I will definitely ask the pastor about this. If he determines that it is not part of the vigil in the new Missal, that will silence the RCIA leader who promotes this response. Thanks, Kathy.

Charles, as promised, the updated Wisdom of God.

Maybe there is an escape for next year. I looked in the Missal for a new translation for this chant, and not only was it not there, but there was no reference to it. As far as I could see, it's no longer part of the Vigil (could be wrong).

Isn't it part of the RCIA, which the Missal defers too for the various bishops' conferences?

They totally made it up, as far as I can tell. And they don't do any of that crud at the Vatican.

However, I think there was an option for the PRIEST to say, "You have put on Christ" among all the other things he says and prays after a Baptism. Why we've got to do priest stuff, I don't get.

@redsox1: we used the Vulpius Alleluia after each baptism, and it seemed a decent thing to do, though I doubt it's in the Rite.

If we're going to interpolate a musical fanfare after baptisms, we may as well steal from the Byzantine rite and sing, "All of you who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ, allelu-i-a."

Easter Vigil--hired a mezzo soprano and baritone to sing all the responsorial psalms and lead all the hymns. Gorgeous duet of Franck's Panis Angelicus

Easter Sunday--adorable children's choir who sang "Regina Caeli" unaccompanied
Easter Sunday--mezzo soprano and alto sang Sequence duet. Beautiful.

Holy Thursday--3-part Ave Verum Corpus sung acapella

Happy moments:

Choir NAILING Sicut Cervus and Vidi Aquam at the Easter Vigil AND Easter Day.

Choir commenting after Easter Sunday, "That was a really good program this year." (Happy about that because I strove to find a balance of "old favorites" and high-quality, liturgically appropriate pieces, so that they could start learning to love the good stuff; and I think I succeeded.)

(What a nice little thread to revive!)
Here's my cute little story from the year:

So on Holy Thursday, I knew that the pastor (while otherwise a good priest who follows and preaches what the Church teaches,) was planning on inviting *anyone* (gag) to come up who wanted their feet washed after the chosen men were finished.
So, I'm up in the loft doing music with the choir, and we finished one thing but there will still 3 men remaining to have their feet washed. I *knew* that the pastor was probably going to need to make an announcement about people coming up, but what was I supposed to do? I started the next song. We were in the middle of the refrain when the pastor got up and said something to the congregation, and (possibly b/c no one could understand him b/c of the music- which I promise wasn't my intent!) not a single person got up! lol! yay!

CCC-
I'm not exactly sure what aspect you're referring to about lack of "ritual preparation," but you don't need to sound quite so condescending, b/c, trust me, this particular parish is far more liturgically-aware and attempts to follow the rubrics than probably 90% of the nearby parishes... (most of whom I'm sure did some far goofier things during the Triduum. I'm not saying that b/c we are "better" than them that we were perfect, but one little miscommunication or snafu [again, sorry, I'm not exactly sure what "cavalier approach" you were referring to,] really isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.)

we sang ford's vidi aquam... quite authentic! congrats dr ford.

*bump*

Because it might have been overlooked by many of you at a time when we were all decompressing from Holy Week and the Easter Triduum, I'm actually bumping and (re)calling attention to tomboysuze's heart-wrenching but uplifing post in this thread, which is at:

    this link.

My own response is three posts further down. I sent an email message about this to 35 people, mostly friends, family, and musical colleagues with the above link and a link to my reponse, asking them to read and, if at all possible, help this noble cause. A few of you were recipients of that email.

Since making a small contribution, I've been following the ChipIn tracker, seeing an initial bumpup in activity for a few days and, since then, virtually no movement, at 25% of the goal. When the first of May arrives, I'll make another contribution.

In the meantime, I sincerely urge you, please, to email your friends and any contacts who might be so disposed and in a position to help. And, if you can chip in even a small amount, it would be a big help.

I can only attest to the great comfort it has given me to be able to help people who are truly in need, both in the past and now. We have been helping a neighbor with two children who moved into the duplex next door, a good woman and great mother, facing continued obstacles and torment from an abusive and uncooperative ex-husband. In a lesser way, we are helping a person with health and other issues, a frend, who lives in California and is, in fact, a Catholic who attends a parish served by one of the regular contributors here – small world.

All of you have given so much to me in terms of camaraderie, moral support, and helpful information, and I'm sure you've done the same for each other many times. For this I am profoundly thankful to each of you. There are times, however, when we are called upon to do more, and we are just as grateful and enriched when our dear Lord places us in a position to help someone in need.

I would really like some more information on whether its use is required. The associate pastor did a baptism this morning, and for the first time, didn't sing it. I think it must not be in the baptismal liturgy anymore. If that is true, maybe I can find some ammo to neutralize the RCIA leader before next Easter Vigil.

.

oh, Dr. Mahrt.... you make us all sooo jealous...