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Music in the Liturgy

Fr. Christian Mathis | February 5, 2009

One of my first classes at Conception Seminary College was taught by Abbot Marcel Rooney, OSB. Abbot Marcel is known for his great devotion to the liturgy and I was happy to be able to take a course from him. I remember being somewhat confused, however, when he mentioned that Catholics are still in a [...]

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Tags: Abbot Marcel Rooney, Annie Dillard, Conception Abbey, Fr. Michael Cummins, heaven, Liturgical Music, Liturgy, Second Vatican Council

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume….

Fr. Christian Mathis | January 4, 2009

It wasn’t until my college days that I noticed the following verse from the song, We Three Kings. Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume, Breathes a life of gathering gloom; Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in a stone-cold tomb. Having just returned from Christmas break, I was attending our weekly celebration of the Eucharist at the [...]

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Tags: anointing, Christmas, death, Liturgical Music, magi, myrrh, Sacred Chrism

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 25, 2008

Perhaps it is my family’s Methodist roots that make this one of my favorite Christmas songs. The lyrics were written by Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley who founded the Methodist church in 1739. The words of this song express beautifully my own joy that comes every year at Christmas when we remember what Christ [...]

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