{"id":6346,"date":"2017-11-29T13:07:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T19:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2017-11-29T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T19:12:28","slug":"mount-calvary-music-december-3-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.podles.org\/dialogue\/mount-calvary-music-december-3-2017-6346.htm","title":{"rendered":"Mount Calvary Music: December 3 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mount Calvary Church<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Eutaw Street and Madison Avenue<\/p>\n

Baltimore, Maryland<\/p>\n

A Parish of the Personal Ordinariate of St. Peter<\/p>\n

Rev. Albert Scharbach, Pastor<\/p>\n

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Schedule for week of December 3, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sunday December 3<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
8:00 AM Said Mass<\/div>\n
9:30 AM Confessions<\/div>\n
10:00 AM Sung Mass<\/div>\n
Coffee Hour<\/div>\n
4:00 PM Evening Prayer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tuesday December 5<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
5:30 PM Mass in Alcock Chapel<\/div>\n
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Wednesday December 6<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
5:30 PM Mass in Alcock Chapel<\/div>\n
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Thursday December 7<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
5:30 Vigil Mass of the Immaculate Conception<\/div>\n
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Friday December 8<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
The Feast of of the Immaculate Conception<\/em><\/div>\n
Noon Mass<\/div>\n
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Sunday December 10<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
\u00a08:00 AM Said Mass<\/div>\n
9:30 AM Confessions<\/div>\n
10:00 AM Sung Mass<\/div>\n
Coffee Hour<\/div>\n
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4:00 PM\u00a0Advent Service of Lessons and Carols<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0Reception<\/div>\n
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Music for December 3, 10 AM Sung Mass<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Advent I<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prelude<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland<\/em>, Johann Pachelbel<\/p>\n

Common<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei<\/em>, Merbecke<\/p>\n

Hymns<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wake, awake, for night is flying<\/em><\/p>\n

O Saviour, rend the heavens<\/em><\/p>\n

Lo, He comes with clouds descending<\/em><\/p>\n

Anthems<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rorate coeli<\/em>, William Byrd<\/p>\n

Audivi vocem de coelo<\/em>, Thomas Tallis<\/p>\n

Postlude<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hymns<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wake, awake for night is flying<\/strong><\/em>. In 1597 the Westphalian village where pastor Philipp Nicolai (1556-11608) lived experienced a terrible pestilence, which claimed some thirteen hundred lives in his parish alone. Nicolai turned from the constant tragedies and frequent funerals (at times he buried thirty people in one day) to meditate on “the noble, sublime doctrine of eternal life obtained through the blood of Christ.” As he said, \u201cThis I allowed to dwell in my heart day and night and searched the Scriptures as to what they revealed on this matter.\u201d Nicolai also read Augustine’s City of God before he wrote this great Advent text and arranged its tune.<\/p>\n

The original German text (\u201cWachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme\u201d) and tune were published in Nicolai’s collection of devotional poetry, Frewden-Spiegel dess ewigen Lebens<\/em> (1599), with a title that read “Of the Voice at Midnight and the Wise Virgins who meet their Heavenly Bridegroom.” Catherine Winkworth’s\u00a0 English translation was published in her Lyra Germanica<\/em> (1858).<\/p>\n

The parable of the ten virgins (Matt. 25:1-13) was the inspiration for stanzas 1 and 2, and John’s visions of the glory of Christ and the new Jerusalem (Rev. 19, 21, and 22) provide the basis for stanza 3.<\/p>\n

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O Savior, rend the heavens wide<\/strong><\/em> is based on a verse in the Vulgate version of the Book of Isaiah: “Rorate coeli de super, et nubes pluant justum: aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem”- “Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One. Let the earth be opened and bud forth a Savior.” The first verse is related to another verse, Isaiah 64:1: “O that thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence.”<\/p>\n

O Savior, rend the heavens wide;
\nCome down, come down with mighty stride;
\nUnlock the gates, the doors break down;
\nUnbar the way to heaven’s crown.<\/p>\n

O Father, light from heaven send;
\nAs morning dew, O Son, descend.
\nDrop down, ye clouds, the life of spring:
\nTo Jacob’s line rain down the King.<\/p>\n

O earth, in flow’ring bud be seen;
\nClothe hill and dale in garb of green.
\nBring forth, O earth, a blossom rare,
\nOur Savior, sprung from meadow fair.<\/p>\n

O Fount of hope, how long, how long?
\nWhen will You come with comfort strong?
\nO come, O come, Your throne forego;
\nConsole us in our vale of woe.<\/p>\n

O Morning Star, O radiant Sun,
\nWhen will our hearts behold Your dawn?
\nO Sun, arise; without Your light
\nWe grope in gloom and dark of night.<\/p>\n

Sin’s dreadful doom before us lies;
\nGrim death looms fierce before our eyes.
\nO come, lead us with mighty hand
\nFrom exile to our promised land.<\/p>\n

There shall we all our praises bring
\nAnd sing to You, our Savior King;
\nThere shall we laud You and adore
\nForever and forevermore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are the Viennese Choirboys<\/a>. Here is a German congregation<\/a>. Here is why the German church is near death from terminal attempts at trendiness<\/a>. I like the comment: “Chacun a son go\u00fbt. \u00dcber Geschmack sollte man nicht streiten, weil jeder einen Anderen hat. Der gute Friedrich Spee v. Langenfeld ist sicherlich froh, an der Pest gestorben zu sein, als diese Verhundsung seiner Komposition zu h\u00f6ren.”<\/p>\n

O Heiland, rei\u00df die Himmel auf,
\nherab, herab vom Himmel lauf,
\nrei\u00df ab vom Himmel Tor und T\u00fcr,
\nrei\u00df ab, wo Schloss und Riegel f\u00fcr.<\/p>\n

O Gott, ein\u2019 Tau vom Himmel gie\u00df,
\nim Tau herab, o Heiland, flie\u00df.
\nIhr Wolken, brecht und regnet aus
\nden K\u00f6nig \u00fcber Jakobs Haus.<\/p>\n

O Erd, schlag aus, schlag aus, o Erd,
\ndass Berg und Tal gr\u00fcn alles werd.
\nO Erd, herf\u00fcr dies Bl\u00fcmlein bring,
\no Heiland, aus der Erden spring.<\/p>\n

Wo bleibst du, Trost der ganzen Welt,
\ndarauf sie all ihr Hoffnung stellt?
\nO komm, ach komm vom h\u00f6chsten Saal,
\nkomm, tr\u00f6st uns hier im Jammertal.<\/p>\n

O klare Sonn, du sch\u00f6ner Stern,
\ndich wollten wir anschauen gern;
\no Sonn, geh auf, ohn deinen Schein
\nin Finsternis wir alle sein.<\/p>\n

Hier leiden wir die gr\u00f6\u00dfte Not,
\nvor Augen steht der ewig Tod.
\nAch komm, f\u00fchr uns mit starker Hand
\nvom Elend zu dem Vaterland.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Added later and first appeared in David Gregor Corner’s collection in 1631:<\/p>\n

Da wollen wir all danken dir,
\nunserm Erl\u00f6ser, f\u00fcr und f\u00fcr;
\nda wollen wir all loben dich
\nzu aller Zeit und ewiglich.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Friedrich von Spee (1591-1635) was educated in the Jesuit gymnasium at Cologne, entered the order of the Jesuits there on Sept. 22, 1610, and was ordained priest about 1621. From 1613 to 1624 he was one of the tutors in the Jesuit college at Cologne, and was then sent to Paderborn to assist in the Counter Reformation. In 1627 he was summoned by the Bishop of W\u00fcrzburg to act as confessor to persons accused of witchcraft, and, within two years, had to accompany to the stake some 200 persons, of all ranks and ages, in whose innocence he himself firmly believed (His Cautio criminalis, seu de processibus contra sagas<\/em>, Rinteln, 1631, was the means of almost putting a stop to such cruelties). He was then sent to further the Counter Reformation at Peine near Hildesheim, but on April 29, 1629, he was nearly murdered by some persons from Hildesheim. In 1631 he became professor of Moral Theology at Cologne. The last years of his life were spent at Trier, where, after the city had been stormed by the Spanish troops on May 6, 1635, he contracted a fever from some of the hospital patients to whom he was ministering, and died there Aug. 7, 1635.<\/p>\n

Spee was the first important writer of sacred poetry that had appeared in the German Roman Catholic Church since the Reformation. Among his contemporaries he was noteworthy for the beauty of his style, and his mastery of rhythm and metre. He seems to have come independently to much the same conclusions regarding measure and accent, and the reform of German prosody as did Opitz.\u00a0 His poems are characterised by a very keen love for the works of God in the natural world, and a delight in all the sights and sounds of the country, especially in spring and summer; and at the same time by a deep and fervent love to God, to Christ, and to his fellowmen. On the other hand his mannerisms are very pronounced; the pastoral imagery and dialogue which he is fond of using jar upon modern ears when used on such serious subjects as the Agony in Gethsemane. In the hymns to Jesus he is too subjective and sentimental, and works out the idea of Christ as the Bridegroom of the soul with unnecessary detail.<\/p>\n

O HEILAND, REISS DIE HIMMEL AUF is a German chorale melody published anonymously in Rheinfelsisches Deutsches Catholisches Gesangbuch<\/em> (1666 ed.).\u00a0The tune is in Dorian mode and exhibits two main rhythmic patterns within its four lines.<\/p>\n

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Visigothic manuscript<\/em><\/p>\n

Lo, He comes with clouds descending<\/strong><\/em> was written by John Cennick (1718-1755)\u00a0 and extensively revised by Charles Wesley (1707-1788).<\/p>\n

Here is the text in the 1940 Hymnal. Although its astringency has made it unpopular, it has been toned down from Wesley’s version.<\/p>\n

Lo! he comes, with clouds descending,
\nOnce for our salvation slain;
\nThousand thousand saints attending
\nSwell the triumph of his train:
\nAlleluia! Alleluia!
\nChrist, the Lord, returns to reign.<\/p>\n

Ev’ry eye shall now behold him,
\nRobed in dreadful majesty;
\nThose who set at naught and sold him,
\nPierced, and nailed him to the tree,
\nDeeply wailing, deeply wailing
\nShall the true Messiah see.<\/p>\n

3 Those dear tokens of his passion
\nStill his dazzling body bears,
\nCause of endless exultation
\nTo his ransomed worshipers:
\nWith what rapture, with what rapture,
\nGaze we on those glorious scars!<\/p>\n

4 Yea, Amen! let all adore thee,
\nHigh on thine eternal throne:
\nSaviour, take the power and glory;
\nClaim the kingdoms for thine own:
\nAlleluia! Alleluia!
\nThou shalt reign, and Thou alone!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is the hymn under John Rutter<\/a>. Here is a simpler version<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is Cennick’s version (probably):<\/p>\n

Lo! He cometh, countless Trumpets,
\nBlow before his bloody Sign!
\n\u2019Midst ten Thousand Saints and Angels,
\nSee the Crucified shine,
\nAllelujah! Welcome, welcome bleeding Lamb!<\/p>\n

Now his Merits by the Harpers,
\nThro\u2019 the eternal Deeps resounds!
\nresplendent shine his Nail Prints,
\nEv\u2019ry Eye shall see his Wounds!
\nThey who pierc\u2019d Him, shall at his appearing wail.<\/p>\n

Ev\u2019ry Island, Sea, and Mountain,
\nHeav\u2019n and Earth shall flee away!
\nAll who hate him must ashamed,
\nHear the Trump proclaim the Day:
\nCome to Judgment! Stand before the Son of Man!<\/p>\n

All who love him view his Glory
\nShining in his bruised Face:
\nHis dear Person on the Rainbow,
\nNow his Peoples Heads shall raise:
\nHappy Mourners! Now on Clouds he comes! He comes!<\/p>\n

Now Redemption long expected,
\nSee, in solemn Pomp appear;
\nAll his People, once despised,
\nNow shall meet him in the Air:
\nAllelujah! Now the promis\u2019d Kingdom\u2019s come!<\/p>\n

View him smiling, now determin\u2019d,
\nEv\u2019ry Evil to destroy!
\nAll the nations now shall sing him,
\nSongs of everlasting Joy!
\nO come quickly! Allelujah! Come Lord, come!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and has exalted the lowly.” This sentiment of Mary’s, who gave voice to the poor and oppressed of the earth, was emphasized in Wesley’s version, which is the subject of this analysis:<\/p>\n

Looking forward to the coming of Christ at the end of this age ought to remind us how desperately we need a savior\u2014and how immense and earth-shattering is the good news that God is just and merciful.<\/p>\n

The present text of the hymn has undergone a few redactions since first being penned by John Cennick, a land surveyor turned preacher and Moravian evangelist. Cennick was an acquaintance of the Wesley brothers and this quite probably accounts for Charles Wesley\u2019s knowledge of the hymn. The most common version of the text is Wesley\u2019s and it is the version followed below. However, the comparison of Cennick\u2019s version with Wesley\u2019s is interesting as it brings to light Wesley\u2019s mastery of English and Scripture as he expounds upon and clarifies the nascent themes in Cennick\u2019s version.<\/p>\n

Lo! He comes with clouds descending,
\nOnce for favored sinners slain;
\nThousand thousand saints attending,
\nSwell the triumph of His train:
\nHallelujah! Hallelujah!
\nGod appears on earth to reign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The theme of the hymn is taken from Revelation 1:7 and begins and ends with an exhortation to look to the coming King, Jesus Christ, and celebrate the blessed and glorious reign of God as the indisputable monarch of all things in heaven and earth.<\/p>\n

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Every eye shall now behold Him
\nRobed in dreadful majesty;
\nThose who set at naught and sold Him,
\nPierced and nailed Him to the tree,
\nDeeply wailing, deeply wailing,
\nShall the true Messiah see.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It is natural to wonder what sort of King it is that is returning to claim his kingdom and what life will be like under his rule. If He is to be a just and righteous ruler, what will that mean for the wicked men and women? If He is to be a deliverer of His people (a Messiah), what will that mean for the people, institutions, and beliefs and practices that have been holding His people captive? The implication of a just, righteous, and freedom-granting ruler is that injustice, wickedness and bondage will be abolished and done away with: Good news for the captive and the oppressed, bad news for the wicked and the oppressor.<\/p>\n

Every island, sea, and mountain,
\nHeav\u2019n and earth, shall flee away;
\nAll who hate Him must, confounded,
\nHear the trump proclaim the day:
\nCome to judgment! Come to judgment!
\nCome to judgment! Come away!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Exploring, again, the implications of what is a great comfort to the Christian, but a terror to the ungodly\u2014God\u2019s omniscience and omnipresence\u2014the author forcefully suggests that though heaven and earth would flee from the terrible presence of the just Judge who will open the secret heart of all men; the very men who would most hide themselves from this scrutiny will be compelled to stand before the Judge and give an accounting of their actions. This is justice, the terrible equality of all men before God is such that every man must acknowledge his responsibility for his deeds. The bribes of the wealthy, the words of the crafty, and the intimidation and power of the torturer are all as nothing in face of the just King.<\/p>\n

Now redemption, long expected,
\nSee in solemn pomp appear;
\nAll His saints, by man rejected,
\nNow shall meet Him in the air:
\nHallelujah! Hallelujah!
\nSee the day of God appear!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What then do we have to hope for? If the secrets of all men be made known on the Day of Judgement, then surely all men will be tried and found wanting. However, the centerpiece of this hymn, and of the Gospel itself, is the very good news that redemption has happened and that justice has been satisfied in such a way that God\u2019s saints might be welcomed into the retinue of the King without lessening His justice in any way. Hallelujah, indeed.<\/p>\n

Answer Thine own bride and Spirit,
\nHasten, Lord, the general doom!
\nThe new Heav\u2019n and earth t\u2019inherit,
\nTake Thy pining exiles home:
\nAll creation, all creation,
\nTravails! groans! and bids Thee come!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Such words sound harsh and unfeeling in a day and age where niceness is one of the cardinal virtues of the land. However, it is wise to keep in mind that if goods such as justice and righteousness are to prevail, they come with a cost: the cost of punishing all that is unjust and evil. There can be no new heaven and new earth unless the old be done away with, there can be no universal reign of perfect goodness and truth unless badness and error are finally and absolutely defeated. The cry of the Church and of God the Spirit is for such perfect state to come where all is peace and harmony and love, where communion between God and man is like the unity shared by the Blessed Trinity. The birth pangs are necessary to bring about new life.<\/p>\n

The dear tokens of His passion
\nStill His dazzling body bears;
\nCause of endless exultation
\nTo His ransomed worshippers;
\nWith what rapture, with what rapture
\nGaze we on those glorious scars!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The King bears in His own body the message of the Gospel. That which was done out of hatred, rebellion, and pride has been transformed by Divine Love into the center of adoration and praise for all eternity. The facts of wickedness and evil are acknowledged rather than glossed over, yet they undergo a powerful metamorphosis as their sting is turned into a song.<\/p>\n

Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee,
\nHigh on Thine eternal throne;
\nSavior, take the power and glory,
\nClaim the kingdom for Thine own;
\nO come quickly! O come quickly!
\nEverlasting God, come down!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The exhortation to look for the coming King in the first verse modulates into an invocation of that same King in the last. The great and terrible fact of the Second Coming provides the impetus for the action of prayer among His people\u2014given the nature of the King and veracity of His promise, it behooves His people to act with a faith that gives expression to their knowledge of Him.<\/p>\n

(from Mere Orthodoxy<\/a>, alt.)<\/p>\n

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Anthems<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rorate coeli desuper<\/em>, William Byrd<\/p>\n

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Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant justum: aperiatur terra, et germinet salvatorem. Benedixisti, Domine, terram tuam: avertisti captivitatem Jacob. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum, amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Drop down ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: Let the earth open and bring forth a Saviour. Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end, amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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