O Come, O Come Emmanuel . . .

. . . as performed by the Dominican Schola from the Dominican House of Studies under the direction of Fr. James Moore, O.P.



This will probably be my last post until after Christmas, maybe even until January -- unless I find something particularly interesting and timely to post.

Happy Advent and Merry Christmas!

Gregorian Chant for Advent from Benedictine Nuns

I think that the nuns in this video are the same ones mentioned in this article from LifeSiteNews.com. Here is a quote from the article:

The angelic voices of a new order of young nuns has taken the world by storm, surpassing Rod Stewart, Taylor Swift, and One Direction in sales last week at major retail outlets such as Amazon and Barnes&Noble.

If I am not mistaken, I believe I have received a couple of other chant CDs from these nuns for free in the mail, but it appears that they are reaching a wider audience with this new Advent CD. This appears to be the link to the CD on Amazon.com. The CD is currently ranked #63 on Amazon's bestsellers in the "Music" category. Very impressive!

Fr. Barron comments on Advent

One more video for Advent:

Another Advent Video

Here is another video about Advent that I found on the Aggie Catholics blog:



Also check out the comprehensive Advent 2012 post at Aggie Catholics, which includes Advent-related links, videos about Advent, and an Advent reflection.

What is Advent?

I am a little late on posting videos about Advent, but here is a good one that I found on the Aggie Catholics blog:



I had no idea what "Gangnam Style" meant until I looked it up, but the video makes sense even if you don't know what it means. I was not previously familiar with the organization that made the video, xt3.com. Evidently it is an "award-winning Catholic online network" which is run by the Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia.