LOW/QUASIMODO/DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY (II Easter) 8:00 version

Following is a clip from a blog post I made for my other parish (Sacred Heart in West Warwick), about the different names for the Second Sunday of Easter, adapted for St. Eugene's.

Liturgical Tidbits   from Brian Michael Page

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

This Second Sunday of Easter, the eighth day of the Easter Octave, is traditionally known as “Low Sunday.”  The origin of the name is unknown, but is meant to contrast between that first and final days of the Octave, between the high feast of Easter Sunday (and its Great Vigil) and the finale (Low Sunday) (source: newadvent.org).

Another name traditionally given is “Quasimodo Sunday,” not after the lead character in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but after the first word of the Introit in Latin: “Quasi modo geniti infantes, rationabile, sine dolo lac concupiscite” (Like newborn babes, crave for pure spiritual milk).  Incidentally, the names “Gaudete Sunday” (for the Third Sunday of Advent) and “Laetare Sunday” (for the Fourth Sunday of Lent) are also after their respective Introits’ first words, both meaning “Rejoice.”

Today we name this day “Divine Mercy Sunday,” as decreed by Pope John Paul II in 2000 upon the canonization of St. Faustina Kowalska, who had received revelations from Our Lord Jesus Christ on the Divine Mercy (source: ewtn.com).

THREE SONGS OF THOMAS

In today’s Gospel, the Apostles revealed to Thomas, “We have seen the Lord.”  Thomas replied that he will not believe it until he has put his finger into the nail marks or touch his hands or his side.  Jesus replied, “You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me!  Blessed are those who have not seen me but still believe!” (also repeated in today’s Alleluia verse).  Three of today’s hymns reflect this.

Ye sons and daughters (Breaking Bread, #183) – At the Offertory, we will skip the first three verses today and go right to the Gospel allusion, which begins with verse 4, which directly depicts the scene I mention in the above paragraph (which goes from verses 4 through 8).

Godhead here in hiding (Breaking Bread, #370) – This hymn, which will be sung during Communion, has a couple of allusions.  I call your attention to a couple of verses (I will use the most directly translated hymn, Godhead Here in Hiding.)  Verses 2 and 4:

  2. Seeing, touching, tasting are in thee deceived;
      How says trusty hearing? That shall be believed;
      What God’s Son has told me, take for truth I do;
      Truth himself speaks truly, or there’s nothing true.
 
  4. I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see,
      But I plainly call thee Lord and God as he.
      This faith each day deeper be my holding of,
      Daily make me harder hope and dearer love.

Incidentally, the hymn text in Latin comes from another Thomas, that is, St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), author of several Eucharistic hymns, including the beloved Tantum Ergo.

We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight (Breaking Bread, #472) – The title here is self-explanatory.  Here, while not calling out Thomas directly, we still “call out” his doubt in singing these words (Verses 1 and 2 are as follows):

   1. We walk by faith and not by sight; No gracious words we hear
       Of him who spoke as none e’er spoke, But we believe him near.
  
  2. We may not touch his hands and side, Nor follow where he trod,
      But in his promise we rejoice, And cry, “My Lord and God!”

This is our recessional hymn today, set to the familiar tune, “St. Anne,” most commonly used with the hymn, O God, Our Help in Ages Past.  The author is Henry Alford, who also gave us the beloved Thanksgiving hymn, Come, Ye Thankful People, Come.

And now, without further ado, the music for this Sunday

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Gloria and Memorial Acclamation: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Gloria may be recited or sung, according to the celebrant's discretion)

Sanctus and Agnus Dei: People's Mass (Jan Vermulst) (Listen)
Amen: Dresden Amen

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings begin on page 141 in the Breaking Bread Hymnal.

Psalm 118: R./ Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love is everlasting. (Owen Alstott)

Alleluia "O Filii et Filiae" (Mode II/BMP)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #193 Jesus Christ is ris'n today ("Easter Hymn") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #183 Ye sons and daughters ("O Filii et Filiae"/Mode II) (Listen)

- We will start with verse 4.

Hymn during Communion: #370 Godhead here in hiding (Mode V) (Listen)

- While this listen link is being sung in the original Latin ("Adoro te devote"), we will sing the text in English.

Recessional hymn: #472 We walk by faith ("St. Anne") (Listen)

- This is sung , not to the tune written in the hymnal, but to the tune of another familiar hymn, "O God, our help in ages past".  The words, however, are the same.

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

V LENT (Last Sunday) and PALM SUNDAY (This Sunday), and TWO PASSION SUNDAYS? WHAT???

Forgot to post last week's music.  My bad.

Many in this age may not realize this, but traditionally there are TWO Passion Sundays.  The Fifth Sunday of Lent (last Sunday), until the Mass (including the Lectionary) underwent its 1969 alteration, was known as the "First Sunday of the Passion" (or "Passion Sunday").  Palm Sunday was also known as the "Second Sunday of the Passion".

In the First Sunday of the Passion (traditional calendar), Jesus confronts a crowd of Jews who imply that he might be a "devil", and question that he's "not even fifty years old yet, but he's already seen Abraham???"  Of course, Jesus stood up to them, saying "Abraham came to be, therefore I am."  He managed to escape a stoning.

The modern Mass ("Novus Ordo" or "Ordinary Form") has a three-year liturgical cycle of readings.  Last Sunday, we heard the Gospel depicting another passion - that is, the death of Jesus' good friend, Lazarus.  When Jesus got to the tomb of Lazarus, he cried out, "Lazarus, come out!"  And he did come out, hands and feet bound, though he had been dead for four days.  A happy ending of sorts for that day.

Palm Sunday has a triumphant beginning, but a somber ending.  It starts with Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where the crowds cheer, "Hosanna to the Son of David!  Hosanna in the highest!" to a somber ending: Jesus put to death on the Cross.  From there we have to wait till Easter till we can rejoice again.

In the modern liturgy (three-year rotation), we read the Passion according to St. Matthew this year.  Next year, St. Mark.  Last year, St. Luke.  The Good Friday Passion is always that according to St. John.  In the traditional calendar (same readings every year), the St. Matthew Passion is read on Palm Sunday, St. Mark on the Monday of Holy Week, and St. Luke on the Tuesday of Holy Week.  Wednesday is traditionally known as "Spy Wednesday", in which Judas handed Jesus over to be arrested and put to death by crucifixion (for 30 silver pieces).

SO:

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

March 20 - Stations of the Cross (7:00 PM)

Entrance hymn: #709 Take up your cross ("Erhalt uns, Herr")

Recessional hymn: #712 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer")

March 22 - Fifth Sunday of Lent (8:00 AM)

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Kyrie XVI or recited
Sanctus (ICEL chant)
Save us, Savior of the world (Memorial Acclamation/ICEL chant)
Single Amen (do do-re)
Agnus Dei XVIII: #843

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings are on page 85 in the Breaking Bread hymnal

Psalm 130: With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption (BMP)

Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory (Fr. Samuel F. Weber, OSB)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #140 Lord, who throughout these forty days ("St. Flavian")

Offertory hymn: #630 Abide with me ("Eventide")

Hymn during Communion: #160 When I survey the wondrous cross ("Hamburg")

Recessional hymn: #712 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer")

March 27 - Stations of the Cross (7:00 PM)

Entrance hymn: #630 Abide with me ("Eventide")

Recessional hymn: #712 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer")

Now here's where this gets interesting...

March 29 - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

ORDINARY OF THE MASS same as March 22, above, except there is no Kyrie.

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings are on page 117 in the Pew Missal.

Psalm 22: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? (Owen Alstott)

Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory (Fr. Samuel F. Weber, OSB)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance antiphon: #21 Hosanna to the Son of David (Mode VII/page 88)

Hymn during the Procession: #147 All glory, laud and honor ("St. Theodulph") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: Pew Missal, #158 O sacred Head surrounded ("Passion Chorale") (Listen)

- The choir in this listen link is singing this at the tempo it should be sung: slow and deliberate.  This highlights the "Passion" feel, plus the passing tones that J.S. Bach used in the harmony can be heard nicely.
- On a secular note: listen to "O sacred Head", then listen to "American Tune" by Paul Simon.  Simon used the tune of "O sacred Head" as the base for his "American Tune".

Hymn during Communion: #156 Were you there (Spiritual)

Recessional hymn: #155 Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory ("Pange Lingua") (Listen)

- This is one of two "Pange Lingua" texts.  This one, passion themed, is a translation from a "Pange Lingua" by Venantius Fortunatus.  The other, which is usually sung on Holy Thursday when the Holy Eucharist is solemnly transferred, is a translation from the more famous "Pange Lingua" by St. Thomas Aquinas, which ends with the "Tantum Ergo."  The tune for both is the same.

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

STATIONS AND SOUP AT SEVEN and LAETARE SUNDAY AT EIGHT

Laetare, Latin for "Rejoice", as begins this day's introit: Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and all who love her!  Be joyful, those in mourning!  Exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast!

The man born blind now can see.

MUSIC FOR STATIONS

Friday, March 13 (7:00 PM)

Entrance hymn: #407 There's a wideness in God's mercy ("In Babilone") (Listen)
Recessional hymn: #712 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer") (Listen)
- Fanfare courtesy of Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, MA, Richard J. Clark, organist/director.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sunday IV in Lent (Laetare) - Sunday, March 15 (8:00 AM)

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Kyrie XVI or recited
Sanctus (ICEL chant)
Save us, Savior of the world (Memorial Acclamation/ICEL chant)
Single Amen (do do-re)
Agnus Dei XVIII: #843

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings are on page 82 in the Breaking Bread hymnal

Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want (Owen Alstott)

Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory (Fr. Samuel F. Weber, OSB)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #709 Take up your cross ("Erhalt uns, Herr") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #519 The King of love my shepherd is ("St. Columba") (Listen)

Communion hymn: #424 Be thou my vision ("Slane") (Listen)

- Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart...waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Recessional hymn: #447 Amazing grace ("New Britain")

- Verse 1: I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.

- I doubt we need a listen link for "Amazing Grace".  ;)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

STATIONS OF THE CROSS at SEVEN (PM) and III LENT at EIGHT (AM)

Lord, you are truly the Savior of the world.  Give me living water that I may never thirst again. (John 4:42, 15, this Sunday's verse to the Gospel Acclamation, which are also excerpts from today's Gospel reading.)

These passages drew me to today's offertory hymn I heard the voice of Jesus say (Breaking Bread hymnal, #524), as the second verse alludes to them.

    I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Behold I freely give

    The living water, thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink and live."

    I came to Jesus, and I drank Of that life giving stream;

    My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, And now I live in him.

That said, I now present to you:

MUSIC FOR STATIONS

Friday, March 6 (7:00 PM)

Entrance hymn: #146 The glory of these forty days ("Erhalt Uns, Herr") (Listen)
Recessional hymn: #712 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer") (Listen)
- Fanfare courtesy of Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, MA, Richard J. Clark, organist/director.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sunday III in Lent - Sunday, March 8 (8:00 AM)

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Kyrie XVI or recited
Sanctus (ICEL chant)
Save us, Savior of the world (Memorial Acclamation/ICEL chant)
Single Amen (do do-re)
Agnus Dei XVIII: #843

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings are on page 79 in the Breaking Bread hymnal

Psalm 95: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Owen Alstott)

Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory (Fr. Samuel F. Weber, OSB)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #561 Praise to the Holiest in the height ("Newman") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #524 I heard the voice of Jesus say ("Kingsfold") (Listen)

- I generally play this tune a tad slower, but couldn't resist posting the fanfare from Boston.  I have to admit that I wasn't expecting a "Picardy third" at the end, that is, when a hymn is in a minor key, but the final chord is major.

Communion hymn: #407 There's a wideness in God's mercy ("In Babilone") (Listen)

- Another hymn I play a tad slower.  There is another video from the same channel where the announcer announced "There's a WILDERNESS in God's mercy" (tee hee).  I've heard my share of hymn announcment bloopers ("The strike is o'er", for example), but my first time stumbling onto that one.

Recessional hymn: #132 Forty days and forty nights ("Heinlein") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

STATIONS OF THE CROSS at 7:00 PM and II LENT (aka in some circuits, "Transfiguration Sunday") at 8:00 AM

Each year on the Second Sunday of Lent, one of the evangelists (this year, Matthew) gives an account of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  Though the actual feast of the Transfiguration falls on the fixed date of August 6, the Gospel echoes that theme this Sunday.

Today's hymns reflect the Transfiguration theme as well.  The recessional hymn, The glory of these forty days, mentions Moses and Elijah in the second verse.  The middle verses of today's offertory hymn, Beautiful Savior, depict the dazzling brightness of the garments of Christ.  Finally, today's entrance hymn, 'Tis good, Lord, to be here, gathers all the elements of today's Gospel reading.

That said:

MUSIC FOR STATIONS

Friday, February 27 (7:00 PM)

Entrance hymn: #132 Forty days and forty nights ("Heinlein") (Listen)
Recessional hymn: #712 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer") (Listen)
- Fanfare courtesy of Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, MA, Richard J. Clark, organist/director.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Kyrie XVI or recited
Sanctus (ICEL chant)
Save us, Savior of the world (Memorial Acclamation/ICEL chant)
Single Amen (do do-re)
Agnus Dei XVIII: #843

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings are on page 77 in the Breaking Bread hymnal

Psalm 33: Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ)

Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory (Fr. Samuel F. Weber, OSB)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #126 Tis good, Lord, to be here ("Swabia") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #209 Beautiful Savior ("St. Elizabeth") (Listen)

- I take this just a tad slower.
Hymn during Communion: #222 Soul of my Savior ("Anima Christi") (Listen)

Recessional hymn: #146 The glory of these forty days ("Erhalt Uns, Herr") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

STATIONS OF THE CROSS at 6:30 PM and I LENT at 8:00

I'm once again honored and humbled to be your organist for Stations of the Cross ("Stations and Soup") on the Fridays of Lent! ;)

During Lent, with the exception of the Fourth Sunday (Laetare Sunday, March 15), the following two rules are observed:

    1. I take a little bit off the organ.  It may not sound like much, but some brighter stops are put

        to less use (e.g., using only the swell mixture where normally the great mixture would be used

        or taking off a brighter principal stop).

    2. There will be no prelude or postlude (that is, the instrumental music before and after Mass).
        So if you don't hear any music before the entrance hymn, rest assured of two things: 1. I did
        show up to Mass, ready to do my work, and 2. I did not fall asleep. ;)

The liturgical norm during Lent, except for the Fourth Sunday and Solemnities (there are two: St. Joseph Day, March 19, and Annunciation, March 25), is that the organ should only be used to support singing.

With that, I present to you...

MUSIC FOR STATIONS:

Friday, February 20 (6:30 PM)

Entrance hymn: #140 Lord, who throughout these forty days ("St. Flavian") (Listen)

Recessional hymn: #712 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer") (Listen)
- Fanfare courtesy of Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, MA, Richard J. Clark, organist/director.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sunday I of Lent (February 22)

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Kyrie XVI or recited

Sanctus (ICEL chant)
Save us, Savior of the world (Memorial Acclamation/ICEL chant)
Single Amen (do do-re)

Agnus Dei XVIII: #843

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings are on page 75 in the Breaking Bread hymnal

Psalm 51: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned (C. Alexander Peloquin)

Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory (Fr. Samuel F. Weber, OSB)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #561 Praise to the Holiest in the height ("Newman") (Listen)

- This hymn alludes to the original sin of Adam (and Eve, too - it takes two to tango), which is cited in both the first and second readings of the day.

Offertory hymn: #368 Shepherd of souls ("St. Agnes") (Listen)

- That allusion to not living by bread alone explains my use of this hymn on I Lent.

Responsory during Communion: #138 Have mercy on us, Lord (Mode V)

Recessional hymn: #140 Lord, who throughout these forty days ("St. Flavian")

- The first two verses allude to Jesus' overcoming the temptations of Satan in the desert, the day's Gospel.

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

THE REMAINDER OF WINTER "GREEN SEASON" and "PUTTING THE ALLELUIA AWAY" REVISITED

Sorry I've been a bit lax on posting the music for Mass the last couple of weeks.  Two weeks ago, I just totally forgot.  Last week, I was waiting to see what the weather was going to give us.  I think many of us can agree that this is the worst winter in this area since 2015.  If you remember that year, for six weeks solid in February and even March, we got one snow storm after another.  One storm gets plowed out, the next one would come in almost immediately after, and each of these storms gave us six inches or more of snow.  This year, it seems like the snow likes to hit us on weekends, Sundays especially.

Before I print the lists for the past two weeks and this coming week, here is a blurb from last year (adapted for this year) about "putting the Alleluia away".

Today we enter the Sixth Sunday of the Year, or, the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.  In addition to hymns that may align with the day's Scripture, we also tend to use hymns that include the word "Alleluia" multiple times per verse.  The recessional hymn for this weekend fits that description well.  That hymn is Ye watchers and ye holy ones, which contains six to seven alleluias per verse.  The postlude following the hymn, albeit organ only, is Festive Alleluia by Gordon Young, in which the primary theme is "Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, amen!"

On that Sunday, or even on Tuesday (Mardi Gras), some churches have a ritual for "burying" or "putting away" the Alleluia, which often includes a hymn, namely one called Alleluia, song of gladness.  In the case of St. John Cantius Church in Chicago, a church that has a little of everything - Mass in English (Ordinary Form, of course) as well as Mass in Latin in both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Form - the Alleluia (on a plaque) is carried to its "place of repose" (just like the Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday), then "buried" under the cloth of the side altar, then incensed.  See for yourself!  

        Alleluia, song of gladness, Voice of joy that cannot die;

        Alleluia is the anthem Ever dear by choirs on high;

        In the house of God abiding Thus they sing eternally.

        Alleluia, thou resoundest, True Jerusalem and free;

        Alleluia, joyful mother, All thy children sing with thee;

        But by Babylon's sad waters Mourning exiles still are we.

        Alleluia cannot always Be our song while here below;

        Alleluia our transgressions Make us for a while forgo;

        For the solemn time is coming When our tears for sin shall flow.

        Therefore in our hymns we pray thee, Grant us, blessèd Trinity,

        At the last to keep glad Easter In our home beyond the sky,

        There to thee for ever singing Alleluia joyfully.

Notice how in that hymn tells us that we must for a time be mournful - mournful of our sins - mournful for the trials of Christ leading from his being tempted in the desert until his Passion and death - until the day of his Resurrection, at which we can sing "Alleluia!" once again.

On a lighter note, when I was music director at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Providence, we used to have a Mass on the day before Ash Wednesday (you know, Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday), followed by a "Bring Your Most Fattening Dessert" coalition in the school hall.  Needless to say, my wife Ann would bring her own brand of Reese's peanut butter cups.  MMMMM!  They were so good, and usually amongst the first items to be devoured by those in attendance!  Many other delicious treats brought in as well!

The next day, of course, was Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting!

And now, without further ado...

 

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (or recited, celebrant's discretion)

Sanctus and Agnus Dei: People's Mass (Jan Vermulst) (Listen)
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)

Amen: Danish Amen

Sunday IV - February 1

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Breaking Bread book, page 65

Psalm 146: R./ Blessed are the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs. (Richard Rice)

Alleluia I for Ordinary Time (BMP)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #708 Come, thou almighty King ("Italian Hymn")
Offertory hymn: #524 I heard the voice of Jesus say ("Kingsfold")

Communion hymn: #651 O breathe on me, O breath of God ("St. Columba")

Recessional hymn: #728 Crown him with many crowns ("Diademata")

Sunday V - February 8

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Breaking Bread book, page 67

Psalm 112: R./ The just man is a light in darkness to the upright. (BMP) (Listen)

- The listen link is from a Mass that took place this past Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.  I am happy to say that most of the Psalm settings sung there come from the pen of yours truly.  Fast forward to about the 14-minute mark and you'll hear this Sunday's Psalm setting in action with their excellent choir.

Alleluia I for Ordinary Time (BMP)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #313 All people that on earth do dwell ("Old Hundredth")

Offertory hymn: #481 Faith of our fathers ("St. Catherine")

Communion hymn: #582 Immortal, invisible, God only wise ("St. Denio")
Recessional hymn: #207 Holy God, we praise thy Name ("Großer Gott")

Sunday VI - February 15

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Breaking Bread book, page 69

Psalm 119: R./ Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord. (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)

Alleluia I for Ordinary Time (BMP)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #213 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty ("Lobe den Herren") (Listen)

- This listen link fresh from Westminster Abbey, London.

Offertory hymn: #411 Love divine, all loves excelling ("Hyfrydol") (Listen)

Communion hymn: #25 Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory (Mode III) (Listen)

- This listen link contains the original Latin, as well as translations in Polish and English.  The English translation in the video differs from that given in the hymnal, but the tune is the same.

Recessional hymn: #716 Ye watchers and ye holy ones ("Lasst uns Erfreuen") (Listen)

Postlude (organ): Festive Alleluia (Gordon Young)

Now THAT'S putting the Alleluia away with a bang!

Quod scripsi, scripsi!

BMP