The day's Mass was for St. John Neumann, OF ad orientem, completely sung, not only the ordinary (Mass IV) and the chanted propers of the day, but also the readings.
In the Traditional Latin Mass, Epiphany is celebrated on the appointed day, not transferred, so we actually got to have Epiphany on Jan. 6th. :)
Due to the impending Winter Storm Helene, the High Mass was moved up by three hours. This meant we had to skip our last rehearsal, and the earlier one was shortened. The rector of the cathedral surprised us by sending over two King cakes for the coffee hour after Morning Prayer!
The Mass setting for the day was the Missa O Quam Gloriosum Est Regnum by Vittoria, which uses the same motifs from the motet after which this blog is named. Hopefully, we will learn this setting in our parish schola at home later on.
Music files! (It's a wonder I figured out how to do this)
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| St. Paul Cathedral |
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| Men's schola |
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| Women's schola |
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| Our fearless conductors! |
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| Morning sky from hotel window prior to Snowmageddon |
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| So, I've been collecting pics of the 'angels in the architecture' in the various churches . There weren't any in this cathedral, but they do have these adoring angels before the tabernacle! |
Birmingham was getting ready for an afternoon of heavy sleet, so it was a blessing to be able to finish early, but it's always hard to leave. We made it home safely, although it rained most of the way. My schola and traveling buddy Jean is a great driver, even if I was white-knuckling it for a good part of the time! :-)
The annual summer Colloquium will take place in Minnesota this June. Hope to see y'all there!
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