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Today's responsorial psalm is 150, Praise God in His Holy Dwelling. This is a setting by Jan Vermulst, a Dutch composer who produced many works just before and just after the Second Vatican Council. It was recorded with a good full choir at St. Anthony's parish in Milwaukee.

L4.4 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen Pour les âmes au purgatoire; Je crois au Père, et au Fils et au Sainte Esprit, comme il était au commencement, maintenant et pour toujours pour les siècles des siècles. Amen Oh mon Jésus, pardonnes-nous nos offenses, préserves-nous des feux de l'enfer, conduisez au ciel toutes les âmes, spécialement celles qui ont le plus besoin de Ta miséricorde. Amen

I think Woody Guthrie was not religious at all, but he did record "Little Black Train." It's another song that uses trains as a metaphor, but this is the train of death rather than the train that's bound for glory. It's a sung warning. I originally heard this song from The Carter Family, and Guthrie's guitar playing is similar to Maybelle Carter's, but he sings this song solo.

"Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Mary Ann Spanjers offers a new reflection on Discernment from a Franciscan perspective.” We have become accustomed to rapid responses on Instagram, texts, google, amazon, drive thru meals, transportation…everything is meant to be more convenient, faster and complete. This is a daily reality that can be of tremendous help but also harm to our spiritual lives. We do not have practice at waiting, at pondering, praying, being silent. We need to practice.” “St. Francis tell us… about finding the right direction in our lives I believe that the first thing one must do when one becomes aware of the gift of God’s presence in one’s life is to do as Francis did; continue to look to God for direction...." https://fscc-calledtobe.org/2024/11/19/finding-your-right-direction-what-st-francis-tells-us/

L4.3 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Yes she would prefer that she be able to able to be a therapist as part of her apostolate. It's not a requirement for her, as she's open to whatever the Lord leads, but she very much enjoys her studies and work. She is open to communities that don't wear a habit, she is mostly concerned about having a healthy religious community and one that is still receiving vocations on a semi-regular basis. I think one of her concerns when I talked to her, was she doesn't want to join a community where she might have to "turn the lights off" in 20 or 30 years because of a lack of vocations. She current lives in the Midwest region of the US, and is pretty open to anywhere in the US. As for spiritual life she's pretty open, but she has a mild preference for a more monastic bent. I've also suggested the Benedictines in St. Leo FL, and the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration as ones to look into, don't know yet her thoughts on those suggestions. She loves prayer, but has mentioned to me that her calling is not to the cloister. As a friend I think a Benedictine or Carmelite community would suit her well.

Today's Gospel tells of Jesus healing the blind man sitting by the side of the road outside of Jericho. Luke's Gospel doesn't tell us the man's name, but the other Gospel's say his name is Bartimaeus. This song retells the story, but what makes it interesting to me is the style. It's country, and it reminds me of the trucking songs that were so popular for a while - the instrumentation and the almost funky bass remind me of the them from "Smoky and the Bandit." And the singer, Jonathan Wilburn, has similar kind of voice, too. And then there's the fact that he Americanizes the man's name from Barti=MAY-us to BART-imus. Anyway, here ya' go.

Hello, I hope all is well with everyone. I am looking for a copy of Pontifex’s “ Invincibles”. Can anyone point me in the right direction? It does not seem to be streaming anywhere currently, I keep and eye out for it on the major streaming services. I don’t mind a hardcopy. Any help would be appreciated.

Dottie Peoples is originally from Dayton, OH but has been living and working in Atlanta for a long time now. She was mentored by Dorothy Norwood, a couple of whose songs I've already posted. This song is called "Oh Lord, Let Me Lean on You." It's a live recording in which she was going back to her roots, that "old time Gospel" style - you can hear her make reference to it about two-thirds of the way through the song. A good many other Gospel singers do that do - a lot of them might record in the newer styles, but they never lose their appreciation of the older style, either.

L4.2 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

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The Maddox Brothers and Rose (their sister) typified the Bakersfield sound of country music. Rose had a longer career than her brothers did. She was usually their singer, and she had a distinctive voice - alto, somewhat brassy, somewhat rough, and a twang in her pronunciation. This is a popular Gospel song, "Drifting Too Far (from the Shore)." If you have trouble with her twang, the lyrics appear in the upper right corner of the video.

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The Fourth Luminous Mystery The Transfiguration Le Quatrième Mystère Lumineux La Transfiguration Notre Père, qui est au cieux, Que Ton nom soit sanctifier, Que Ton règne vienne, Que Ta volonter soit faite, sur la terre comme au ciel Donnes-nous aujourd'hui, notre pain de ce jours, Pardonnes-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux qui nous ont offenser. Ne nous soumet pas a la tentation, mais délivres-nous du mal. Amen L4.1 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est bÉni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

I'm in the mood for some Fontella Bass, so here's "(I Don't Feel) No Ways Tired." It's a standard, and she gives it a good straightforward treatment, with the intensity increasing throughout in volume or in key.

We are winding down the church year. Next Sunday, the feast of Christ the King, is the last Sunday in our liturgical year. After that, we begin again with Advent. As is usual for this time of year, the readings for this Sunday are about the end-times. The readings for today use apocalyptic language, the language of the end-times: Daniel’s vision, Jesus’ warnings. Apocalyptic language is marked by symbolic images, the expectation of the end of the world and, as the Webster Dictionary says, an “immanent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil.” In this, the second-to-last week of the Church year, Jesus has finally made it to Jerusalem. Near to His passion and death, He gives us a teaching of hope—telling us how it will be when He returns again in glory. Today’s Gospel is taken from the end of a long discourse in which He describes tribulations the likes of which haven’t been seen “since the beginning of God’s creation” . He describes what amounts to a dissolution of God’s creation, a “devolution” of the world to its original state of formlessness and void. It can be difficult and confusing for us to read these passages, and to try to figure out what they mean and how they apply to our own times. It’s important to remember that, from his words, Jesus appears to have believed that the end of the world was at hand. Paul, and others in the early church after Jesus’ death, also really believed that the end was imminent. They expected that the Kingdom of God would come at any time-hence Paul’s writings about not marrying and not being concerned about the things of this world. They truly believed there was no time to be worried about or distracted by the normal things that people are involved in, because it was all about to be wiped away. It got more difficult, of course, for the followers of Jesus and the early church as time went on and the end did not come. What, then, were they to think of these writings? How were they to understand them? The one thing about the apocalyptic writings, and the writings of the Old Testament prophets, is that there is always hope. The end of the world may come, the old way may be destroyed, but those who obey God’s commandments will be rewarded. The faithful remnant will be saved. Hope and faithfulness can seem like fleeting things, like foolishness, when our lives and our world are in turmoil. How can we be hopeful in the face of tragedy and loss? How can we remain faithful when things seem hopeless, and we are wondering where God is in the midst of our despair? Vaclav Havel Former President of the Czech Republic says, “Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.” Both Jesus and the writer of the letter to the Hebrews encourage us to endure, for the sake of the kingdom. We are called to work for something that is good, to work for the Kingdom of God. When we are in our darkest moments, when it all seems overwhelming, sometimes the best we can do is know that somehow God will use our suffering and turn it to good. We may not experience it, we may not recognize it, but for someone our experiences may become icons of God’s kingdom. As Jesus told the disciples, we do not know when the Kingdom of God will arrive, neither the day nor the hour. We don’t experience the same urgency that Jesus and his followers, or the members of the early church, did. But as the church year winds down, we also turn once again to the anticipation of the season of Advent and all it foretells. We turn once again to hope in the Light of the World, the hope of our redemption, and the promise of God’s kingdom.

L3.10 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Downhere was a rock Gospel group from Canada. This is their "Cathedral Made of People."

There's a whole bunch of communities where sisters work as mental health professionals, also in the Franciscan and ignatian spirituality. Maybe also the Carmelita's of the Most Sacred Heart in L.A., if she wants a community with lots of vocations. It would be helpful to know a little bit about her location (would she be willing to move cross country or even abroad in order to enter?) and her preferences re spiritual and communal life. (;

L3.9 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toute les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

This is The Carter Family from 1932 singing "I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All." They apparently learned the song from the Norfolk Jubilee Quartet who had begun recording for Okeh records in 1921. There's also a recording by Washington Phillips, from Texas. The structure is characteristic of Black folk songs - three repeated lines and fourth line that completes the thought. I'm posting the Carter Family version because it's a clearer recording, with fewer voices, so the words are easier to understand. As a Carter Family recording it's unusual because A.P. sings lead, Sarah sings harmony, and Maybelle doesn't sing at all. You can find other versions on YouTube, and Wikipedia has an entry about the song itself. My favorite line is "I wouldn't mind dying, but I got to go by myself."

L3.8 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

I believe there has always been cheating in elections - anyone who believes otherwise are likely naive. But the 2020 election took it to a new level... and I can't help but sniker a bit at the democrats screaming at themselves for those 15 million voters that didn't show up for them this time.