Lent 2013: “Hail Holy Queen”

Confession: I learned this hymn from Sister Act.

Despite this, I actually like it in its traditional sung form, both Latin and English. 🙂

The Latin words:

Salve Regina coelitum, O Maria!
Sors unica terrigenum, O Maria!

Jubilate, Cherubim,
Exsultate, Seraphim!
Consonante perpetim:
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.

Mater misericordiae, O Maria!
Dulcis parens clementiae, O Maria!

Jubilate, Cherubim,
Exsultate, Seraphim!
Consonante perpetim:
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.
(HT: AveMariaSongs.Org)

Here is Beth Nielsen Chapman’s lovely and reverent version:

Here is the version from Sister Act sung by a female acapella group at Brown University:

Lent 2013: “The Cry of the Poor”

We used to sing this in Intervarsity. It was written by John Foley S.J. and singing it at Celebration (now called Kairos) is one of my good memories. I love the minor key and the simplicity of it.

Refrain: The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Blessed be the Lord.

Verses
1. I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the Lord,
who will hear the cry of the poor.

2. Let the lowly hear and be glad,
the Lord listens to their pleas;
and to hearts broken God is near,
who will hear the cry of the poor.

3. Ev??ry spirit crushed, God will save;
will be ransom for their lives;
will be safe shelter for their fears,
and will hear the cry of the poor.

4. We proclaim your greatness, oh God,
your praise ever in our mouth;
every face brightened in your light,
for you hear the cry of the poor.
(HT: DragonMommie’s World)

The recording of the song that I own is by John Michael Talbot so I searched for one by him. I found one by the Brothers of St. Gabriel in Malaysia and Singapore that I like better though.

Lent 2013: “The Lord’s My Shepherd”

This is one of my favorites from Good Shepherd Sunday which is usually around the last Sunday in April unless Easter is late. It doesn’t contain the A-word (Alleluia) so it’s also possible to do during Lent or whenever the John 10 reading comes up for the Gospel.

The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want.
he makes me down to lie
in pastures green; he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.

My soul he doth restore again;
and me to walk doth make
within the paths of righteousness,
even for his own Name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
yet will I fear no ill;
for thou art with me; and thy rod
and staff my comfort still.

My table thou hast furnished
in presence of my foes;
my head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me;
and in God’s house forevermore
my dwelling place shall be.
(HT: Oremus)

The normal tune is apparently “Crimond” but I learned it to the tune of “Brother James Air” so I had to scour YouTube to find a video that didn’t completely screw it up.

7 Quick Takes: Fundraising, Sergio Romo, and the Lions of Rome

7 Quick Takes

— 1 —

GoFundMe. I’ve seen a couple GoFundMe sites among my blog reads this week. In the interest of helping everyone out, here are the ones for people I know or follow.

[=] Help the CDC team go to NYC! (OK… this is actually IndieGoGo but I’ll lump them into this category for the moment.)
[=] Help Little Bear have surgery to fix his paws. Little Bear is an adorable little house panther who was born with deformed legs. He won a contest to be on the cover of Modern Cat magazine and his mommy is trying to raise the money to get his paws fixed.
[=] Help to pay for Anna’s transplant meds. Anna got a new liver last fall and the co-pay on her anti-rejection meds jumped up to $300. She doesn’t get a choice on whether she takes the meds and her mom started the GoFundMe to raise some funds so that they can pay for them.
[=] Save Aquinas and More. Aquinas and More is an online store where you can get a number of Catholic things. Two things that make them special (and extra cool in my eyes) are the registries for seminarians and the fact that they will not sell anything made in China. If everyone who liked them on Facebook contributed maybe $10-20, they could re-open and do so better than before.

— 2 —

Forty Days to Forever. Brett will be the guest of honor on the blog at Forty Days to Forever on March 13th. Please share this if you have a blog. Thanks!

— 3 —

Kaia’s Kindergarten Fund. I’m doing a fundraiser for Kaia over on her blog called Kaia’s Kindergarten Fund. It’s super easy — all you have to do is save your spare change in a jar or bottle and when it’s full, take it to the bank to count it. I have all the information you’ll likely need over at Saving Kaia.

My collection bottle

— 4 —

He only looks illegal. Sergio Romo, one of my favorite players on the Giants, is playing for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic which is taking place in Arizona. What else goes on in Arizona? SB 1070 which lets police pull people over to check their citizenship. This is happening to Team Mexico during this tournament. Guys: read his shirt. He only looks illegal. 🙂

— 5 —

You mean allergies aren’t made up? I have a weird egg allergy that Daniel also shares — shots don’t do anything bad to us but we break out in a rash if we eat scrambled eggs. As a result, I can’t eat most breakfast items and I’ve managed to piss off at least one person because I can’t eat whatever they brought to church. (I barely resisted asking them if they’d like to pay for my Epi-Pens when they complained.) For that reason, this cracks me up. True, I don’t like eggs — they give me rashes that require Benadryl.

— 6 —

The Big Bang Theory. How completely awkward was the part of tonight’s episode where Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard were speaking to the middle school girls about science? I think I probably would have run screaming from the classroom and refused to do anything but be an English major. Then again, I did end up in the humanities…

— 7 —

Lent Madness. We’ve reached the Saintly Sixteen. Today was Janani Luwum vs. Jonathan Daniels. I’m kind of looking forward to the day that Ignatius of Antioch faces Hilda of Whitby so that the Lions of Rome will appear again in my Twitter.

For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at ConversionDiary.Com.

Lent 2013: “Blessed Assurance”

This is a hymn by the prolific hymn writer Fanny Crosby. At the time of her death, she had written something like 6000 hymns. It’s one that I associate with the evangelical camp meeting type of worship — it wasn’t in the Lutheran Book of Worship though I think it’s probably in the new cranberry-colored hymnal (which I don’t like).

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine:
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation purchase of God;
born of his Spirit, washed in his blood:

This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior, all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
visions of rapture burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above
echoes of mercy, whispers of love:

This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior, all the day long.

Perfect submission, all is at rest –
I in my Savior am happy and blest –
watching and waiting, looking above,
filled with his goodness, lost in his love.

This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior, all the day long.
(HT: Oremus)

I decided to go with the Third Day version of the hymn.

Lent 2013: “The God of Abraham Praise”

I know I shared this hymn last year but Unapologetically Episcopalian shared a video of the hymn this morning. When I went to look it up on Net Hymnal, I found out that the words are a par?a?phrase of the an?cient He?brew Yig?dal or doxology. The tune is one that the writer heard sung in a synagogue by a young woman named Leoni.

The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above;
Ancient of everlasting days, and God of Love;
Jehovah, great I AM! by earth and Heav??n confessed;
I bow and bless the sacred Name forever blessed.

The God of Abraham praise, at Whose supreme command
From earth I rise??and seek the joys at His right hand;
I all on earth forsake, its wisdom, fame, and power;
And Him my only Portion make, my Shield and Tower.

The God of Abraham praise, whose all sufficient grace
Shall guide me all my happy days, in all my ways.
He calls a worm His friend, He calls Himself my God!
And He shall save me to the end, thro?? Jesus?? blood.

He by Himself has sworn; I on His oath depend,
I shall, on eagle wings upborne, to Heav??n ascend.
I shall behold His face; I shall His power adore,
And sing the wonders of His grace forevermore.

Tho?? nature??s strength decay, and earth and hell withstand,
To Canaan??s bounds I urge my way, at His command.
The wat??ry deep I pass, with Jesus in my view;
And thro?? the howling wilderness my way pursue.

The goodly land I see, with peace and plenty bless??d;
A land of sacred liberty, and endless rest.
There milk and honey flow, and oil and wine abound,
And trees of life forever grow with mercy crowned.

There dwells the Lord our King, the Lord our righteousness,
Triumphant o??er the world and sin, the Prince of peace;
On Sion??s sacred height His kingdom still maintains,
And glorious with His saints in light forever reigns.

He keeps His own secure, He guards them by His side,
Arrays in garments, white and pure, His spotless bride:
With streams of sacred bliss, with groves of living joys??
With all the fruits of Paradise, He still supplies.

Before the great Three-One they all exulting stand;
And tell the wonders He hath done, through all their land:
The list??ning spheres attend, and swell the growing fame;
And sing, in songs which never end, the wondrous Name.

The God Who reigns on high the great archangels sing,
And ??Holy, holy, holy!?? cry, ??Almighty King!
Who was, and is, the same, and evermore shall be:
Jehovah??Father??great I AM, we worship Thee!??

Before the Savior??s face the ransomed nations bow;
O??erwhelmed at His almighty grace, forever new:
He shows His prints of love??they kindle to a flame!
And sound thro?? all the worlds above the slaughtered Lamb.

The whole triumphant host give thanks to God on high;
??Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,?? they ever cry.
Hail, Abraham??s God, and mine! (I join the heav??nly lays,)
All might and majesty are Thine, and endless praise.
(HT: Net Hymnal)

The video shared by Unapologetically Episcopalian is lovely but I prefer hymns done by a congregation so I chose this one.

The Simple Woman’s Daybook: March 4, 2013

Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY March 4, 2013

Outside my window… dark. It’s only 6:30 but it’s better than it getting dark at 4:30 like it did a few months ago.

I am thinking… about the storms that they claim are coming in. Are they exaggerating or are we due for some catch-up for the rain that has been lacking?

I am thankful… for Daniel napping and for being done with the Proverbs 31 Project so I can get back to doing this meme.

In the kitchen… nothing at the moment. Pasta salad for the midweek Lenten supper come Wednesday.

I am wearing… my shirt from the Run for Courage and black shorts.

I am creating… afghan squares when my hands and wrists allow it. (It’s one of my Lenten disciplines and I’m doing badly at it because my hands have been achy.)

I am going… to hope that Edda decides to stop standing in front of my laptop screen. *looks sternly at Edda*

I am wondering… when this stupid cold will go away.

I am reading… The Alpine Xanadu by Mary Daheim — I’m re-reading it actually.

I am hoping… I sleep tonight.

I am looking forward to… Ladies’ Night Out tomorrow night and I’m hoping that people got the memo about the night being changed.

Around the house… *ignores the question*

I am pondering… various things internally.

One of my favorite things… ginger ale when my stomach is irritated.

A few plans for the rest of the week: working on editing devotions, Ladies’ Night Out, and whatever else comes up.

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