The following text has multiple sources. Stanza 1 is a translation of the first stanza of Martin Luther's hymn Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, stanza 2 is a translation/paraphrase (i.e., it's part translation and part paraphrase) of the text of the fourth movement of Bach's cantata of the same name, BWV 7, and stanza 3 is my own composition. It ( Read more... )

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The zeppole project mentioned in my March 4 entry fell through; Mirabelle would not make them, and although my wife and I found a recipe to try, our first attempt was not quite successful. We plan to try again Sunday, on the theory that free goodies will help our CCD students be interested in learning more about St. Joseph. Catechesis through ( Read more... )

EDIT: Turns out I inserted an extra letter into one word of the prayer, which screwed up my translation. See comments for details.

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The Collect, or Opening Prayer, for the Second Sunday of Lent reads thus in Latin:Deus, qui nobis dilectum filium tuum audire praecepisti, verbo tuo interius nos pascere digneris, ut, spiritali purificatio intuitu ( Read more... )

For all my friends who live in C-U: would you be interested in some zeppole for St. Joseph's Day? If so, comment below, and I'll mention you when I go talk to the folks at Mirabelle in Urbana about making some ( Read more... )

My dear readers,

If you are of the praying persuasion, I would appreciate prayer for my choir, in particular for our success in recruiting more members.

Having been led by the pillar of fire, that is, the Paschal Candle, through the final stage of the Lenten desert, the joy of the Resurrection can no longer be contained, and the Roman liturgy gives vent to that joy in a passage of sublime poetry unlike any of her other texts: the Exsultet, or Easter Proclamation. But, as is all too often the case, ( Read more... )