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I can understand that. It's smart to keep it ...

2026-07-01T20:24:11.628-04:00

I can understand that. It's smart to keep it someplace that won't go away - although I think that's the general idea behind the Wayback Machine, too.

I have begun archiving the site myself. I really d...

2026-07-01T09:36:20.555-04:00

I have begun archiving the site myself. I really dont want to lose all that info. I've made a decent start. its a lot, but worth it. I have only made it half way through the Liturgy & Devotion pages. https://dersacristan.neocities.org/hazelnut

Lubiąż was founded by a Polish ruler. Lubiąż is lo...

2025-11-18T17:41:20.002-05:00

Lubiąż was founded by a Polish ruler. Lubiąż is located on land that belonged to Poland in the 13th century. In the 14th century, some of the Piast rulers recognized the authority of Prague. The Piasts, a Polish dynasty, ruled Silesia until the mid-17th century. The Polish language (in the Silesian dialect) was mandatory for sermons and sacraments until 1870. However, it must be clearly stated that the Cistercians in Lubiąż were largely German-speaking. Saying that Lubiąż is in modern-day Poland is like saying that Dublin is in modern-day Ireland. The statement is true, but it suggests something else.
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Thank you very much. I went and found Laudi Spiri...

2025-10-26T13:08:48.326-04:00

Thank you very much. I went and found Laudi Spirituali on archive. Beautiful. Translating individual stanzas from so many lovely hymns. Bless you.

i like this recording of the Dominus vobiscum…math...

2025-07-03T02:51:00.712-04:00

i like this recording of the Dominus vobiscum…matheum… part. from a recording of El Cant de la Sibil•la which is sung on Christmas in parts of Spain, this from the Valencian portion of the album https://youtu.be/4RCOFvzHTgc

Not really, but I'm assuming there are two iss...

2025-06-21T14:00:14.485-04:00

Not really, but I'm assuming there are two issues at work. First, the text is kind of long-winded and expository; it seems the reading may have left out a lot of stuff for brevity's sake. (Usually they make note of this, and list out by number the verses they're actually using, but they didn't do that here, which is why I thought it was strange.)

Also, I think there are source issues with some of these chapters in Sirach; different versions include different texts, and there's some basic disagreement about which texts are authentic and/or better translations. In Sirach 44, there are four extra verses (24-27) in the Douay-Rheims that don't appear in other translations.

So I'm guessing that's what it's about, but still investigating....

Did you ever figure out the Sirach discrepancy?

2025-06-18T14:42:17.214-04:00

Did you ever figure out the Sirach discrepancy?

It seems to me, that in the context of this hymn, ...

2025-06-06T12:48:42.157-04:00

It seems to me, that in the context of this hymn, ‘perditis’ is more likely to mean ‘lost’ than ‘destroyed’ and that it refers to the ‘lost sheep’ that Christ spoke about and that He came to save.
What a lovely concept, too; to picture Christ as ‘light born of light’! Beautiful!

It does exist on the Wayback Machine at Internet A...

2025-05-30T19:05:11.070-04:00

It does exist on the Wayback Machine at Internet Archive (archive.org): https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/fullhomelydivinity.org

Here's a capture from 2017 for instance, which seems to be complete: https://web.archive.org/web/20190311082355/http://fullhomelydivinity.org/

It would be good to have a complete, live copy somewhere. I'd do it myself, except I don't think it's a proper thing to do without asking, and I'm not sure who to ask. But I might look into it.

I agree it's a great resource.

Does anyone know whether an archive of Full Homely...

2025-05-29T20:33:55.642-04:00

Does anyone know whether an archive of Full Homely Divinity exists? It was such an excellent resource, and sadly, all that now remains is a note that

"With gratitude for all who have found the site useful and to those who have contributed to the site in any way, Full Homely Divinity, a website for the Anglican at the Altar and the Anglican in the pew, has retired, along with its webmaster, who is confident that

All manner of things shall be well
When the tongues of flame are enfolded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one. (T.S. Eliot – “Little Gidding”)"

Doubtless "in a greater light and upon a farther shore" that is true, but here in this world, it is a resource which is sorely missed! :-( It would have been very nice, and extremely helpful, if the website had been archived, or perhaps transmuted into book form...

Piercing... Shattering...

2024-12-30T11:43:19.405-05:00

Piercing... Shattering...

I don't know why! But he did write a lot of M...

2024-12-22T15:58:51.819-05:00

I don't know why! But he did write a lot of Marian anthems, so it could be he was just attracted to them. I'll see if I can find out anything about it.

Here's more info about the Os - there are quite a few of them that we never hear these days: https://anglicanhistory.org/usa/acahall/antiphons.html

Thanks 🙏

2024-12-18T17:54:44.469-05:00

Thanks 🙏

Thanks 🙏 and I'm looking for an answer for su...

2024-12-18T17:53:35.488-05:00

Thanks 🙏 and I'm looking for an answer for such a question: why did Josquin choose this antiphon to compose his masterpiece? Maybe the tradition of singing it before Christmas took place in northern France too?

I'm intending to use this carol on Advent IV. ...

2024-11-18T07:11:58.192-05:00

I'm intending to use this carol on Advent IV. I feel inclined to substitute "season" for "Christmas" in verse 5...

So touching

2024-09-03T15:07:30.991-04:00

So touching

I forgot there was a second chant tune in this rec...

2024-05-03T15:55:29.904-04:00

I forgot there was a second chant tune in this recording, Twinsplustwo! Now you've got me interested in seeing if I can figure out the composer and find the score; I've definitely heard this tune before, so maybe I'll have success.

If I do find it, I'll post another comment and maybe edit the post, too, to include that information.

The second chant is lovely - can't find that o...

2024-05-03T14:44:09.128-04:00

The second chant is lovely - can't find that on ChoralWiki though.

Thanks for posting this, Renain. They are very go...

2024-02-29T15:52:40.963-05:00

Thanks for posting this, Renain. They are very good indeed.

And, this is the missing Alleluia for this day, which I couldn't find before! I'm going to add this video to my post. Thanks once again!

Hapa Dei made a chant about Sancte Michael Archang...

2024-02-23T16:35:26.742-05:00

Hapa Dei made a chant about Sancte Michael Archangele ; they are my favorite artists! You've got to check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG5_eU68SEo

This is great, thank you! As well as psalm 114, yo...

2023-12-21T16:55:35.640-05:00

This is great, thank you! As well as psalm 114, you often hear it with the Magnificat

Thanks for this, Anonymous! Very interesting....

2023-11-12T16:22:17.421-05:00

Thanks for this, Anonymous! Very interesting....

This sounds to me like a troped version of the Ete...

2023-11-12T14:33:59.399-05:00

This sounds to me like a troped version of the Etenim sederunt chant, but I can't make out what exactly the words of the trope are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghS-cKwS4A&ab_channel=TheMonksoftheAbbeyofRouen-Topic

Maybe someone else can?

Thanks for commenting, Anonymous, and pointing tha...

2023-11-04T17:38:34.198-04:00

Thanks for commenting, Anonymous, and pointing that out. CPDL mentions this switch, too: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Timete_Dominum.

The variants they mention on that page are, I think, references to the polyphonic compositions and not to the original chant itself. Variant 2 (Byrd) uses a verse from Matthew, instead of continuing the use of Psalm 33; pretty interesting.

Many thanks! The splendid Trombetti setting appear...

2023-11-04T06:41:25.946-04:00

Many thanks! The splendid Trombetti setting appears however to have switched the second sentence of plainchant gradual with another verse: Oculi Domini super iustos, et aures eius in preces eorum.