Parish.

With the lights on.*

The south transept from the north transept

The door from the narthex to the nave, with the Mercedarian shield above it, and the door flaked by statues of St.Peter Nolasco and I think, St.Mary Cervellon.

St.Raphael's window shining onto the wall.

The high altar and sanctuary

The choir gallery and organ.

The twelfth station of the cross in the south transept.

St.Joseph in the south transept.

The church from the south transept.

The altar of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the rail, and the pulpit from the north aisle.
The baptismal font in the north transept, with the baptism of Christ by St.John the baptist on the font cover.
St.Patrick above the baptismal font. Those interested in ecclesiatical vesture will note the conical chasuble, pontifical dalmatic, and the cloth with which he holds his crozier.
A second picture of the sanctuary.

*Photo credit.

*Cough*

No rant this time.

Anglica Chant.

Pffft.
*Stifles laughter*
If anyone wants to help, I just had a genius idea for the solemn chanting of the forecast at Prime on Ember days in September, complete with coped cantors, tunicled acolytes, and ending with a solemn procession and blessing with the relic of St.Cuthbert.

Advent resolutions.

Like my Lenten ones. This is what I'll try not to do during Advent:
1.Go to bed without daily prayer
2.Get angry at a certain family member and start tuning her out when she nitpicks and complains.
3.Be lazy
4.Sit at "The Table" at lunch
1.This is what I'll do:
2.Go to daily mass
3.say a daily rosary
4.Learn to keep my comments to myself t school.

St.Conleth's.

Go HERE.
NAOW.

Check this out.
inorite? It's so cool! You know what's cooler? My great-great- grandfather on my dad's side was from Kilcock. Or at least that's what my grandfather says.
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St.John of Damascus.

"I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake, who willed to take His abode in matter; who worked out my salvation through matter. Never will I cease honoring the matter which wrought my salvation! .... Through [matter] my salvation has come to me. Was not the thrice-happy and thrice-blessed wood of the cross matter? Was not the holy and exalted mountain of Calvary matter? What of hte life-bearing rock, the holy and l ife-giving tomb, the fountain of our resurreciton, was it not matter? Is not the ink in the most holy Gospel book matter? Is not the life-giving altar matter? From it we receive the bread of life! Are not gold and silver matter? From them we make crosses, patens, chalices! And over and above all these things, is not the Body and Blood of our Lord matter? Either do away with the honor and veneration these things deserve, or accept the Tradition of the Church and the veneration of images."
-On The Divine Images.

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Martin Travers, of course.

Confirmed: They do it.

Yup. They do celebrate masses at the side altars lining the aisles at the Cathedral. I stopped by again with the intention of taking pictures (But forgot my camera D: ) and the mass schedule says that Monday-Friday, daily masses are offered at the side altars. Of course, these altars are against the wall, so this necessitates facing the liturgical east. (ie, Ad Orientem.)
I'll stop by for one on Tuesday to see how they do it.
*EDIT*
I stopped by today. It was ad orientem. Small group of people, chalice veils, priest needs to work on elevating the Host and Chalice higher. I.G.M.R. says that he shows them to the people. If they're so low, they're only at chest level, we can't see that. Other than that little nitpick, great. I'll go back tomorrow.
.........But.........there was one thing that disturbed me a little.
The lady next to me kept forcing inclusive language on the responses (ex:"May God accept the sacrifice at our(Not in the text) hands, for the praise and glory of God's name, for our good and that of all of God's church.") And when the priest said "The Lord be with you" She muttered "God" over Lord, which besides being heretical sounds kinda weird. She also did this whenever the word "Father" occurred.
What's with her? Did she fail in grade school when they told as about Pronouns, personal and not personal? Did she ignore her Schoolhouse Rock tapes? Flash cards not working?
It seems everyone but so-called liberal catholics know that English grammar points out repetition of certain proper nouns as redundant, and in some cases, even wrong. Sheesh, they invented pronouns for a reason.

Oh.Em.Gee.

*Dies repeatedly*
That's just...wow. It's so powerful, so amazing. I've never heard anything quite like it. The nearest thing to it in my neighborhood is the Cavaille-Coll at St.Francis deSales. (Which I really, really, really want to practice on so badly.)
But back on topic: That instrument is awesome. Why can't our cathedral have something like that? I vote that they get a new organ. With two 32's. And better reeds and flues. (Wow, rhyme-ja-vu.)

Chantblog.

Go here.
NAOW.
I command you! It's cool and stuff. And it's fun.Like rickrolling. Except it does'nt give me teh lulz like rickrolling.

Cathedral.

I stopped by the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul today, and I have to say, I wasthoroughly shocked at the renovations that have gone on.
A few months ago, I saw the altar of the Holy Souls, and another altar covered in scaffolding. I feared that the two were being removed. Well, The altar of the holy souls was cleaned, restored, and the inscription was gilded (I think), and the tabernacle door has been taken to be cleaned and polished.
The other altar, however, was more or less intact, but the stone crucifix was removed and a statue of St.John Neumann put in it's place, looking very much original if I might add.There are new brass gates to the railing of this altar.
On the other side, there's a new traditional-looking statue of St.Katherine Drexel, where her altar always was. It's very beautiful, and also has had it's gates cleaned and polishes.
The bronze screen and gates to the baptistery are also being cleaned and polished.
There are two new white marble statues of Ss.Peter and Paul, St.Peter in the back of the south aisle, and St.Paul at the back of the north aisle. Very striking statues, almost baroque in execution.
But what really shocked me, almost knocking me off of my feet was what I saw at the new altar of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. It was vested in altar cloths, with two good-sized candles in ornate candlesticks, and a crucifix. To the right was a credence table with a cloth, and to the left was a smaller table, on which was placed a new Roman Missal on a stand. At the left, inside the altar railing was a small ambo with a lectionary. There were pads on the kneelers in front of the altar railing, and about 24 chairs set up in front of the altar facing it.
Apparently, a mass (or masses even) has been celebrated at the altar (pictured above.)
Interesting development. Maybe I could get some photos.

Chant: Second Sunday of Advent.

So far, I've learned some stuff to sing this coming Sunday, If I can find someone to serve in my place.

For the mass setting, mass XVII, our usual Advent/Lent mass setting, and the introit, Popule Sion.
For the alleluia, I used the triple alleluia given in the Simple Gradual, with the verse sung to the Tonus Sextus. The Offertory, Deus Tu convertens, and for communion, the antiphon Benedixisti from the Simple Gradual with the verses of psalm 84(85) chanted to the psalm tone given. If I can get it done in time, I'll try to learn the communion antiphon from the Roman Gradual, Ierusalem surge as well, since it takes a while to distribute communion, and the psalm is'nt going to be long enough. Lucky for me, these are the easy chants. Christmas is going to be harder.

Office of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.(Part of )

This is an interesting votive office I found.
The office is the same as that of the sacred heart except:

At I Vespers:

Hymn:

Cor Iesu, quis tuum
In nos amorem flammeum,
Quis dicat inde splendida
Enata nobis munera?

Ennaret haec Apostolus,
Cuiter beato contigit
Supra magistri pectore
Coinantis acquiescere

Optata, Iesus dixerat
Illucet horam,victimam
Qua sponte me, pro sontibus
Vitam daturus, immolem

Amplectar ultro vincula
Flagella,serta spinea,
Clavos, et ima pectoris
Transverberatem lanceam

Sed proripit me longius
Amoris ardor;persequar
Caelo receptus, infirmis
His immorari sedibus

Sacris in aris, integer
Homo Deusque candida
Sub panis umbra delitens
Solabor Hevae filios

Cor dule Iesu, munera
Tot un de nobis profluunt,
Fac nostra te medulitus
Amare discant pectora. Amen.

Ant I: Desiderio desideravi hoc pascha maducare nobiscum, antequam patiar.

Ant II:Caro mea vere est cibus,et sanguis meus vere est potus.

Ant.III: O quam bonis et suavis est, Domine, spiritus tuus, alleluia.

Lectio Brevis (Ephes.3)
Fratres; mii omnium sanctorum minimo data est gratia haec,
in gentibus evangelizare investigabiles divitias Christi,
et illuminare omnes quae sit dispensatio sacramenti absconditi a saeculis in Deo,
qui omnia creavit.

Resp.Brev.
V.De bono thesauro Cordis sui profert bonum, alleluia
R.Implens cibo et laetitia corda nostra, alleluia.

Magnificat Ant. Coenantibus autem eis, accepit Iesus panem, et benedixit ac fregit, deditque discipulis suis et ait: Accipite, et comedite: Hoc est corpus meum.

Oratio:
Domine Iesu Criste, qui divitias amoris
tui erga homines effundens Eucharistiae Sacramentum condidisti:
Da nobis, quaesumus; ut amatissimum Cor Tuum diligere,
et tanto Sacramento digne semper uti valeamus. Qui vivis.

Ad Laudes matutinas:
Ant.I: Quid bonum eius, et quid pulchrum eius, isi frumentum electorum, et vinum germinans virgines.

Ant.II: Venite, et comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.

Ant.III: Laetabor super populo meo cum beneis fecero in toto corde meo et in tota anima mea.

Reading as in I vespers.

Resp.Brev.
V.Educas panem de terra
R.Et vinum laetificet cor hominis.
Benedictus Ant. Ecce ego vobiscum sum omnibus diebus, usque ad consummationem saeculi, alleluia.
AdII vespers:
All as at I vespers excepting:
Magnificat ant: Ex altari tuo Domine, Christum sumimus: in quem cor et caro nostra exultant.

I like it. I might use it on Thursdays for my holy hour instead of the office of Jesus Christ, the High priest. Theres some other votive offices I came across, I'll post those as well.

Favorite clip from favorite movie.

Well, one of them Kung-Pow: The sound effect scene

Like I said, I'm not really all that mature.