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Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryFebruary UpdateFirstly, we are now well into the season of “Laus tibi Domine, Rex aeterne gloriae.” Happy Septuagesima!A keen reader found a very old typo in my Little Office Compline PDFs - somehow, long ago, I had typed up “Lumen et revelationem gentium” instead of “Lumen ad revelationem gentium”. That has been fixed in the files at littleoffice.brandt.id.au/#booklets Refreshing the files at Gumroad and Udemy will take a little longer.Looking back at last month’s update, I did manage to accomplish one of the three goals, that of running through the explanatio...
2025-02-2504 min
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryL-N: Christmas LaudsThe Livestream this one is from was not my best recording. I’ll consider re-recording.For now, this should be listenable. I missed a flat sign in the Antiphon “Rubum quem viderat” and I must have been getting tired going by the mistakes, but this remix is a bit better than it was.Booklets are at littleoffice.brandt.id.au. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe
2023-12-2122 min
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryC-N: Christmas ComplineAnother remix from 2021. Here is the original recording.I’m using the Monastic Tonus in Directum. I don’t think it’s a deal-breaker.The booklets are still at littleoffice.brandt.id.au. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe
2023-12-2010 min
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryV-N: Vespers in ChristmastideThis was a fun one to fix. As well as trimming excess audio, I found a wrong note in the Amen of Ave Maris Stella. You can hear the original mistake in this livestream from 2021.The mistake comes from mentally transposing to make the solfege easier but forgetting to add in a ti-flat (or te). This also crops up in the hymn for Roman Compline for Ferias.The booklets are at littleoffice.brandt.id.au Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe
2023-12-2020 min
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryAdvent Officium Parvum ad Sextam - Little Office at MiddayAdvent seems to be a busy time of year! Here's an hour I have missed recording in the past. The hour of Sext at Midday, which is sometimes called Noon, but shouldn't be confused with None. As always, get your PDF booklets here: littleoffice.brandt.id.auIn making this recording I did find one note wrong in the old booklets - in the flex for the Little Chapter, so you might like to update your copy. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com...
2023-12-1307 min
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryCompline in AdventAvailable with visuals at Youtube and soon Rumble and Odysee.I made this recording in an hotel room - a very unusual setting for me, but beautifully quiet. Helps reinforce the idea that a quiet space away from pet parrots is a very worthwhile goal!As always, the PDF booklets are at littleoffice.brandt.id.auI hope to complete a new set of recordings in time for Advent. I’m a bit sidetracked by some very cute tiny copies of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception that I’d love to make...
2023-11-1509 min
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryAdvent PrimeUPDATE: Video now available on Youtube, Rumble and Odysee.It has been a while since I posted a video, so I added a poll on Youtube. The results strongly suggested it was time to rerecord the Little Office for Advent. One comment specifically requested Prime. So here it is.Here are the issues with this recording:* background bird noise* background traffic noise* mistakes in pronunciation - adjuva instead of adjuvat and a “a” instead of “ae” at the end of another word* changing key for the closing antiphon...
2023-11-1006 min
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryLauds, per annumI’m doing some re-recording to fit better into my short car trips.Booklets and more information available at:littleoffice.brandt.id.au Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe
2023-08-0918 min
Little Office of the Blessed Virgin MaryV-P: Vespers in PaschaltideA fairly quick sing through so that I can listen to the whole of vespers on my drive home from work.Here's the booklet I sang from:https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/2023/04/10/easter-booklet/For general information on the Little Office see:https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/I'm incorporating 1915 features. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe
2023-05-0518 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyCorda Pia Inflammantur - Hymn for St Francis - Gregorian chantThis is the leftover recording from my #100daysofchant challenge. You see, there's just too much Gregorian chant out there.
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/corda.html
2022-08-1305 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyAve Maria - Gregorian Chant mode 1Day 100 of #100daysofchant
Well, this is the final installment. I hope you enjoyed the ride.
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/avemaria.html
2022-08-1201 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyDa pacem Domine - grant peace, O Lord - short antiphon for Peace in our daysDay 99 of #100daysofchant
Da pacem Domine, in diebus nostris. Quia non est aliud qui pugnet pro nobis nisi tu Deus noster.
Give peace, O Lord, in our days because there is no one else who will fight for us if not you, our God.
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/dapacem.html
2022-08-1100 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyVirgo Dei Genitrix - the short hymn to Our Lady with the most elisionsDay 98 of #100daysofchant
1. Virgo Dei Genitrix, quem totus non capit orbis:
In tua se clausit viscera factus homo.
1. O Virgin Mother of God, He Whom the whole world does not contain, enclosed Himself in thy womb, being made man.
2. Vera fides Geniti purgavit crimina mundi,
Et tibi virginitas inviolata manet.
2. True faith in thy begotten Son has cast out the sins of the world, and for thee virginity remains inviolate.
3. Te matrem pietatis, opem te clamitat orbis:
Subvenias famulis, O benedicta, tuis.
2022-08-1001 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyAdoremus in Aeternum - responsary-ish hymn for the end of Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.Day 97 of #100daysofchant
Adoremus in aeternum, sanctissimum sacramentum.
Let us adore forever the most Holy Sacrament (Jesus truly present under the appearance of bread)
https://www.kidschant.com/course/benediction/
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/adoremus.html
2022-08-0901 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyTantum Ergo - Such therefore a Sacrament, we venerate bowing downDay 96 of #100daysofchant
One webpage about this hymn - plus the PDF that I'm singing from:
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/tantumergo.html
Another webpage on learning the Latin for Benediction, based on the Catholic's Latin Instructor by Fr Caswall:
https://www.kidschant.com/course/benediction/
2022-08-0801 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyO Salutaris Hostia - O saving Victim - penultimate verse of Verbum SupernumDay 95 of #100daysofchant
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is one of those old devotions that sometimes gets taken for granted, but seems to be a bit rarer than it should be.
For learning the words, see this interactive page at Kids Chant:
https://www.kidschant.com/course/benediction/o-salutaris/
or this more mundane page:
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/osalutaris.html
2022-08-0701 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyLittle Office BVM Compline in Gregorian Chant with updated Psalm ToneDay 94 of #100daysofchant
So close to finishing!
For anyone new, I have been working on a course teaching people how to Sing the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Latin since 2020. Recently someone asked about the Psalm tone I was using for Compline compared with page 158 of the Baronius Press book, so I made a technical video exploring what was going on there - you'll have to get the course to find the video. In the process, I updated the booklets - available at littleoffice.brandt.id.au. Today I got around to f...
2022-08-0610 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyVexilla Regis - Abroad the regal banners fly - Gregorian chant - sonorous Passiontide meditationDay 90 of #100daysofchant
We sang this as an intermission procession for a production of The Man Born to Be King at the Great Hall in Sydney University. That was my introduction to it. The whole audience processed out after the Crucifixion, giving the stage crew time to change the set.
More Info:
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/vexilla.html
2022-08-0203 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySacris Solemniis - cool hymn to Jesus in the Blessed SacramentDay 89 of #100daysofchant
This hymn is more famous for the last two verses: Panis Angelicus.
More info
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/sacris.html
2022-08-0103 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyUbi Caritas est vera (with one slip into "et amor") Gregorian ChantDay 87 of #100daysofchant
I went with the "est vera" version thinking that it would be the better version as the new books were using it - like the way some of the Pre-Urbanite versions of hymns were being revived. Unfortunately, this isn't the way most of the groups I sing with sing it. "Ubi caritas et amor" is pretty entrenched. If I ever get around to the new version of A New Book of Old Hymns, this is one of many little changes to be made.
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/ubicaritas.html
2022-07-3002 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyStabat Mater - the easy hymn version - Our Lady of Sorrows by the CrossDay 86 of #100daysofchant
This one's a classic hymn to accompany the Stations of the Cross. The Latin is so brief and concise and beautiful. There's also a Sequence version with a bit more variety to the tune, but when I put together A New Book of Old Hymns, this simpler one was the only one I knew.
For more info see:
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/stabatmater.html
2022-07-2904 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCrux Fidelis - Faithful Cross - the 1962 Liber Usualis versionDay 85 of #100daysofchant
I love how the chorus repeats in two parts. Keeps you awake figuring out which chorus comes next. Also makes it a bit more interesting to sing along the chorus. And it is beautiful - recounting the story of Redemption from Eden to Bethlehem to the Upper Room to Calvary to Heaven.
More info at: https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/cruxfidelis.html
Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis: nulla silva talem profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustinet. Faithful cross, above all other: one and...
2022-07-2808 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyPange Lingua - sing my tongue - Benediction Hymn by Thomas AquinasDay 84 of #100daysofchant
You know this one, don't you?
There's a bit more information here (along with a crossword puzzle to test your vocabulary skillz):
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/pangelingua.html
2022-07-2703 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyAdoro Te Devote - Thomas Aquinas' really cool hymn to Jesus in the Blessed SacramentDay 83 of #100daysofchant
Everyone should know this one. I keep assuming everyone does, and that's probably why I haven't recorded it already. This is one I loved reading in our parish hymnbook during Mass way back in the 80s, in the Gerard Manley Hopkins translation without the Pelican verse. I would spend Mass memorizing it, even though I'm not sure if I understood it all.
You can find more info about it, plus the pdf for the visuals here:
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/adorote.html
2022-07-2603 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyO Filii et Filiae - an Easter hymnDay 78 of #100daysofchant
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/ofilii.html
2022-07-2105 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Chant Little Office of the Immaculate ConceptionDay 77 of #100daysofchant
The final installment in the simple sing-through the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception.
More info : littleoffice.brandt.id.au
2022-07-2003 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyVespers: Chant Little Office of the Immaculate ConceptionDay 76 of #100daysofchant
The penultimate installment in the simple sing-through the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception.
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2022-07-1903 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyNone: Chant Little Office of the Immaculate ConceptionDay 75 of #100daysofchant
The fifth installment in the simple sing-through the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception.
More info : littleoffice.brandt.id.au
2022-07-1802 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySext: Chant Little Office of the Immaculate ConceptionDay 74 of #100daysofchant
The fourth installment in the simple sing-through the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception.
More info : littleoffice.brandt.id.au
2022-07-1703 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyTerce: Chant Little Office of the Immaculate ConceptionDay 73 of #100daysofchant
The third installment in the simple sing-through the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception.
More info : littleoffice.brandt.id.au
2022-07-1602 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyPrime: Chant Little Office of the Immaculate ConceptionDay 72 of #100daysofchant
The second installment in the simple sing-through the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception.
More info : littleoffice.brandt.id.au
2022-07-1502 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyMatins: Chant Little Office of the Immaculate ConceptionDay 71 of #100daysofchant
The first installment in the simple sing-through the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception.
More info : littleoffice.brandt.id.au
2022-07-1403 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyLittle Office of the Immaculate Conception in Gregorian ChantDay 70 of #100daysofchant
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2022-07-1311 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyTaking an Antiphon from the Little Office and adding a matching AlleluiaDay 69 of #100daysofchant
Let's pray for children making their first Holy Communion.
More info here:
https://www.brandt.id.au/post/alleluia-match/
2022-07-1200 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyCalix benedictionis - Offertory for the Most Precious BloodDay 59 of #100daysofchant
The feast of the Most Precious Blood is on 1st July. This is the Offertory Antiphon:
CALIX benedictiónis, cui benedícimus, nonne communicátio Sánguinis Christi est? et panis, quem frángimus, nonne participátio Córporis Dómini est?
The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the Blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the Body of the Lord?
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2022-07-0201 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyChristus semel - Communion for the Most Precious BloodDay 58 of #100daysofchant
The feast of the Most Precious Blood is on 1st July. This is the Communion Antiphon:
CHRISTUS semel oblátus est ad multórum exhauriénda peccáta: secúndo sine peccáto apparébit exspectántibus se in salútem.
Christ was offered once to exhaust the sins of many; the second time He shall appear without sin to them that expect Him, unto salvation.
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2022-07-0100 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyChant Antiphons for the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary - Mysteria GaudiDay 55 of #100daysofchant
Here are the five antiphons for the five joyful mysteries of the Rosary as in Cantus Selecti from Solesmes.
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2022-06-2804 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyDico vobis: Joy over 1 sinner who repents - Communion antiphon for 3rd Sunday after PentecostDay 54 of #100daysofchant
The Communion Antiphon for last Sunday, the Third Sunday after Pentecost. I brought my microphone to choir practice so you hear three of us singing today.
DICO vobis: gáudium est Angelis Dei super uno peccatóre pœniténtiam agénte.
I say to you: there is joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.
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2022-06-2700 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyAlleluia - assumpta est Maria in caelumDay 53 of #100daysofchant
Alleluia! Assumpta est Maria in Caelum - Mary is assumed into heaven.
The Alleluia for the feast of the Annunciation
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2022-06-2601 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyImitatores mei estote - communion for St Anthony Mary ZaccariaDay 51 of #100daysofchant
IMITATÓRES mei estóte, fratres, et observáte eos, qui ita ámbulant, sicut habétis formam nostram.
Be followers of Me, brethren, and observe them who walk, so as you have our model.
0:00 Intro
0:26 Computer "sings the Communion Antiphon
1:05 I sing the Communion Antiphon
2:10 Psalm 35, verse 1
2:22 Communion Antiphon again
2:55 Psalm 35, verse 2 or maybe 3
3:09 Communion Antiphon Yet Again
3:41 Psalm 35, verse 3 or 4
3:56 Communion Antiphon encore
4:30 Gloria Patri
4:45 Communion Antiphon Last Time
5:43 Communion Antiphon Psalm Toned
5:58 Closing
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2022-06-2406 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyIn conspectu Angelorum - Offertory for St Anthony Mary ZaccariaDay 50 of #100daysofchant
IN conspéctu Angelórum psallam tibi: adorábo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitébor nómini tuo.
I will sing praise to Thee in the sight of the angels; I will adore at Thy holy temple, and give glory to Thy name.
0:00 Intro
0:47 Computer "sings" the Offertory Antiphon
1:52 I sing the Offertory
3:00 Offertory to a Psalm Tone
3:21 Closing
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2022-06-2303 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyAlleluia - Repleti fructu - St Anthony Mary ZaccariaDay 49 of #100daysofchant
A priest requested recordings of the propers for 5th July for a Missa Cantata celebrating his 20th anniversary of priestly ordination. Here is a video I hope will help someone preparing to sing for this feast day.
ALLELÚIA, allelúia. V. Repléti fructu justítiæ per Jesum Christum, in glóriam et laudem Dei. Allelúia.
Alleluia, alleluia. V. Filled with the fruit of justice through Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God. Alleluia.
0:00 Intro
0:35 Computer "sings" the Alleluia
1:54 I sing the Alleluia
2022-06-2206 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyTestis mihi est - Gradual for St Anthony Mary ZaccariaDay 48 of #100daysofchant
A priest requested recordings of the propers for 5th July for a Missa Cantata celebrating his 20th anniversary of priestly ordination. Here is a video I hope will help someone preparing to sing for this feast day.
TESTIS mihi est Deus, quo modo cúpiam omnes vos in viscéribus Jesu Christi. Et hoc oro, ut cáritas vestra magis ac magis abúndet in sciéntia, et in omni sensu. V. Ut probétis potióra, ut sitis sincéri, et sine offénsa in diem Christi.
For God is my witn...
2022-06-2108 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySermo meus - Introit for St Anthony Mary ZaccariaDay 47 of #100daysofchant
A priest requested recordings of the propers for 5th July for a Missa Cantata celebrating his 20th anniversary of priestly ordination. Here is a video I hope will help someone preparing to sing for this feast day.
SERMO meus, et prædicátio mea non in persuasibílibus humánæ sapiéntiæ verbis, sed in ostensióne spíritus, et virtútis. Ps. 110: 1. Confitébor tibi, Dómine, in toto corde meo, in consílio justórum et congregatióne. Gloria Patri.
My speech and my preaching was not in the persuasive...
2022-06-2006 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySight singing Gregorian Chant - Simile est regnum caelorumDay 35 of #100daysofchant
Using my random chant script which you can find in this blog post:
https://www.brandt.id.au/post/hundreddaysofchant/
I randomly selected this piece:
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=5477
and had a go at singing it.
2022-06-0802 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySight singing Gregorian Chant - Tôi tin Chúa Giêsu đã sinh hườn.Day 34 of #100daysofchant
Using my random chant script which you can find in this blog post:
https://www.brandt.id.au/post/hundreddaysofchant/
I randomly selected this piece:
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=17014
and had a go at singing it.
2022-06-0704 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySight singing Gregorian Chant - Pange LinguaDay 33 of #100daysofchant
Using my random chant script which you can find in this blog post:
https://www.brandt.id.au/post/hundreddaysofchant/
I randomly selected this piece:
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=1310
and had a go at singing it.
2022-06-0603 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySight singing Gregorian Chant - Laudate DominumDay 31 of #100daysofchant
Using my random chant script which you can find in this blog post:
https://www.brandt.id.au/post/hundreddaysofchant/
I randomly selected this piece:
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=12229
and had a go at singing it.
2022-06-0504 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySight singing Gregorian Chant - Inveni DavidDay 32 of #100daysofchant
Using my random chant script which you can find in this blog post:
https://www.brandt.id.au/post/hundreddaysofchant/
I randomly selected this piece:
https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=3896
and had a go at singing it.
2022-06-0405 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyTe Lucis: Compline Hymn for AscensiontideDay 19 of #100daysofchant
We sing Compline each night as a family. I made booklets and put them on the internet:
https://compline.brandt.id.au
Great one to ask God to keep away nightmares.
The tune changes for each liturgical season. There are about a dozen tunes to learn.
This is the tune for the night before Ascension Thursday through to just before Pentecost Sunday.
Te lucis ante terminum,
Rerum Creator poscimus,
Ut pro tua clementia
Sis præsul et custodia.
Procul re...
2022-05-2301 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyTe Lucis: Compline Hymn for for Easter (Paschaltide)Day 17 of #100daysofchant
We sing Compline each night as a family. I made booklets and put them on the internet:
https://compline.brandt.id.au
Great one to ask God to keep away nightmares.
The tune changes for each liturgical season. There are about a dozen tunes to learn.
This is the tune for Easter Sunday through to just before Ascension Thursday.
Te lucis ante terminum,
Rerum Creator poscimus,
Ut pro tua clementia
Sis præsul et custodia.
Procul recedant somnia,
Et...
2022-05-2100 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySub tuum praesidium - monastic toneDay 7 / 100 day Gregorian Chant Challenge
This the oldest known hymn to Mary.
There is a slightly different Roman version, but we picked up the Monastic version at the Maternal Heart of Mary Church, Lewisham and it has stuck.
Here are the words:
Sub tuum praesídium confúgimus Sancta Dei Génitrix
nostras deprecatiónes ne despícias in necessitátibus
sed a periculus cunctis libera nos semper
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta
And here is the translation:
Under thy patronage we fly, O Holy Mother...
2022-05-1100 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilySub Tuum PraesidiumRecordings from the Homeschoolers Retreat 2022.
This is a choir for anyone who wanted to join in. We had very limited rehearsal time and very different backgrounds.
This is the Monastic version.
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/subtuum.html
2022-04-2500 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyOfficium Defunctorum Ad SextamThe Midday Hour from the Office of the Dead.
Off topic, but you may have come across mention of the noon-day devil in the Psalm for Sunday Compline - which has been linked with Acedia which is maybe something like depression or sloth. Midday can be a struggle sometimes - that feeling of wanting to quit, so much struggle before us. Psalms are great for bringing us back to trusting in God. Acknowledging life is not heaven. Heaven is on the other side.
For more information plus downloadable booklets see my website: https://dead.brandt...
2021-09-2809 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyOffice of the Dead: VespersContinuing with the Office of the Dead.
I'm collecting all the supporting material at my website:
https://dead.brandt.id.au
The video is available on Rumble and YouTube
2021-09-1515 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyOffice of the Dead: LaudsContinuing with the Office of the Dead.
I'm collecting all the supporting material at my website:
https://dead.brandt.id.au
Video version available on Rumble and YouTube
2021-09-1522 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyLauds from the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary sung in LatinOops, I meant to upload this one to my other podcast: https://anchor.fm/littleoffice
The video is on YouTube and Rumble.
More information on my work on the Little Office at littleoffice.brandt.id.au
2021-09-0723 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyOffice of the Dead: ComplineJust Compline - or Completorium if you like everything in Latin, which I do.
This is the Night Prayer for All Souls Day, which can also be prayed any day for releasing souls from Purgatory.
You can download your copy of the booklet at
https://dead.brandt.id.au
The Video is on Rumble and Youtube:
https://rumble.com/vlwcke-office-of-the-dead-compline.html
2021-09-0309 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyOffice of the Dead: PrimePrime - Prima means the first, so this is the first hour of the day from sunrise.
This includes the Martyrology for Saturday 4th September 2021, which is recited the day before, ie Friday 3rd September. In the booklet I mention my Roman Martyrology webpage https://roman-martyrology.brandt.id.au - which is what I usually use, but that only gives the English. If you would like to chant the Latin as I do in this video, you will need either a proper hard copy, or you can refer to https://divinumofficium.com where you can find the...
2021-09-0315 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyFlos Carmeli - St Simon's hymn to Our LadyHere's the link I mentioned: https://www.ccwatershed.org/2018/07/07/flos-carmeli-carmelite-novena/
This piece didn't make it into A New Book of Old Hymns because I hadn't heard of it back then.
I recorded this on my phone - it could be a quick way to produce podcasts if this works.
My plan to release a new recording each day fell off the rails while I updated my webpage brandt.id.au. I'm pretty happy with it now and have turned to updating kidschant.com. Revisiting these old projects has impressed me with how much...
2021-07-1602 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyLitany of Our Lady - Gregorian chant - 2nd tune from the Liber UsualisFrom the frustrating end of a frustrating day in Greater Sydney's second lockdown.
Continuing this struggle to upload a new recording for A New Book of Old Hymns each day.
Also, as someone asked us to pray this Litany everyday for a special intention.
Includes Pope Francis' recent additions. We mix traddy and up to date here.
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/litany.html
2021-07-1006 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyTe Deum - simple tone - with preschool assistanceSo, I didn't quite keep up my effort to make a new recording from A New Book of Old Hymns everyday. Here's an old recording which I haven't added to this podcast before, though you can see it :
on Youtube
on Rumble
on Odysee
My daughter is being very cheeky here. I apologize for the distraction. I hope it helps to show the Te Deum as a more accessible song for everyone to learn. I'm still hoping everyone learns all these classic Gregorian Chant pieces, so that my work will be redundant soon.
Also, I...
2021-07-0904 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyConditor Alme SiderumConditor Alme Siderum - the older cousin of Creator Alme Siderum.
Vespers Hymn for the season of Advent.
Second installment of my challenge to record all the music in A New Book of Old Hymns, one day at a time.
More about the hymnbook at newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au
2021-07-0802 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyLittle Office BVM - Matins & Lauds - Monday outside any seasonsMatins and Lauds from the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Latin.
My pdf booklets and more info at littleoffice.brandt.id.au
2021-07-0646 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyGaudete - Hymn of the Week from A New Book of Old HymnsA favourite Medieval Christmas Carol which you can install in your own family with our step by step guide!
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/gaudete.html
Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex Maria Virgine, gaudete
Tempus adest gratiae
Hoc quod optabamus
Carmina laetitiae
Devote redamus
Deus homo factus est
Natura mirante
Mundus renovatus est
A Christo regnante
Ezechielis porta
Clausa pertransitur
Unde lux est orta
Salus invenitur
Ergo nostra contio
Psallat iam in lustro
...
2020-11-1907 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyAlma Redemptoris: Hymn of the Week, A New Book of Old HymnsSing something especially beautiful for Mary this Advent/Christmas!
Alma Redemptóris Mater, quæ pérvia cæli Porta manes, et stella maris, succúrre cadénti, Súrgere qui curat pópulo: tu quæ genuísti, Natúra miránte, tuum sanctum Genitórem Virgo prius ac postérius, Gabriélis ab ore Sumens illud Ave, peccatórum miserére.
or in English
Loving Mother of the Redeemer, who remains the accessible Gateway of Heaven, and Star of the Sea, Give aid to a falling people that strives to rise; O Thou who begot thy holy C...
2020-11-1206 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyRorate Caeli : Hymn of the WeekRorate coeli desuper et nubes pluant justum.
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness.
A hymn for Advent, not from the Roman Breviary.
It makes a good piece for embellishing any Advent celebration where you need an easy Latin piece.
The Organ Accompaniment is from Nova Organi Harmonia, available piecemeal from https://ccwatershed.org/nova
or get the whole volumes from https://sites.google.com/site/gregori. (this piece is in Volume 7)
As always, my hymnbook lives at https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au
2020-11-0811 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyHymn of the Week: Dies Irae - Day of Wrath - Sequence for All Souls' DayI am joined in this episode with my youngest son. Sequences are designed to be sung between two people or two choirs, or a leader and choir, alternating the parts for variety and help the singers last the distance.
The corresponding page from my hymnbook's webpage is here:
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/diesirae.html
For more info on classical and popular allusions, here's an article I wrote a while ago for Corpus Christi Watershed:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/2014/05/17/gregorian-chant-star-wars/
2020-10-1811 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyHymn of the Week: Requiem AeternamSinging through another snippet from A New Book of Old Hymns
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/requiem.html
Requiem Aeternam, dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
This is the introit for the funeral Mass, All Souls Day and Masses of the Dead. The gradual also has the same words, but it more ornate. Great for the month of November.
2020-10-1405 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyHymn of the Week: Christus VincitBack into the swing of the weekly peek into A New Book of Old Hymns
Christus Vincit aka Laudes Regiae from Percy Jones's Pius X Hymn Book, updated to include Pope Francis.
Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat!
Christ conquers! Christ reigns! Christ rules!
Brief comparison with the Sarum version (Salisbury/English)
Plus a 4 part arrangement attributed to Aloys Kunc.
My hymnbook page about this hymn: https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/...
An article I wrote for Corpus Christi Watershed: https://www.ccwatershed.org/2016/10/2...
And the YouTube v...
2020-10-0709 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyHymn of the Week: Ave Verum CorpusThis is the audio from a video which should be available on youtube here.
Hi, I'm Veronica! I put together a hymnbook called A New Book of Old Hymns and I'm aiming to share one hymn each week.
This week's hymn is Ave Verum Corpus, from the 12th century. https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/...
Most people know this piece better via the setting by Mozart: https://imslp.org/wiki/Ave_verum_corp...)
My instagram channel: https://www.instagram.com/mrsveronica...
My dodgy recording of the first minute of Byrd's Av...
2020-09-2208 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyHymn of the Week: Corda Pia for the Stigmata of St FrancisToday is the feast day of St Francis receiving the Stigmata (miraculous wounds like Jesus crucified) on Mount Alvernia.
And we sang Corda Pia.
And it was great.
And you can sing it too: https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/corda.html
Page 50 if you have a printed copy of A New Book of Old Hymns.
Sancte Francisco, ora pro nobis!
2020-09-1709 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyHymn of the Week: Litany of Loreto for the Blessed Virgin MaryHere is the Litany of our Lady or Litaniae Lauretanae sung to the second tune given in the Liber Usualis.
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/litany.html
It's great for processions - one person has all the heavy lifting and the rest float along with the easy responses.
Some places recite this during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament - which used to seem odd to me, but Our Lady carried Our Lord, so there is a strong link between the Holy Eucharist and Mary.
God bless you.
2020-07-2706 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyHymn of the Week: Salve ReginaA hymn of the week!
Starting with Salve Regina - maybe the best known piece in A New Book of Old Hymns.
https://newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au/hymns/salveregina.html
Read the plan:
https://mailchi.mp/1fd3f2013bc2/hymn-of-the-week-salve-regina
Join the mailing list:
http://eepurl.com/gMi5IX
Follow on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/newbookoldhymns
2020-07-1804 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Saturday in PaschaltideYesterday I was excited to make a video of Compline - taking the previous recording and putting all the pages from the booklet on the screen.
In my enthusiasm and conceited checking of stats, I forgot to post this recording, which I now post belatedly.
I think it's still in time for those over on the American side of the world.
This is the first recording we have made for Saturday in Paschaltide. Last Saturday we sang a Requiem Compline for ANZAC Day and the Saturday before that was in the Easter Octave.
2020-05-0216 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline for a 1st Class Feast in Paschaltide with late night over-tired teenagersHappy Feast day of St Joseph the Worker!
We had a great day today, but exhausting, and our usual bringer of calm and gravity went to bed early. Our most junior member also went to bed early, but the influence of the two polar opposites being absent did not balance completely, and you hear some stifled chuckles, and not-so-stifled giggles, in this recording.
So, this is Compline for a First Class Feast during Paschaltide.
More information plus pdf booklet at compline.brandt.id.au
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2020-05-0117 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Thursday in PaschaltideHappy Thursday!
More information plus pdf booklet at compline.brandt.id.au
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2020-04-3015 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Tuesday in Paschaltide with a Visitor via the InternetTonight we had a call from my mother, Teresa. Instead of calling back later, I thought we may as well have her join in. She's fairly quiet on the recording and there's a bit of a lag - I think it was more distracting when singing than listening. If it is too distracting you can find last week's Tuesday in Paschaltide on compline.brandt.id.au.
2020-04-2816 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilySunday in Paschaltide: Good Shepherd SundayTonight our toddler was wide awake (and still is while I type) so you can probably hear her chattering away in places in the recording. It doesn't seem nearly as distracting playing it back as it was while recording. She sings along while I'm editing the file - there's hope yet!
Booklet with words, music and English translations at compline.brandt.id.au
God bless you.
2020-04-2615 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Friday in Paschaltide with polyphony attemptTonight we bravely or foolishly attempted to sing a 16th century four part Regina Caeli by Gregor Aichinger. See what you think.
Friday psalms pointed for the Alleluia are in Appendix C of the booklet you'll find at compline.brandt.id.au
God bless you!
2020-04-2419 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Tuesday in PaschaltideThis episode opens with our toddler talking about starting a band. I thought I'd include it for some variety.
Remembering to sing the Alleluias is getting easier.
compline.brandt.id.au
2020-04-2215 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Monday in PaschaltideI asked my daughter what I should write about tonight and she declared that she lost a tooth. So there you go.
In other news, today is a Monday in Paschaltide with no other feasts, so we sang the Monday Psalms with the Triple Alleluia Antiphon.
Booklets at compline.brandt.id.au.
2020-04-2014 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Divine Mercy SundayThis evening Compline gets a bit more normal. The hymn and the short responsory return. The antiphons are more normal, in a Paschal way.
But, after a few evenings without recording, I forgot to set up the microphone beforehand. Luckily the bits we missed were much the same as the previous recordings for Easter Week, so I have edited together a passable version for your edification.
Pick up your booklet at compline.brandt.id.au
2020-04-2016 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyNew Book of Old Hymns: Easter #2Sing All the Easter Music!
We start with a relatively modern piece, only a couple of hundred years old, then a medieval sequence and finish with a piece from around the fall of the Roman Empire.
O Filii et Filiae
Alleluia - the really famous one
Victimae Paschali Laudes
Salve Festa Dies
All these pieces and more are in newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au. Download and print your own or buy a printed copy!
Artwork by By Иконописная мастерская Елеон - Фрагмент, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52176886
2020-04-1820 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyNew Book of Old Hymns: Easter part 1 (plus Compline)Happy Easter!
Here we run through
Haec Dies
Jubilate Deo
Regina Caeli
and then finish up with Compline for the Easter Octave - which is the same every day this week, so I haven't recorded every evening. I'll try remember all the best repartee and recreate it in future compline recordings.
So, the hymnbook is at newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au and Compline is at compline.brandt.id.au.
2020-04-1522 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline After Too Much Chocolate (Easter Sunday)Tonight we are all tired. Some of us stayed up late watching the Easter Vigil last night. Some of us sustained minor burns with experiments with candles during the Exusltet. All of us have eaten much more chocolate than we are accustomed to. So, tonight there were some frayed tempers before Compline.
But, we did it!
Maybe our voices show the strain a little. It would be interesting to record the average pitch of each recording over time and see if that correlates with anything. But for now, this should work as an example for...
2020-04-1214 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyFamily Compline: Good FridayWell, that was an enormous day! We improvised a home Stations of the Cross with little numbered crosses drawn on small cards tacked around the house. The booklets were from a little book from 1859 on the Internet Archive.
Then we watched Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.
Then the livestreamed Mass of the Pre-Sanctified from Maternal Heart of Mary Church, Lewisham.
Then we realised we hadn’t said a Rosary yet, plus the Divine Mercy Novena starts today.
So maybe it wasn’t surprising that we were down a few vo...
2020-04-1007 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyFamily Compline: Holy ThursdayTonight Compline is usually said right after Mass with the Blessed Sacrament in the Altar of Repose. Tonight we are stuck at home watching Mass over the internet, but we still managed Compline.
You're link for a booklet to follow along is: compline.brandt.id.au
You may hear a few coughs - one son with a cough, another with sniffles. Really helps keep your prayer life going in these times!
God bless you!
2020-04-0908 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyFamily Compline: Spy WednesdaySee compline.brandt.id.au for a handy booklet with all the translations and tunes.
Spy Wednesday gets it's name from the tradition that Judas made his arrangements to betray Jesus the day before the Last Supper.
Tonight our youngest welcomes you to Compline. This is the last normal-ish Compline until Easter - though Easter week itself is a bit unusual too.
This is the last Ave Regina Caelorum!
2020-04-0815 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyFamily Compline : Holy TuesdayToday is a great day.
Tonight I’ll just upload the prayer part - Booklet still at compline.brandt.id.au
God bless you!
2020-04-0714 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyFamily Compline: Holy MondaySo, tonight we got the giggles. It sometimes happens. The pause for the examination of conscience sobered us up though and the rest went smoothly.
We don't mean to judge people who pray seated in a bean bag. There's a bit of background at the end of the recording about the logic behind the idea. I took a photo tonight of the view from where I was pinned to the couch under a sleeping toddler - I'll see if I can add it to the post at compline.brandt.id.au
All the best for...
2020-04-0617 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Passion SaturdayDaylight Savings ends tomorrow and we ended up staying up a little later than usual planning strategies for Holy Week observance from home, so this recording comes a little late.
Owing to staying up late, we taped a fair bit of inconsequential chatter before starting Compline and I have preserved a snippet at the beginning of tonight's episode for posterity.
So pick up a booklet from compline.brandt.id.au and join us for Night Prayer.
2020-04-0417 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyCompline: Thursday in Passion WeekWe recorded three nights then skipped three nights and now another recording makes it this far.
Tonight's recording features a clinking spoon from one child who is not quite up to reading along yet and was enjoying a cup of tea slurped from a spoon to help it cool down. Because we're a family, not a monastery. Hopefully it's not too distracting. Penance!
I hope it does inspire more people to pick up the Divine Office, especially when so many are unable to get to Mass. Imagine if every Catholic participated in this way! What...
2020-04-0216 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyFamily Compline Passion SundayPrint yourself a copy of our Compline booklet from compline.brandt.id.au and join us!
Tonight we have Passion Sunday, sometimes known as First Passion Sunday to distinguish it from Palm Sunday, which is sometimes called Second Passion Sunday. The Sunday psalms become particularly well known. We just have to keep awake to catch the little Passiontide changes here and there.
2020-03-2915 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyFamily Compline Saturday before Passion SundayPrint yourself a copy of our Compline booklet from compline.brandt.id.au and join us!
This is the beginning of Passiontide, so there are some little changes. This time is really interesting with all the different things that mark the change of season. Just wait till we get to the Sacred Triduum!
2020-03-2817 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyFamily Compline Friday in LentWe sing Compline most nights. We picked it up from Maternal Heart, Lewisham, way back when they sang Roman Compline on Thursday nights after Mass. With kids, things got submerged for a while, but we picked it up again, piece by piece, and now it is a great thing which we can highly recommend for :
helping get babies to sleep
giving the cat quality time to be admired while everyone sits down in the living room
learning Latin
participating in the Church's Liturgical Life in a totally legitimate and appropriate way
Print yourself a copy of our...
2020-03-2718 minLatin Mass Homeschool FamilyLittle Office 1 - Matins - Sunday, Monday, ThursdaySomeone asked for a recording of Matins from the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I'm pretty sure practically nobody sings Matins. Except for Tenebrae, and then you're not singing the Little Office Matins. So I've spent hours putting this together and I hope someone finds it useful. And if you're kept awake by someone singing these melodies in the middle of the night, I hope you won't be too mad at me for encouraging such eccentric pass-times.
I'm still pondering how to make these recordings a useful part of https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/
2020-02-0735 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyNew Book Old Hymns #2 - ChristmasThe second instalment in our journey through A New Book of Old Hymns!
This episode covers:
Gaudete
Adeste Fideles
Puer Natus
You can find out more about the book at newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au
2019-12-1709 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyLittle Office - 2 - PrimeSecond installment of the grand plan to record the entire Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary! In no particular order.
Here's a spur-of-the-moment recording of Prime from our family morning prayers on the feast of St Nicholas (hence the reference to chocolate for breakfast)
It also includes the anticipated Roman Martyrology from an old book off the Internet Archive which I've had printed through Lulu and painstakingly converted to a webpage - see brandt.id.au for details.
So, being Advent, we take the Office 2 variation. Most of the words are the...
2019-12-0609 min
Latin Mass Homeschool FamilyLittle Office - 1 - LaudsMy most popular videos on youtube are the ones on how to sing the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. So many people want to sing this popular devotion from the middle ages.
Baronius Press has published very handsome little copies of the Little Office with the key pieces of chant in an appendix. It is tantalisingly close to enabling people to sing the Office, but it lacks the handy mark-up that choir members would be accustomed to. A complete work would be much bigger. I have made some such booklets at littleoffice.brandt.id.au. R...
2019-12-0525 min