 1. Jesu Dulcis Memoria, Madelene Compos from the Album Catholic Communion Classics 2. Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 1: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part I: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage by the Hungarian Radio Chorus 3. Novus Miles Sequitur from the album Medieval Music with Gerald English and The Jaye Consort 4. In You, O Full of Grace - Megalynarion for Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great, composed by Gabriel Creemens, sung by Samuel Herron and Anastaseos Darian of the Dynamis Ensemble 5. Es ist ein Ros Entspungen from Chanticleer on their album Sing We Christmas 6. In Dulci Jubilo by Michael Praetorius 7. Adam Lay yBounden by Peter Warlock and sung by the Queen's Six 8. Jesu Dulcis Memoria sung by the London Oratory Choir 9. Jesu Rex Admirabilis by The Monteverdi Choir and directed by Sir John Eliot Gardiner 10. Alma Redemptoris Mater by Palestrina sung by Lincoln College Choir

Ref.: Prof. Dr. Christoph Ohly, Rektor der Kölner Hochschule für Katholische Theologie, Köln

O Come, O Come Emmanuel. Creator of the Stars of Night. Alma Redemptoris Mater. All these classic hymns and more make up the liturgical sounds of Advent! In this episode, liturgical music expert Adam Bartlett joins Jessica to talk about how liturgical music can help us enter more deeply into the season of Advent.Jess and Adam discuss:Why it is more appropriate to sing the Gospel at Mass than speak itHow singing the Antiphons can help us anticipate the coming of Christ at ChristmasWhy different liturgical seasons have different sounds, and what we should listen for in the sounds of liturgical music during AdventHow meditating on classic Advent hymns can deepen our experience of AdventAdam Bartlett is the founder and CEO of Source & Summit, a liturgical publisher and digital platform that helps parishes elevate the liturgy. He is a composer, conductor, and teacher that has served as a parish and cathedral Music Director, seminary and graduate instructor, and as Sacred Music Collaborator with FOCUS. You can check out Source & Summit here: Source & Summit and on Hallow here

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Pope Francis condemned euthanasia and abortion as actions that “play with life” and said there is such a thing as “bad compassion” during a press conference aboard the papal plane from Marseille to Rome on Saturday. Aboard the plane, Pope Francis was asked by a French journalist whether he had spoken about euthanasia in his private conversation with France's President Emmanuel Macron earlier in the day. Francis said he did not address the topic of euthanasia with Macron on Saturday but that he had expressed himself “clearly” on the issue when the French president visited him at the Vatican last year. “Whether it is the law not to let the child grow in the mother's womb or the law of euthanasia in disease and old age,” he said, “I am not saying it is a faith thing, but it is a human thing: There is bad compassion.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255459/you-don-t-play-with-life-pope-francis-condemns-euthanasia-abortion-on-papal-plane In Marseille on Friday, before a memorial to people lost at sea, Pope Francis said humanity is at a crossroads between fraternity and indifference regarding the migrant crisis. “We can no longer watch the drama of shipwrecks, caused by the cruel trafficking and the fanaticism of indifference,” he said September 22. “People who are at risk of drowning when abandoned on the waves must be rescued. It is a duty of humanity; it is a duty of civilization.” “On the one hand, there is fraternity, which makes the human community flourish with goodness; on the other, indifference, which bloodies the Mediterranean. We find ourselves at a crossroads of civilization.” The pope spoke during a meeting with local religious leaders at a memorial dedicated to sailors and migrants lost at sea on the first of a two-day visit to Marseille. The day after the pope's visit — and the concluding day of the encounter, Sunday, September 24 — is the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The first quarter of 2023 was the deadliest since 2017 in the Central Mediterranean, with at least 441 people dying, though that's considered an undercount. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255451/pope-francis-in-marseille-it-s-a-duty-of-humanity-to-save-migrants-abandoned-at-sea Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the woman twice arrested for silent prayer outside UK abortion clinics, has received a police apology and confirmation that she will not face charges for violating a local “buffer zone” protection order. Vaughan-Spruce is the director of March for Life UK and helps support women in crisis pregnancies. She has regularly prayed near abortion clinics for 20 years. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255453/woman-arrested-for-silent-prayer-at-uk-abortion-clinics-gets-police-apology Today, the Church celebrates Saint Hermann Contractus. He was born crippled and unable to move without assistance. It was an immense difficulty for him to learn to read and write, however he persisted and his iron will and remarkable intelligence were soon manifested. Upon discovering the brilliance of his son's mind, his father, Count Wolverad II, sent him at the age of seven to live with the Benedictine monks on the island of Reichenau in Southern Germany. He lived his entire life on the island, taking his monastic vows in 1043. Students from all over Europe flocked to the monastery on the island to learn from him, yet he was equally as famous for his monastic virtues and sanctity. Hermann chronicled the first thousand years of Christianity, was a mathematician, an astronomer, and a poet and was also the composer of the Salve Regina and Alma Redemptoris Mater – both hymns to the Virgin Mary. He died on the island on September 21, 1054. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-hermann-contractus-372

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Vespers, Thursday Evening Prayer, December 29th, 2022. Thanks for praying with us, for inquiries, requests, feedback, please email singthehours@gmail.com. To support this work, visit www.patreon.com/singthehours. Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance" Hymn: "In the Bleak Midwinter," Rossetti Psalm 110v1-5, 7 (Gregorian tone 3) Psalm 130 (Gregorian tone 7) Canticle: Colossians 1v12-20 (Gregorian tone 2) Reading: 1 John 1v1-3 Responsory: The Word was made man, alleluia, alleluia. Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55 (Latin, Gregorian tone 8) Intercessions Pater Noster Concluding Prayers Dominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord bless us" "Alma Redemptoris Mater," Bl. Hermann Contractus 11th century. "Kind one, the Ransomer's Mother," c.John Rose & SingtheHours 2021 The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes), ©1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible © 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.

Vespers, Wednesday Evening Prayer, December 28th, 2022. Commemoration of the Holy Innocents. Thanks for praying with us, for inquiries, requests, feedback, please email singthehours@gmail.com. To support this work, visit www.patreon.com/singthehours. Deus in Adjutorium – "O God come to my assistance" Hymn: "In the Bleak Midwinter," Rossetti Psalm 110v1-5, 7 (Gregorian tone 3) Psalm 130 (Gregorian tone 7) Canticle: Colossians 1v12-20 (Gregorian tone 2) Reading: 1 John 1v1-3 Responsory: The Word was made man, alleluia, alleluia. Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55 (Latin, Gregorian tone 8) Intercessions Pater Noster Concluding Prayers Dominus Nos Benedicat – "May the Lord bless us" "Alma Redemptoris Mater," Bl. Hermann Contractus 11th century. "Kind one, the Ransomer's Mother," c.John Rose & SingtheHours 2021 The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes), ©1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible © 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.

Deze uitzending begint met Harp-muziek, het Bijbelse instrument van Koning David, uit wiens geslacht Jozef en Maria voortkwamen, dit in een werk van Boïeldieu. Verder treden voor het voetlicht: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Christoph Graupner, Thomas Tallis en Johan Sebastian Bach. Maar ook Gregoriaans voor de Advent zal prominent aanwezig zijn in de aanloop naar Kerstmis. Radio Maria's verjaardag op 12 december vieren wij door Maria muzikaal eer te brengen met een Ave Maria: een Sancta Maria, Mater Dei van Rupert Ignaz Mayr,- een Alma Redemptoris Mater en een Magnificat. Dit alles verweven in Klassiekuur's Adventskrans tussen muziekstijlen als renaissance, barok en romantiek.

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Link to sheet music: https://tinyurl.com/almaredemptorissolemnAs promised, here is a bonus episode for the adventurous who want to learn the solemn tone of the Alma Redemptoris Mater. As you'll see, it is much more difficult to sing than the simple tone, but it is proportionally more fulfilling to sing and to hear! In fact, this may very well be the most beautiful chant ever written....enjoy!LATIN:ALMA Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli Porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti, Surgere qui curat, populo: tu quae genuisti, Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.ENGLISH:Kind mother of the Redeemer, who remain the open gate of heaven and the star of the sea: help your falling people who want to rise, you who bore your holy Creator, while nature marveled: a Virgin before and after, receiving that Ave from Gabriel's mouth, have mercy on us sinners.

Link to the sheet music: https://tinyurl.com/almaredemptorismaterHappy New Year and welcome to one of our favorite musical Liturgical Seasons – ADVENT. It's not just because Christmas is around the corner and we're brushing up on our favorite Christmas chants and carols: there is beautiful music for Advent as well, full of yearning for the Incarnation and rejoicing in the “Yes” of our Blessed Mother.When the calendar turns from Ordinary Time to Advent, the Marian Antiphon traditionally sung at compline changes from the Salve Regina to today's chant: Alma Redemptoris Mater. Although it was originally sung as an “antiphon” that is: sung once, followed by a psalm set to a simple tone, and then sung again, it is now a sort of standalone piece: sung as the hymn at the end of Night Prayer during Advent. We urge you to sing this every day during Advent and Christmas!As with the other Marian Antiphons, there is a simple tone, and a solemn tone. We'll be teaching you the simple tone in this episode, but we'll also release a separate episode where you can learn the solemn tone…it's not too hard!LATIN:ALMA Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli Porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti, Surgere qui curat, populo: tu quae genuisti, Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.ENGLISH:Kind mother of the Redeemer, who remain the open gate of heaven and the star of the sea: help your falling people who want to rise, you who bore your holy Creator, while nature marveled: a Virgin before and after, receiving that Ave from Gabriel's mouth, have mercy on us sinners.

Opening Prayers; The Annunciation; Mary's Visitation to Elizabeth, Jesus' Visitation to John; The Birth of Jesus; The Presentation of the Child Jesus and Adoration of the Magi; Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple; and Closing Prayers (the Alma Redemptoris Mater and Salve Regina). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnathan-blauw/support

Marian Hymn Loving Mother of the Redeemer, gate of heaven, star of the sea, assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again. To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator, yet remained a virgin after as before. You who received Gabriel's joyful greeting, have pity on us poor sinners.

This is the Gregorian chant (simple tone) for the Antiphon Alma Redemptoris Mater to be chanted from First Sunday of Advent till the feast of the Purification (Feb 2). Dr. Taylor Marshall then gives a traditional translation and briefly explains the theology of the Blessed Virgin Mary as “Alma Mater”.   Watch this new podcast […] The post 598: Gregorian Chant: Alma Redemptoris Mater, an Advent Antiphon (Dr Marshall explains) [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall.

Short Inspiration Please join Bishop Rhoades in praying the Marian prayer, "Alma Redemptoris Mater" Show Notes: https://www.kyleheimann.com/show992 Subscribe to the DAILY Podcast: Apple Podcasts | Android Podcast | Other Android Apps | SoundCloud | Stitcher | RSS | Spotify Subscribe to "Short Catholic" Apple Podcasts | Google Podcast | Other Android Apps | Stitcher | RSS | Spotify follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube @KyleHeimannShow Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube @KyleHeimann -This show is a production of Redeemer Radio -Custom music written by Shawn Williams for The Kyle Heimann Show -Licensed via The Sound Cabin Inc.

Full Text of ReadingsFriday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 453All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is St. Hermann ContractusBorn February 18, 1013, at Altshausen (Swabia), St. Hermann Contractus was born crippled and unable to move without assistance. It was an immense difficulty for him to learn to read and write, however he persisted and his iron will and remarkable intelligence were soon manifested.Upon discovering the brilliance of his sons mind, his father, Count Wolverad II, sent him at the age of seven to live with the Benedictine monks on the island of Reichenau in Southern Germany.He lived his entire life on the island, taking his monastic vows in 1043.Students from all over Europe flocked to the monastery on the island to learn from him, yet he was equally as famous for his monastic virtues and sanctity.Hermann chronicled the first thousand years of Christianity, was a mathematician, an astronomer, and a poet and was also the composer of the Salve Regina and Alma Redemptoris Mater both hymns to the Virgin Mary.He died on the island on September 21, 1054. Saint of the Day Copyright CNA, Catholic News Agency

Father Josh answers questions about how to live Advent in a meaningful way, whether Catholics should listen to Christmas music during Advent, and what the “Christmas season” is according to the liturgical calendar. Snippet from the Show _For the secular world, Christmas season begins on Black Friday and ends on Christmas day. For Catholics, Christmas season begins on Christmas day and continues until the Baptism of Christ the Lord in mid-January. _ SHOWNOTES Glory Story (1:56) Feedback (4:20) How to Have a Meaningful Advent (7:52) Hey Fr Josh, What practical advice can you give to have a more meaningful Advent and truly enter into the mystery of the Incarnation? I know the world has a different way of preparing for Christmas, but all that builds up to is simply good feelings and gifts that will probably go obsolete. Also, I’m the only actively practicing Catholic in my family, I want to ensure that my soul is ready to welcome the Baby Jesus and make Him the king of my life. I don’t want to view the Nativity as a cute little story, but as the moment where the world’s and my salvation was born. Thanks for your service to Mother Church. Chris Christmas Music during Advent (11:32) Greetings, Fr. Josh! Thank you so much for dedicating yourself to this podcast as part of your ministry. Many times your words have convicted me to dive deeper into certain aspects or practices of our faith, and my relationship with Jesus has greatly benefited as a result. I appreciate the wide variety of topics that you address on the show, and I LOVE your glory stories. They encourage me to "keep on keeping on" and they remind me to continuously look for God's blessings in my everyday life. Know that I am praying for you and for all of your listeners as we journey in the faith together. On to my question. I love Christmas music, and as a professional singer and a music teacher, I often start preparing Christmas - themed songs for holiday performances in September (both in my own practice and with my students). I also love listening to Christmas music, and have traditionally started listening to Christmas songs in November (or at the very least singing along with the radio stations that play Christmas tunes at work or in stores). However, recently some Catholics I know (close friends of mine, as well as more well-known public figures) have advocated for not listening to or playing Christmas music much (if at all) before or during the Advent season. Instead, they suggest focusing more on traditional Advent-themed hymns such as "O Come O Come Emmanuel" and "O Come Divine Messiah." I definitely love incorporating these traditional hymns into my prayer and worship during Advent, but I struggle with the idea of completely ignoring Christmas music (especially sacred Christmas carols) right up until the Christmas liturgical season begins. This is particularly impractical for me given my current vocation as a musician and teacher. Do you have any thoughts on how Catholics should approach listening to Christmas music (both sacred and secular) before and during Advent? Thank you so much, and may God continue to bless you in your ministry! Anna-Marie Timing of the Christmas Season (19:35) Dear Fr. Josh, Thank you for creating such an inspiring and informative podcast. My husband and I really enjoy listening to it on long car drives, and discussing the topics further together. My question for you is when does the Christmas season end? I know in the Church it officially begins on Christmas Day itself, but it's difficult for me to find a good answer on when it ends. Some say Epiphany (but I've heard for years that this isn't the case). Others say the Baptism of the Lord, but is that just up until then or the day of (since priests return to green vestments that day). Further, I've read that it goes through Candlemas on February 2nd, as the Alma Redemptoris Mater is used through then with its Christmas vesicle and prayer. Could you please enlighten me and other listeners as to which one is most correct? Thank you and God Bless Hannah Resources Rejoice! Advent Meditations “Advent at Ephesus” by the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles “Lent at Ephesus” by the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles Email Father Josh at askfatherjosh@ascensionpress.com The Birth of Jesus the Messiah (Matthew 1:20-21)

Performed by Julia Morson, sop. Whitney O'Hearn, MS, Katherine Anderson singing the tenor with Eleanor Verrette, vielle, and John Edwards, lute, led by Hallie Fishel, also singing the tenor.

John Edwards talks to Prof. Deanne Williams about performance practice questions thrown up by the Anne Boleyn Songbook. We hear Alma Redemptoris Mater composed by Jacob Obrecht performed by Julia Morson, sop. Whitney O'Hearn, mezzo, Katherine Anderson alto, Eleanor Verrette, vielle, John Edwards, lute all led by Hallie Fishel, singing alto. Check musiciansinordinary.ca for pictures. 

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Simply Christmas". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings “Dixit Maria” by Hans Leo Hassler and “Alma Redemptoris Mater” by G.P. da Palestrina along with service music and hymns.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Simply Christmas". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings “Dixit Maria” by Hans Leo Hassler and “Alma Redemptoris Mater” by G.P. da Palestrina along with service music and hymns.

30 January 2018 | Tuesday in the Fourth Week after Epiphany | Mount Angel, Ore. On this rare sunny morning under a cloudless blue sky, let’s talk about life on other worlds. C.S. Lewis’ Space trilogy can teach us something very important about our own spiritual life here on “the Silent Planet.” Opening music: “Alma Redemptoris Mater,” motet for four voices, arr. Palestrina (1604), performed by King’s Singers, Cambridge, 2016. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/in-your-embrace/message

Fr. Stephen explains the Anglican view of salvation and how we can know that we are saved by knowing Jesus. Music: Litany of the Saints and Alma Redemptoris Mater by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant and More Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Performed by the Harvard University Choir; Edward E. Jones, Director

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The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "A Common Wealth". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Alma Redemptoris Mater a 5" by Tomás Luís de Victoria, and "Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk" by Johannes Brahms along with service music and hymns.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "A Common Wealth". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Alma Redemptoris Mater a 5" by Tomás Luís de Victoria, and "Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk" by Johannes Brahms along with service music and hymns.

Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams Today's guest(s): Brother Rahl Bunsa, General Superior of the Brotherhood of Hope Links from today's show: Today's topics: Advent with the Brotherhood of Hope Summary of today's show: Put away your Christmas music for now and keep Advent in the season with “A Season of Hope”, a CD of Advent music from the Brotherhood of Hope. Br. Rahl Bunsa talks with Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams about Advent as the season of hope in the Coming of Christ to restore creation to what it was intended to be and to prepare our own hearts to receive Christ ourselves. Enjoy what may be the only musical album of purely Advent music for sale anywhere and enter into the season. There's time enough for Christmas music once Christmas is here. 1st segment: Scot and Fr. Matt discussed the first two nights of the God of This City tour this week. He said the tour has grown bigger and bigger each year they've done it. (Our recent show on is available for listening online or to download.) He described the talks on the two nights. Fr. Matt also mentioned that George Martell is telling the story of God of This City through photos on the Archdiocesan . 2nd segment: Scot welcomed Br. Rahl to the show. He said getting into the Advent season usually starts with listening to the Advent CD. Scot said church music helps you enter into the liturgical CDs. He asked why the Brotherhood made their first CD about Advent. Br. Rahl said Advent was their favorite season of the year, because of the theme of hope. But also they noticed that everyone had Christmas music, but not Advent music and yet there is so much very rich Advent music. Scot said his oldest son gets very upset when he hears Christmas music too early. He asks himself why can't we all wait until Christmas? As Catholics we shouldn't jump the gun on Christmas. Advent is rich in messages for us and can enrich our spiritual life and deepen our longing for Jesus. Br. Rahl said our parents and grandparents would not have decorated their homes until Christmas Eve and would have used Advent to prepare with Advent calendars and the like. Br. Rahl said of hope that all virtues are to grow in us and with hope, we are to grow in our confident expectation that Christ will come again in glory. And not just a future reality of the second coming of Christ, but also that the many promises of God in Scripture will be fulfilled, like the promise that as we grow in prayer, we will grow closer to God. Scot asked what the difference is between hope and optimism or a positive nature. Br. Rahl said it's the difference between natural hope and supernatural hope. Supernatural hope is attached the supernatural nature of God, regarding his promises and what he has said. Fr. Matt said he loves the idea of preparing for Christ. In praying the new prayers of the revised Roman Missal this week, he was struck by the opening prayer that asked God to strengthen our resolve to go out to meet him at His coming, equipped with righteous deeds. He said our society has a lot of fear at the coming of Christ, but Christians want Christ to come and save us. It's a hope-filled calling, that the Lord is faithful to his promises. He is unconditionally faithful. Fr. Matt said many people are turning to pharmaceuticals because they are not living in hope. Br. Rahl said a traditional acclamation of hope is the Greek word Maranatha, which means “Come!” Scot said there's a nice quote in the CD cover that refers to the two-fold expectation of the coming of Christ. We prepare for the general coming of Christ at the end of time, and we also prepare for our own encounter with Christ at the end of our own lives. The first song on the CD is . Scot then read his favorite verse from the song. Br. Rahl said it was the first song on the CD because of the exuberance and joy of the song. When people think of Advent, they wanted people to think of the joy of the season. He said the range of the music is everything from contemporary to chant to gospel to regular church hymns. They also had one-third of the songs as ones they wrote, one-third as traditional songs, and then one-third of traditional songs with new accompaniment. 3rd segment: Scot said he learned reading through the prayer booklet with the lyrics from the CD that in Lift up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates, “heads” refers to the tops of the gates. Br. Rahl said he wanted to point out that they had professional musicians in the studio backing up the guitar and voices. Scot said of the hymn Lift Up Your Heads that the widening of the gates for the Savior of the world reminds us of the immensity of the Coming of Christ. So we should “widen” our hearts. Br. Rahl said we can pray to ask the Lord to deepen my heart, deepen my love for you. He also suggested entering into the Church's liturgy ever more deeply and going to the Sacrament of Reconciliation to experience the Lord's rich forgiveness. Meditating on Scriptures is a great preparation. Many of the songs are direct or indirect references to Scripture. He suggested praying to the Lord to teach us to see his vision and the things of heaven before the things of this world. Fr. Matt said we're reminded how quickly time passes us by. In the midst of it, we are reminded of our mortality which then points us to our destiny and the things of eternal life. Prayer refocuses us so we remember we were made for more than this earth. Br. Rahl said the booklet for the CD was made to help people with their prayer life. It has meditations, catechesis, background, and lyrics to pray along with. The next song is “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”. It is the most popular Advent hymn and perhaps the only one most people can name. It's from the 9th century and people have been singing it for 1,000 years. The song on the CD transitions to another song called “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night”, which is the reference in the Scripture to the watchman looking for the coming of the king and the song is a dialogue between a traveler and the watchman. Scot said “Emmanuel” means “God with us”. We heard a clip from the second half of the song. Br. Rahl said 10% of the net proceeds of this CD are donated to The Village of Hope, an HIV orphanage in Tanzania, Africa, while the remainder supports the Brotherhood's work in campus ministry in Boston, New Jersey and Florida. 4th segment: It's time to announce this week's winner of the WQOM Benefactor Raffle. Our prizes this week are *, PC game for Windows XP, and a $15 gift card. This week's benefactor card raffle winner is Debbie & Chuck Papalia from North Andover, MA. Congratulation, Debbie and Chuck! If you would like to be eligible to win in an upcoming week, please visit . For a one-time $30 donation, you'll receive the Station of the Cross benefactor card and key tag, making you eligible for WQOM's weekly raffle of books, DVDs, CDs and religious items. We'll be announcing the winner each Wednesday during “The Good Catholic Life” program. 5th segment: Scot said we heard a clip from “Revelation Canticle” which is the last song of the CD, which he said is his favorite. Br. Rahl said it comes from the Book of Revelation and has a particularly celebratory and victorious tone to it. He said when Christ defeats Satan and the last enemy, Death, he will raise the dead to new life. Four verse from Revelation make up the entire song, from Revelations chapters 11 and 12. Scot said when you get a song like this stuck in your head, it leads to praying throughout the day. Br. Rahl said he once heard from a religious sister that when she needs to grow in confidence in certain situations, she listens to the song “I am Confident and Unafraid.” They put Scripture to good music in order to get Scripture into people's hearts and minds. Fr. Matt recalled a monsignor he knew who said he once heard that a person becomes the song they sing. when we worship God, it changes our focus and our attitude and the environment around us. When you have beautiful lyrics tied into Scripture and Tradition, it gives a way to focus on what is really true and lifegiving. Br. Rahl said he once heard from someone at the BBC who played their CD on BBC radio and told them it was a big hit. Many parents tell him that their kids enjoy the music too and even soothes troublesome children. It's good for anyone seeking to get into Advent and mature into the Lord. He said he hasn't seen any other exclusively Advent CD for sale. He thinks it's because often Christmas overshadows Advent and it's a short season and people don't have as long of a chance to enter into it. Br. Rahl said most of the songs were a regular part of the Brotherhood's prayer life long before the CD was recorded. In order to get the prayer booklet that comes with the CD, you must order the CD, but it's also available through and . Scot asked Br. Rahl why they included Alma Redemptoris Mater out of all CDs. They wanted to invoke the assistance of Mary under her title of Our Lady of Hope. She brought forth the Word and pondered the Word of God. Fr. Matt said God is always faithful to his promises and in Advent we the Magnificat and the Canticle of Zechariah which proclaim God's fidelity. These both point to hope. Br. Rahl said what he loves about Advent is that in the midst of the sadness of the world, the Lord will return and we long for that day. Advent is a season for longing for Christ to restore creation to what it was intended to be. 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The Reverend Doctor Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Walk in the Light". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Never weather-beaten sail" by Richard Shephard and "Alma Redemptoris Mater" by G. P. da Palestrina along with service music and hymns.

The Reverend Doctor Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Walk in the Light". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Never weather-beaten sail" by Richard Shephard and "Alma Redemptoris Mater" by G. P. da Palestrina along with service music and hymns.

The Reverend Doctor Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Walk in the Light". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Never weather-beaten sail" by Richard Shephard and "Alma Redemptoris Mater" by G. P. da Palestrina along with service music and hymns.

The Reverend Doctor Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "Walk in the Light". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "Never weather-beaten sail" by Richard Shephard and "Alma Redemptoris Mater" by G. P. da Palestrina along with service music and hymns.