Today's giveaway is at the end of the post. It's “sneaky exciting” — at first you may not realize what it is, but then you will. Please check it out!
Last week Bridget came home for a brief visit, and so I had to be sure that things were all cleaned up for her.
No, really, you don't understand.
She cares if things are neat and tidy and vacuumed. Like, “Mom, stop checking your email and let's clean up” cares. Now she's gone and I would not want her to know how we are living in her absence, only vacuuming every other day and all. It would only stress her out. So I made sure it was nice.
I also made an important upgrade to our lives, increasing our productivity, efficiency, and general mood-elevation about 73%.
I purchased an electric kettle.
In the past, I had determined that our counterspace is not adequate to support one more plugged-in appliance. Not to mention a dearth of outlets, which seemed to clinch things.
However, our morning routine has solidified into the making of black tea (me), green tea (Chief), and coffee (Habou) in a French press, all of which necessitate the painfully slow boiling of the kettle on the stove along with the relentless slamming of the microwave door and subsequent beeping of that engine of the Enemy. (No, it just didn't work to boil one kettle on the stove. Too slow!)
Three beeps, dear reader. Each and every time (although the Chief does pride himself on stopping it at 1 second, resulting in only one less obtrusive beep, and it is worth it to see him bask in a sense that the day is going to be a good one after all).
All that, and three un-caffeinated people bumbling about in the small space, which also features the unloading of the dishwasher by another helpful but not wide awake person.
The kettle (which does NOT beep, you can be quite sure I ascertained before purchasing) has quelled all that vexing bustle. It is fast. It is quiet. It seems to have the least plastic inside of any kettle I could find — that is to say, virtually none, and what it has seems not to have BPA.
It is a good purchase.
Its implementation, along with the impending visit of She-Who-Will-Judge-the-Mess, led me to declutter the counters a bit.
My version of less clutter:
So that was nice.
And now for the giveaway!
Are you interested in finding more beauty?
Is music really just about feelings and emotions, or is there something more to it? Is there order in the heavens that could be harmonized with, here on earth?
Have you ever thought about what can be done about the abysmal state of music in the Church?
I don't even know how to tell you about this amazing CD.
I don't want you to think it's a normal CD.
It's not a collection of hymns.
It's maybe not what you think it is.
This CD represents the work of our dear friend Paul Jernberg, who has composed settings for the Ordinary, the prayers we say at Mass (and they are prayers from Scripture, so everyone can appreciate the sheer beauty of them!).
Paul was challenged by the need for chant music that would be especially, particularly suited to the new translation of the Mass in English. It's performed by the world-class choir of the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle, directed by James Michael Thompson.
It's traditional, but also expressive of authentic creativity.
As members of the choir Paul directed at the time, Bridget and I (and others of course) were basically present at the gestation and birth of this opus. We were all his beta testers. We chuckled at him as he sheepishly handed out yet another version (“with just a few little changes in the bass [or tenor, or alto, or soprano] line…”) and scrambled to discard the old copies floating around, lest he wonder why things sounded odd. Our choir made the first recording. We encouraged him. He pushed us. Now we sing this Mass every Sunday at our church.
So I know this work inside and out, and I am here to tell you that you need to listen to it! This particular recording includes Propers (lovely ancient motets and chant, and original antiphon settings by Paul) for a Confirmation Mass, and they add to the beauty of the work —
–but the main thing that you need to know is this:
Not only will you just enjoy listening to this CD (even if you are not Catholic!), but you will find a world opening up to you — a world in which worship can have a unified, traditional, approachable, and lovely expression in beautiful music. No more “My Little Pony” Gloria! No more mishmash! No more emotive strumming! No more awkward shoehorning of the English into a chant meant for Latin!
Your choir can learn this music! Your congregation can learn it! Paul has also prepared a score for choirs. Your family could learn this Mass!
And you will simply just enjoy listening to it.
Leave a comment here to win a free copy of the CD (either digital or hard copy, your preference) and a copy of the score. Please share this post with your friends, far and wide. More people need to know about this gift to the church! Tell your pastor and your music director! The giveaway will end on Wednesday night.
If you want to buy anything from the site, enter the code leila for 10% off the already discounted prices.
I leave you with a little taste of this treasure (and you can listen to clips of each piece on Paul's website as well):
Hilary says
I know what my problem is–I need a Bridget living in my house to lovingly encourage me to keep up with things! The cd sounds lovely, and I will definitely post on FB about it.
Katie says
I bet Bridget was happy to be home. The cd sounds delightful.
Carol Kennedy says
Yes, I need a Bridget too. Can you “make” a Bridget? Foster such a child? 🙂 The CD sounds beautiful!
Carol Kennedy says
By “foster” I mean look for the signs and help them grow up to be the one who cares what the house looks like?
Kathy@9peas says
I need a Bridget, my children seem to have an affection for the crack house look these days and I seem to be the only one hanging onto a thread of “NO!NO!NO” – just kidding, well kinda kidding.
Hard copy would be delightful, what a lovely giveaway!
Julie says
I’m so relieved that I am not the only one vexed by electronic beeping!
Christi says
Thank you for sharing this beautiful CD
Chris says
Sounds wonderful – I’d love a copy!
Tamara says
I love the chatty posts. As much as I also love all the other kinds of posts you do, sometimes I really do just want to chat!! 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway! Im excited to have a chance at this.
Jinger says
Beautiful! I would love to win this.
Mary McCarthy says
Oh I can definitely identify with Bridget! I absolutely love to clean and enjoy having a tidy house. And thankfully, I have a husband who appreciates and encourages it! And so far my small children tolerate my cleaning habit and even attempt to help. 🙂
This version of Glory to God is absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
-Mary
Julia Mooney says
We got the exact same kettle for our wedding and it is fantastic for my morning cup of tea and other various and sundry boiling jobs.
That setting for the Gloria is beautiful and I would love a copy of the CD.
Donna says
Everyone needs the beauty of that music to keep their soul ordered and at least one “Brigid” in their family to keep their home clean. Would enjoy the cd.
Melissa Diskin says
Lovely, lovely music!
Our very new microwave has FIVE high-pitched beeps and you have to slam or violently shove it closed. And it doesn’t have backlighted buttons. I call this Designed by a Man Who Lives In His Mother’s Basement And Whose Mother Cooks All His Meals.
At least in our recent renovation we finally put a heavy door between the kitchen and the hall to keep the kids slumbering. Mama’s gotta reheat her late night molten chocolate cake somehow…
I will say that our Cuisinart coffee maker is the opposite of this — one side has a very nice coffeemaker, the other side a deep well for hot water that you can keep hot all day if you want. No weird beeps. Who wants all those fussy espresso-making gadgets with cracking gaskets for home life? Coffee + hot water works. Plus it has a small footprint and the interface is really easy to use. (I used to be an interface designer in my pre-kid life, so I love good utilitarian design.)
Karen says
As a member of the Basilica of St Mary on Minneapolis, I love learning more about mass settings. It doesn’t have to be generic!
Kerri says
I would love to win this CD… sounds divine 🙂
Barbara says
Electric kettles are really one of the most awesome electric appliances. I find it hard to believe I had to wait until I was in my 50s to discover them.
I also had to wait until I was old and wise to learn I could disable the beep, beep, beep on the “Enemy.” I don’t know if you can, but it’s worth a gander at the instruction manual to see if it’s possible. If you have a “user pref” button it’s very likely. I can’t tell you how much it pleases me to never hear that sound. Now if only I could turn off the rice cooker beep. I believe maybe we get sound sensitive in our “mature” years.
I will have to check out the CD, and you have me stumped at “My Little Pony” Gloria.
Jennifer says
Electric kettles are amazingly fast!
Kim F. says
Oh, that music is just lovely. I would love to win a copy. Maybe if I come home from Mass every Sunday and listen to that it will cleanse my brain of all the Dan Schutte I have to listen to. I love our church, except for some of the music choices.
Toni Graham says
I would like to win the CD!
Mary says
Thanks for the giveaway! Electric kettles are fantastic- and your real kettle looks lovely by the fireplace.
Emily C says
Lovely. And I always enjoy your Saturday posts.
Virginia says
The CD sounds wonderful! I’ll have to share it with my daughters who love love love to sing the Mass. 🙂
Heather says
Oh that cd! Lovely! And I am not “mature” and can hardly handle beeps! When I visited my brother in law every appliance in the house beeped! Dishwasher, dryer, etc. I felt like everything was clamoring for my attention and they weren’t even people! I was so glad to be back home to my “old” appliances that don’t beep!
Mary Catherine says
The Gloria is lovely! It may be exactly what we’re looking for at our church. I wish we could get the choir as well! I’m going to pass it on to my choir director friends.
Angela says
so lovely! Oh I’d love to have this cd!
Joanne B. says
The CD looks wonderful.
Lisa V. says
Your sample was a lovely way to start my gray Washington morning. Would love to own the digital version-and it has me thinking about Christmas gifts for my folks and in-laws!
Kathia says
Yay for heavenly music!
Cori Nations says
Oh! How I wish our choir could sing like that!
Tabitha says
I would love to have this CD. Thanks for sharing it with us. I’m excited about your electric kettle, as well–I’ve been thinking about “going there”. Can you share the brand since it’s mostly plastic free?
Leila says
Tabitha, I did link in the post but I’m happy to post it here:
Chef’s Choice 681 Cordless Electric Kettle
Jane says
Oh, just beautiful! (The music and your tidy home — I’d love to have both!)
Doreen says
Lovely post!! Love the CD too!
Kristi says
We got an electric kettle when we got married & it’s one of our most-used kitchen items, I think! The hub uses it to heat water for the Chemex coffee, we get boiling water started for pots on the stove sometimes, use it when you need really hot water to quickly clean something, etc. I still love it & get your enthusiasm for it. 🙂 Thank you for another beautiful giveaway, too! I would just love to win a hard copy of the CD …
Jane says
Oh,this was thrilling to listen to. So worshipful.
sue mcmillen says
What a treasure it would be to have that CD! Blessings to all! 🙂
Ona says
this sounds so beautiful! thanks for this opportunity.
Sarah King says
Very topical. We too are vexed by annoying beeps, although the dryer buzzer is MORE annoying than the microwave, oven, or other things that beep in our house.
I had never made the Glory to God/My Little Pony connection, but we used that Schutte Mass in our Church and the one we have now is even worse. I would love to introduce our music director to something more fitting!
Nanci says
How wonderful it is to know such beautiful music is available for Mass. I would like to win this, so I can share it with my son at seminary. I know he’d be glad to show the score to those who do music. Thanks for sharing this with all of us!
Anne says
Your den is so inviting. 🙂
Woman of the House says
The gloria is lovely! Count me in for the giveaway. In my early days as a Christian (many decades ago) I embraced contemporary worship music, but as I’ve grown older and, I hope, wiser it has become distasteful to me. Music used in the Church should be timeless and reverent and possess a certain gravitas. I have come to love the historic liturgy and find that its depth and richness is not~ indeed, cannot be~ matched by contemporary worship music.
So glad Bridget was home for a visit! 🙂
Betty Wittman says
I would love a chance to win the CD–thank you for offering this contest 🙂
Daniel Page says
Thanks so much for bringing beauty to the cybersphere!
It would be lovely to have a recording and/or a score of the Mass.
Thanks,
Daniel
Erica says
I just gave birth on Michaelmas to a Philip, so I had to sign up to win the CD. Thanks for all your great advice!
Lauren says
What a nice giveaway! The anticipation of certain company is very motivating when it comes to cleaning:)
Jocelyn says
Beautiful music 🙂
Terry says
Electric kettles for the win! We couldn’t live without ours now and I thought it was so silly when I first heard of it.
And wow, would I like a copy of that CD! Yes I would!
Mary says
The Gloria really is Divine. I would love to win a copy and am thinking of Christmas gifts as well.
[quote] along with the impending visit of She-Who-Will-Judge-the-Mess,[/quote]
This made me laugh out loud. I am totally a Bridget.
Jules says
Beautiful music at liturgy is such a gift!
Cassidy says
Ohhhh – now I want a Bridget and an electric kettle…
The music is lovely. I would love to win a copy.
Kate says
My family learned this mass and we have been singing it at our parish since spring. Our 8yo picked up the soprano part by listening in on choir practice at our house and now he’s in the choir. It’s a beautiful mass and a true gift to the Church. If I ever meet Mr. Jernberg, I think I’ll go down on my knees and kiss his feet.
Kate says
I listened to the clip and I wanted to add that we sing it at a faster clip. My husband’s schola training was of faster chant style (it irritates him exceedingly when he goes to a traditional mass and chant is sung like a dirge) I’m not saying the professional performance sounds like that (it’s beautiful), but I was surprised to hear it sung more slowly since I’m used to hearing it sung faster (and we probably take a few more interpretation liberties given the voice strengths of our choir). One of the reason we’ve had a lot of positive response to this mass is that it’s not in the long, painfully drawn-out, un-singabe love-ballad style of the typical modern ordinary. We do what works for us. Is that kosher or anathema?
Leila says
Kate, I will let Paul address this, but I will put in my two cents. Remember that this choir in the video is quite large and is singing in a large church. Often, the acoustics are such in that kind of church (ours is like this too) that if you sing too fast, the reverberations tumble on each other and the sound is muddy. The singers won’t be able to hear themselves, and the congregation will be left behind. You kind of have to let the music rest out there for people to hear it in these cases (large, stone, gothic-ish church).
Chant can be lively! And I so agree that slow does not equal reverent! If your acoustics can handle it (and often in a small church this is quite fitting), you can take it faster than what you hear in this recording.
Paul Jernberg says
It is very important that the tempos be lively, but not rushed, and it sounds like you’ve found the right balance. Leila is quite right in making a connection between tempo and the acoustics of the particular church one is singing in. If we had taken the Gloria at a faster tempo in the recording, you probably would have heard the “dissonance” from overlapping of notes due to the natural reverberation. As a general rule, though, I totally agree that chant – including the harmonized chants of this Mass setting – need to be sung in a flowing tempo, never in a heavy way, and that it’s better to err on the side of rapidity. It sounds to me as if your choir is is singing in a quite kosher manner!
molly says
I love it that you supported this composer. I am a pianist taking catholic “little pony” music and beatifying it. Songs such as you are near by dan schutte have simple lyrics, very scriptural. Im doing my own versio, MUCH slower and with piano interludes between verses….thank you Leila for this Blog…
Adele says
I have been trying to get up the motivation to find a good setting for the new mass. I am more or less the music in our really tiny parish (20 or so parishioners), so I would love something beautiful to sing. I just need to practice to the point I can sing it in my sleep since I am also responsible for three littles under six while being in charge of the music. The CD would be perfect. Thank you so much for simplifying my research.
Jennifer Delamater says
The music sounds beautiful and I would love to hear it. I’m looking forward to meeting Aunt Leila in Wheaton later this month.
Jennifer
Kiera says
Beautiful music! I would love a copy of the CD. Thank you!
Kari says
Oh how I would love to win that CD! Our music director is actually a pro contemporary Christian music artist, but I love that he avoids that in church…he loves liturgy and reverence, so I would definitely share this with him.
I second the request for more details about the tea kettle. Our stovetop model screams and the microwave beeps until it’s done, even after opening the door. Ugh! I like a singing tea kettle, but not a screaming one!
Leila says
Kari, here you go:
Chef’s Choice 681 Cordless Electric Kettle
Lorna says
Oh, how beautiful! I would dearly love to win the CD! Such music is just plain good for the soul.
Our church is small, maybe 25-30 active parishioners, and 1/3 of a priest. We struggle with just one part; two-part or four-part music is way out of our league! Does anyone have any suggestions for tiny church music?
Leila says
Lorna, chant is the answer! There are so many lovely chants, they are not difficult to sing once you get the hang of it (and you can look them up on youtube), and they are fitting. Do read Paul’s essay (linked in the post) and look into the whole world of antiphons (entrance and communion) that have been pushed out by hymns.
There is nothing wrong with a traditional hymn before Mass starts and for the recessional. Check out this hymnal: http://www.stmichaelhymnal.com/backend/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/browser/default/connectors/aspx/Home.aspx
At communion, sing the antiphon proper to the day.
I will also ask Paul to chime in!
Paul Jernberg says
Dear Lorna, Thanks so much for your kind comments! Although the Mass of St. Philip Neri is composed with 4-part SATB harmonies, in fact most often (in the parish where I presently serve) the congregation sings just the melody, with the gentle support of cantor and organist. The organist can use the choir parts as a simple accompaniment. This works very well for us, and even in the longer parts – such as the Glory to God – the congregation sings the melody with strength and confidence.
LisaP says
Yup, liturgy at tiny churches is tricky. I’d love to win the CD!
Marianna says
This CD sounds heavenly. I would love to win a copy!!
Jenny says
A copy of the score?! Count me in. Could Mass of Creation be banished forever at my parish? Maybe with a useful score.
Cassandra Brungardt says
I would love to win this for myself yes, but more so for my daughter, who teaches music at a Catholic school and is also the music director for the parish. Thanks for the chance!
Maria says
The music is breathtaking. How I’d love to hear this at every Mass. Thank you for letting us know about this great work. I’d love to win one! This will be great for use at our homeschool too. I make it a habit to play hymns on CD in the morning as we get ready for our day to introduce the beauty of worship in the form of music to my little children. Not only does it help settle the the kids down before their lessons :), it also does wonders for me! I won’t mind a new one to play to them.
mary says
Is it not remarkable that music, an orderly combination of vibrations of various sorts, can rend the heart with its beauty?
Mary
A.R. Danziger says
I have an electric kettle as well, and I just used it to avoid waking my napping boys so I could use the computer in peace 🙂 Though I nearly spit out my tea at the “My Little Pony Gloria” part! I knew I’d heard that little tune somewhere before. I’m so encouraged to hear that someone is working on reverent music for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!
Elizabeth says
My little daughter is also named Bridget. I would LOVE to win! The music is exquisite.
Lynelle says
Oh, the song you linked to is just beautiful. If only all Masses had such lovely music! Would love to win a CD!
Donna Marie says
This is so beautiful!
Julie says
Wow, this is gorgeous! I would love to be entered – and I would love to have the chance to sing it! If only the musical powers that be at my parish weren’t so into the “contemporary” music. (And this is a quite conservative parish!)
Nina says
The CD sounds like a winner. I will try the samples and would love to win it. I’m reading my copy of The Little Oratory again now. I’ll get something new out of it each time. Thank you, tnx.
Andrew Linn says
This Mass setting is as beautiful as you say! I loved singing it at John and Deirdre’s wedding! Thanks for increasing the beauty within the liturgy.
M.E. says
Hello & thank you for your lovely post on the Mass CD!
Fie on “My Little Pony” Gloria – ugh!
I also feel blessed to have a daughter, like Bridget, who willingly helps tidy up & do some big de-cluttering jobs with me.
Must go give her a big hug & a kiss 🙂
– ta ta for now!
Melanie says
I really want to learn chant. This cd would be great to have!
Sarah Craggs says
Desperately needed! ( A former Anglican 🙂 ). Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Betsy M says
Love this post and would love that cd! Thanks for the chance to win!
Mary A. says
Oooooo…pick me!!!
Rachel says
As a British person who drinks tea (Redbush, though family members drink regular “black” tea) I can never understand any country where a kettle (electric) is not part of the standard kit of every kitchen. Here in England it is the first appliance to be placed in a kitchen and only when it has its rightful place is there consideration of other things such as toaster, food mixer/chopper and coffee machine. But these items and any others come a far second place to the kettle.
In France the lack of kettles leads to the making of “French” tea which can be a horrifying mixture of tepid water with a tea bag floating in it and cold milk added. There is only one word for this concoction-bleurgh!
There is simply no substitute for the quick, efficient production of boiling water achieved by a kettle. And without boiling water you cannot have a proper cu of tea! Hope you are enjoying it!
briana says
I was *astounded* at how much faster they boil water than a kettle for the stove! Two minutes, *boom* you have tea.
Stephanie in Germany says
I moved to Germany 25 years ago and already this appliance was a kitchen basic. People serve hot drinks at supper time as well as breakfast, not to speak of the traditional coffee hour in the afternoon…
The music is lovely, and I would like to hear more!
briana says
I got my first electric kettle last year as a birthday present. It was an expensive one, that we used CONSTANTLY and it broke within the first year.
I bought another one from that big store that’s in every town. It’s glass, and it has an easy to clean metal plate on the bottom (I learned with t he last one that the minerals can calcify on the boiling plate and that really spend one had a very Hard to Clean plate) and it was inexpensive! less than 20. So if it breaks within the year I won’t cry, but it’s made in Germany so I’m doubting it will keel over on me. We use it all day long and so far, so good. I’ve also learned to fill it with hot water as it has fewer minerals in it after running through the hot water heater.
Jennifer Delamater says
The music sounds beautiful! I’m looking forward tohearing Aunt Leila speak in Wheaton in 2 weeks or so.
Laura Fidler says
Oh, I would love to have this for our parish. We are in SUCH desperate need of new music, it pains me!
Elizabeth says
Pick me! Pick me! I would tuck this cd away and save it for a Christmas gift for my sweet daughter!
Teresa says
Oh Leila I love you for introducing this CD – I almost started crying when I played the clip. It was just so beautiful- I’ve never in my life heard a Gloria like that. Thank you Lord for people like Paul – what a gift.
Mama Rachael says
Yeah I want that CD. Oh, please pick me!
CMerie says
Ha! I race to catch the microwave before it beeps too. 🙂 The CD sounds lovely.
Heidi F. says
Oh, oh,oh! I always read, and almost never comment, but as a church musician and total liturgy/music geek, I would be so grateful to check out this Mass setting. Now if I could only convince our Music Director to go for it…
Cathy says
I think that your Bridget inspired me today; we were fighting back the clutter. Also, thanks for introducing me to this beautiful Mass and the artist behind it.
Joy says
When my children were very small, I burned out three kettles. I would want to have a cup of tea, would put the kettle on to boil, and then would get distracted by, you know, all of the things that three little boys can distract you with. Then the kettle would be forgotten and the next thing I knew, I had yet another kettle with a burned out bottom. So my mother, in her infinite kindness and wisdom, bought me an electric kettle. It transformed my life. I can never burn it out and if for some reason (or three reasons), I forget it, it simply turns off and patiently waits for me to come back again. Bliss!
The music is lovely. I’m Protestant but love listening to church music of all kinds. Glorifying God through beautiful music is something we can all appreciate, I think.
Kathy says
Beautiful music! 🙂
Rain says
We love our electric tea kettle too! We have 8 serious tea drinkers in our home so our kettle is actually wearing out I will look into the one you purchased. The music is truly beautiful.
Always lovely to visit your blog.
Blessings.
Erika says
I would love this cd, and the chance to have the score along with it is amazing!
connie says
I am longing for more beauty in my life!
Karen says
Annoying beeps? I am so grateful my microwave lets me program them OFF. Now I enjoy all the quiet benefits of my microwave.
And I love church music. Most of my children have learned to sing parts at home by singing church music. Now if only one of them could learn to clean like Bridget.
Would she mind running a “Cleaning Camp” for a week? Maybe not as fun as Fiddle Camp, but a great service to the nation’s families.
Becky says
This music is beautiful. My Mom is a soprano with the Gregorian Choir at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Providence – I know she would love this CD! Maybe she could encourage Monsignor to add it to one of their programs…
Molly says
I love chant music, I’m so glad he wrote these mass parts!
Mary Ann V says
I am listening to the clips. Just beautiful!!!
Wanda says
Oh a copy would be wonderful!!!! Thank you for the opportunity!
Valerie says
Beautiful! Yes, I would LOVE a copy of the CD! Beautiful giveaway!
Karen in SC says
Beautiful music! I would love to win.
Josie says
The clip is beautiful! I would love to share this! God bless!
Jody says
This music is so lovely. Thank you for your reminders to slow down and look for beauty.
Kristen says
How beautiful!
Julie says
Beautiful! One way or another, I would love to have a copy of this music. My neighborhood is surrounded by ridiculous road construction, so I’m trying to listen to calming cd’s when I drive! So far I have Fr. Groeschell’s
Rosary cd, a beautiful Divine Mercy in Song cd, and a Mystic Monk Gregorian chant cd…believe me, they help!!
Barbara says
I would love to get this CD in the hands of every parish music director…it is so much needed to increase reverence in our liturgy. Can’t believe the music at Holy Mass has come to this state. When friends visit our parish for the traditional Latin Mass, they are astounded by both the Mass and the chant . I would love to win a copy of this .
Sara says
This is beautiful. I would love to win a copy!
Elizabeth says
Beautiful!
Leigh Sabey says
Thank you for this giveaway, I would love to win!
Meg Cooper says
The music sounds beautiful!
Libby says
The electric kettle was definitely a good purchase! My metal kettle is on its last legs and I am pondering whether to save $$ for a beautiful copper kettle, or choose function over form and buy an electric one.
Allison says
Aaaahhhhhhh!!! We sing the My Little Pony song! Except it’s worse, like in fast forward. We joined the Catholic church at Easter this year and the worst thing is the music. I had loved the music at our old Anglican church (our pre-move church) and had experienced both good and bad music at various churches, but our parish takes the cake. It is not great. If I don’t win the CD I will most definitely be purchasing at least one. I want my children to know that the Mass can be beautiful!
Sharla says
The music is lovely…the CD would be great. Thanks!
Ruth Anne says
Don’t know if the giveaway is still happning, but sounds like a wonderful CD. And I think you may just about have me convinced on the need for a lb electric kettle 🙂
Mary @ Parenthood says
I’d love a digital copy!
I laughed at the kettle – my in laws nearly destroyed their stove top with a forgotten kettle (melted plastic cap everywhere!) but even that couldn’t convince them to switch to an electric one. But the electric ones are so much nicer, in my opinion!
Emily b says
What a beautiful clip! I would love to hear the whole thing! Excellent idea for a giveaway…..
Sara says
This is a gorgeous Mass! I would love a copy. We need to get copies for the Pippo’s in our lives, too!
Your kettle is cuter than mine, but it makes things so much easier!
Isabelle says
Writing from the land of tea-drinking all-of-the-time, I cannot even understand how your survived without an electric kettle. I think we bought ours before anything else (who needs clean clothes or a freezer, when you can have a nice cup of tea instead?).
I would love the digital version of the CD, it sounds fabulous!
BridgetAnn says
Beautiful music is such a gift… and important! There is a very good series of lectures available from “Opus Angelorum” titled “Music and Morality.” The general thesis is that good music- the music itself, the lyrics being somewhat accidental- disposes the listener to virtue while bad (disordered) music can lead to vice.
Thanks for the giveaway- count me in!
Allie says
I HAVE a Bridget, but she is leaving for college next year….. tears…. wants to go from Ca to Boston!
Beautiful music!
Catie H says
Love, love, love, love, love!!! I will promote this for sure! Our parish has a beautiful Missa Cantata every Sunday. 🙂
– Catie
Nancy Starkey says
Would love a chance to win…count my name in
Sarah says
I would love to listen to this CD and pass along to my church’s choir director!
Cathy says
Lovely! Thank you for the chance to win.
Beth F says
About two years ago we got an electric kettle and I love it, it is quick and quiet.
About the CD, I’d love to win a copy and pass it along to our pastor, as we do sing the My Little Pony Gloria or something just as bad.
Ashlee says
Love this music. Is there a way to get outside of the give-away? I think i need to click on some links!
Helen says
Well – I seem to have learned something new about Americans! I had no idea electric kettles were unusual in your country. Here in England many people (and particularly my husband) think me rather odd because I much prefer a stove top one. (I am always surprised at how quick electric ones are to boil when I use other people’s)
Anne-Marie says
Would LOVE this CD! My husband is getting involved with a parish that is trying to establish a chant mass in English!
Also a fan of electric kettles. I don’t have room for one on my current tiny kitchen counter–but there’s no reason why I can’t keep it in the cabinet and bring it our when needed.
Heather says
I cannot even begin to describe to you the pathetic state of the music ministry here at our tiny English-speaking parish in Portugal. Perhaps a bit of this lovely new mass setting could start to turn it around. Thank you for bringing it to my attention!
Elizabeth Williams says
I’ve had an electric kettle in my amazon cart for months. Maybe it’s time to splurge…
Thanks for the opportunity to win the CD. My husband will melt over it.
Natalie says
Would love to win a copy! We, too, have the “My Little Pony” version. I never related it to that until now. Oh dear, that is all I will hear now at Mass!
Donna L. says
Hello and thank you for this opportunity! I was simply enchanted at the clip that you included! Please enter me in the drawing–thank you!
Katie Nohl says
I would love this cd! My children “play mass” sometimes and this would be lovely to play in the background!
Christina K. says
Lovely, lovely music! Thank you for sharing it.
Ashley says
Wow. What stunning music. I am blown away.
Sarah r says
Would love this for my family and my church…
carrien - she laughs at the days says
That excerpt was food for my very weary soul. Going to see if I can download it now. Thank you.
PS. I have a young Burmese girl who comes to my house to “help” 3 days a week. It’s a long story but we’re helping her out of a bad situation. Try explaining how to sort the wash to someone in pantomime, as she speaks no English or Thai, and I am just learning Burmese. (She spent a few hours her first day here just watching the washing machine work, because she’d never seen one before.) Anyway, it never occurred to me to warn her that our electric kettle is sometimes hot, until she burned her finger on it the other day. Poor thing. Now she understands why we’re constantly refilling it and pouring into our teapots now I suppose. Our kettle is the one appliance allowed to live on the counter full time. I love it.
Lynn says
I would love a copy!
Katie says
What lovely music – if only all our masses had this beautiful music.
Laurel says
How lovely! I love discovering new recordings of sacred music! Would love a copy of the CD!
Mrs. Pickles says
ohmigoodness this giveaway is unbelievably, providentially timed! Our parish, which until a few months ago was treated to Latin and Gregorian chant and beautiful music for meditation, recently hired a new music director who thinks the Oregon Catholic Press is the best thing since fresh sliced bread. (Last Sunday was so bad, I actually went on YouTube that afternoon to listen to Mr. Jernberg’s Mass to cleanse my ears!) Yes, pity us. Our pastor, who is not from this country, has admitted he doesn’t know the history of American church music, so he is unfamiliar with the controversies raging over it. However, he talks about the beauty and reverence with which the Mass should be celebrated, and has been open to our criticisms of the new direction our music is taking. I would love to have a copy of this CD to hand to our pastor, to show him what beautiful contemporary church music should sound like.
Sounds like I could use a Bridget in my house to whip me into shape! 🙂
Amy says
The music is really lovely. Thank you for a chance to win!
Julie says
thank you for this opportunity to win!
Anna says
That cd looks wonderful. We would love to have it for my household.
Elise says
I would love a copy of this CD. Sounds beautiful.
Elizabeth says
Thank you for this giveaway. This music sounds extremely interesting
!
mary kate says
Oh this makes my heart sing! And I know our choir could learn this, yes they could!
Jessica says
The CD sounds wonderful. Our parish has the very run of the mill awful music (for the most part – every now and then we get a good hymn), and my husband and I have been talking about learning chant so that we can teach our children.
Michelle Murphy says
A non-beeping kettle sounds perfect! I need one of those. The CD would be great too.
Melanie says
this sounds lovely…and tomorrow is my birthday. just saying. 😉
Gwenny says
My community desperately needs this cd. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Mrs. B. says
With so many people in real need for this CD, I feel I shouldn’t win, as it would be icing on the cake for us… Our parish uses the St. Michael’s Hymnal Leila linked to – we were actually blessed to have one of its editors, Fr. O’Connor, at our parish for his Deacon year and to have his first Holy Mass there. (By the way, Leila, are you really coming to our parish in McLean, VA in November? I don’t see it in the Speaking page…)
Until some time ago I would have agreed with Leila when she says a good, traditional hymn is ok at the beginning and the end of Mass, then chant for the rest. However, as I’ve seen our pastor encourage more and more chant even at an Ordinary Form Mass, I was struck by how “wrong” even a great Isaac Watts piece sounds when juxtaposed to chant… Chant has something otherworldly about it, there’s no escaping it, that other types of music (and I mean other types of BEAUTIFUL music, not My Little Pony music!) lack. Chant simply belongs to the Holy Mass in a very natural way – and I wonder if the problem with other hymns is that they are mostly of the Protestant tradition…
In other news, could you please clone Bridget? There seems to be an awful need of more Bridgets in families throughout the world!!
Ann Brodeur says
The thing I love about watching the video clip: ordinary men and women sounding like angels! I know it’s probably too late to enter the giveaway, but thanks for encouraging my love of this beautiful form!