Poor Clare Mass Recordings

Sunday, September 11, 2016, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Introit - Da Pacem
Kyrie - O Pater Excelse
Gloria - XIII - Stelliferi Conditor orbis
Responsorial Psalm - by Adam Bartlett
Alleluia - Quoniam Deus
Sanctus - XIII - Stelliferi Conditor orbis
Memorial Acclamation - Mortem Tuam
Great Amen
Agnus Dei - XIII - Stellifer Conditor orbis
Communion - Antiphon at Magnificat 6F Que mulier
Communion Motet - Adoramus te, Christe

New Poor Clare Recordings

I am so happy to have some new recordings from our Roswell Poor Clares to share...

September 15 - Our Lady of Sorrows

Introit - Stabant juxta
Kyrie - X - Alme Pater
Sequence- Stabat mater
Alleluia - Stabat sancta Maria
Sanctus - X - Alme Pater
Agnus Dei - X - Alme Pater
Communion - Felices sensus
Organ Postlude - September 15, 2016

September 17 - Stigmata of Holy Father Francis

Introit - Mihi autem (Franciscan)
Kyrie - Rector cosmi pie
Gloria - Ambrosian
Alleluia - Christo confixus
Sanctus - XII - Pater cuncta
Agnus Dei - XII - Pater cuncta
Communion - Qui vult venire
Organ Postlude - September 17, 2016

September 18 - 25th per annum

Introit - Salus populi
Kyrie - XI - Orbis factor
Gloria - XI - Orbis factor
Alleluia - Confitemini Domino
Sanctus - XI - Orbis factor
Agnus Dei - XI - Orbis factor
Communion - Antiphon for Vespers at the Magnificat 4E - Quid faciem
Closing - Benedicta Semper

Poor Clare Morning Bread

Poor Clare Morning Bread 

(Adapted for Bread Machines) 

Add to your machine in order:

¾ c. Quick Oats (or 1 cup Old-fashioned)
1 1/3 c. boiling water  

Let stand for 15 minutes (this is important – do not omit)

Add:
1/3 c. raisins
1/3 c. broken nuts (we use pecans here)
1/6 c. sugar
1 ¼ tsp. salt
¼ c. margarine or oil
1/6 c. molasses (if you use the same measuring cup for the oil, it will be better for measuring accuracy, as the molasses slides out better following the oil)
1 egg
1/3 c. powdered milk (less if the powder is very fine and heavy)
1 ½ c. white flour
1 ¼ c. whole wheat flour (I grind my own, but I imagine purchased whole wheat flour will work fine)
2 ½ tsp. yeast (or one packet)

Let the machine run through the cycle until the second kneading is complete.

After greasing your bread pans and your hands, remove the dough from the bread machine. You can form the dough into one large or two small loaves (I usually make two small).

Let rise about 15 minutes, then turn oven on (350)… then bake when the oven is hot for about 23 minutes (for two small) or about 45 for one large (I don’t usually do this, so you’ll have to test for doneness yourself, either with a thermometer or by trial and error).

 Tips: The dough should be really substantial, stiff. Don’t let it over-rise (double – but not too much over the top of the pan). It is not meant to be light and airy, but a compact, moist texture.

 This bread is absolutely delicious… thanks to the Roswell, NM Poor Clares, Sister Clare and Mother Vicaress Jeannine for the recipe and tips.

Poor Clare Recordings - Roswell NM

Mid-January 2009, Poor Clare Monastery, Roswell, NM

The much-awaited recordings from morning Mass with the Poor Clares has been loaded to another server. Links:

Agnus Dei XVI
Agnus Dei X
Alleluia Haec est Vera
Communio Omnes Gentes
Fasciculus - Carol of the Drifting Snow
Introit
Introit Multae Tribulationes
Introit O Admirabile
Kyrie X
Kyrie XVI
Memorial Acclamation
Sanctus X
Sanctus XVI

Poor Clare Monastery Recordings re-posted

I had a request to put the Poor Clare recordings up again... so they are there on the sidebar. If you are ever in Roswell, NM, attend Mass with them at 7 am. If you are wondering why the brilliant purple widget color... it is for Lent!

If you would like to hear the Sugar Land, TX recordings, go to this link:

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/02/sugarland-sessions.html

Enjoy!

Learning Gregorian Chant is not that difficult...

Just prior to Christmas I had the opportunity to speak with the Abbess of the Poor Clare Monastery that I've been writing about lately... during our conversation and discussion about our shared love of chant, she mentioned that she has not found it that difficult for the novices to learn. Her experience has not been anything like what we have been led to believe in that regard.

As my little schola has been learning introits along with some Communion propers, I think they may at times think it is a lot of work to learn a chant that will only be sung once in a year. I keep telling them that, over the course of a few years, these chants will be like old friends when the liturgical cycle comes back around.

As Mother Mary Angela said (not a direct quote -- my memory is too poor for that) it wouldn't seem like the beginning of Advent without Ad te levavi.

Poor Clare Monastery Recordings posted

I have posted the music recordings I recorded during my visit to three different daily Mass times this past week. See the music widget on the left... The recordings are NOT professional... lots of coughing, clearing throats, etc. However, I think you can get a sense of the clear, sweet sound that we hear at Mass with the sisters.

I had let my old file hosting account lapse, so I decided to try another one... I am not happy with it because of some of the pop-up ads you find when you visit their site. I will probably be looking for a different one soon (and would be very happy to have suggestions!).

UPDATE: 4/21/11 A new posting of the Poor Clare Recordings is now available on the blog here:
http://voxfeminaesacra.blogspot.com/2011/04/poor-clare-recordings-roswell-nm.html 

We are back safely at home... Mass was very nice again this morning with the schola. We sang the proper Introit this morning, the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time. Our list of songs for today was:

Introit: Omnis terra
Kyrie: VIII / Gloria: VIII
Responsorial Psalm and Alleluia (simple chant in English -- I need to work on my enunciation... I have been told that I am a bit difficult to understand in spots -- what is the point if the words cannot be understood?! I'll be working on that this week)
Offertory: Jesu Dulcis
Sanctus: XVIII Agnus Dei: XVIII
Communion: Qui Manducat (ad libitum Communion chant)
Post Communion: Anima Christi
Closing: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

It is officially time for me to put together my music plan for Lent... the housework can wait, right?

Mass with the Poor Clares

Well, I did make it to the 7:00 a.m. Mass with the Poor Clares this morning. It was wonderful and peaceful and lovely, as always. I tried desperately to find what they were singing from my Graduale, but was not successful, other than for the ordinaries. I did record it though, and will take some time to listen and also maybe contact the sisters about what they are singing on weekday Masses. It should have been the Feast of St. Remigius (if I looked at the Graduale correctly, but the priest said we were celebrating the Feast of St. Mauro). In any case, I looked for the propers for both of those feasts and did not find a match with the music that was used. They didn't do the proper Gradual or the Offertory or the Communion for either feast... perhaps upon better listening to the Introit later I can figure out what was sung... The ordinaries used were the Mass XVI Kyrie and Sanctus and another simple setting of the Agnus Dei... still need to look it up and find exactly which one it was.

I will try to go again tomorrow (perhaps tomorrow they'll do St. Remigius). Whether or not I get good recordings or can identify the propers... the sound is lovely. Too bad I won't be here for a Sunday morning Mass...

All is well here... beautiful sunny day in SE New Mexico!

Chant on Down the Highway

Well... the family is on a road trip. We drove a bit more than 7 hours yesterday... A good portion of that time was spent listening to two chant CD's. One was a CD I burned so that I could listen well to the music they sang in San Diego at Winter Chant Intensive. The Epiphany propers were wonderful. I especially liked the Gradual. Hear them for yourself at Mary Jane Ballou's site. Click on "Music" and Look for "Mass in San Diego".

Just going on memory, I'd say the chapel at Loyola in Chicago must have had a bit more 'live' acoustics than the church in San Diego... the singing was lovely.

The other CD we listened to was a CD sent to me by the Monks at Clear Creek in Oklahoma. It is the Christmas chant CD that was recorded at Fontgombault (don't know if I spelled it correctly). I have sung several of the chants on that CD and found myself singing or humming along. Especially the Viderunt omnes was familiar, since our schola here sang it as a seasonal Communion chant for the entire Christmas season. Another particular favorite is the Christmas Day Introit -- Puer natus. I just love the opening words...

Tomorrow morning I hope to attend Mass at the Poor Clare monastery here. I brought my Graduale Romanum along this time and also my recorder. I am hoping I can record their singing. If I receive permission from the sisters, I hope to post the recordings later. There is a beautiful, clear, almost ethereal sound to their singing.

It is crisp and clear here in southern New Mexico... all is well.