Finally switched up the music for the verses come Advent:

Here's what we're using on the 8th...

With respect, Father -
Traditionally, though there are some who dispute it, Sundays are of Advent, but in Lent, allowing as how the forty days of Lent are calculated exclusive of Sundays.

Now, let us hear reasoning to the contrary from Father Krisman, who, I'm sure, must know what he is talking about.

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2012/02/quaeritur-are-sundays-part-of-lent/

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MJO, the terminology I used is that of the USA's approved and confirmed English-language translation of the Roman Missal and of the Lectionary for Mass. If another English-speaking conference of bishops has approved something difference from what is in the ICEL translation (which is what the USA follows), I'm sure all of us would be happy to learn that. Also, if Divine Worship has something different, it would be good to know that as well.

The prepositions used in the English titles do not match the Latin titles for the Sundays of Lent and the Sundays in Ordinary Time. Some typical Latin titles are:

DOMINICA PRIMA ADVENTUS (of Advent)
DOMINICA I IN QUADRAGESIMA (in Lent)
DOMINICA II PASCHAE (of Easter)
DOMINICA II "PER ANNUM" (throughout the year)

According to the General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar, no. 28: "Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of the Lord's Supper exclusive." So the Sundays of Lent are in Lent and are numbered among the days of Lent, which now are 44. ("Lord, who throughout these forty-four [two quavers to replace the crotchet] days, For us didst fast and pray...")

The Latin for no. 28 reads: "Tempus Quadragesimae decurrit a feria IV Cinerum ad Missam in Cena Domini exclusive." However, the translation in the 2010 Roman Missal has this: "The forty days of Lent run from Ash Wednesday up to but excluding the Mass of the Lord's Supper exclusive." I would guess that this wording is not that of ICEL but rather is one of the 10,000 or so changes made by the Vox Clara commission. But "forty days" is not in the Latin; "tempus quadragesima" means the season/time of Lent, or simply, Lent, as in the 1969 English translation.

Before Ash Wednesday and the three succeeding days were added to the Lenten season, Lent DID have 40 days: from the First Sunday of Lent (day one) through Holy Thursday (day 40). But when those four days were added, the ancients were not stupid. They knew that the expanded Lent had 44 days, so they got creative: don't count the six Sundays and add Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Presto! Back to 40 days, just not the traditional 40 days.

And, by the way, Jesus' forty days in the desert preceded his public ministry, not his entrance into Jerusalem.

And for the Milanese and all following the Ambrosian Rite, Lent still begins on the Sunday forty days before Good Friday. So instead of Mardi Gras they enjoy Sabato Grasso.