Fact: St. Ann's Missa Cantata for Christ the King was MAGNIFICENT!

Wow... Gentle Readers... what a Mass! It has taken me a while to post my thoughts because I have just been on such a "spiritual high" since assisting at another Missa Cantata of St. Ann's.

As to its principal function of giving worship and glory to God... it has raised the bar even over the wonderful past Masses offered by that wonderful priest, Fr. Reid. In speaking to one woman after the Mass, she stated that she felt just so "spiritually uplifted"... and I must say, I did as well. And the church was packed! It was not standing-room only, but there was not far from it.

As to the more peripheral elements of the Mass that make it part of what it is... the 12 Altar servers were well trained and precise as always with lovely new silver torches and the music was just spectacular!

St. Ann's schola and choir are well known for their outstanding music, but this Mass' selections were just so wonder... the beautiful harmonized Asperges Me and regal Christus Vincit were outstanding "bookends" to the Gregorian chant in the middle.

What is just so amazing to me is how nobody wants to leave at the end of these Masses! It is as if they do not want the moment/euphoria/feeling to end... compare that to the Masses were after communion the faithful are making a fast-track to parking lot.

In closing, dear Readers, I understand that there was a reporter there for the Charlotte Observer doing an article on St. Ann's in general... what more special moment for that reporter to experience.... I look forward to seeing that article. I am also interested in hearing your thoughts... if you attended, please let me know your impressions as well.

Let us continue to pray that Fr. Reid, the Altar servers , the Schola and Choir will continued to be blest and continue to bring these wonderful "fonts of divine grace" to us faithful. (in a special way that the rumor of another Missa Cantata for Immaculate Conception will be proven to be true)

Christus Vincit! Christus Regnat! Christus Imperat!

Reminder: Missa Cantata at St. Ann's on Sunday, Oct. 31

Just a reminder Gentle Readers that Father Reid of St. Ann's parish on Park Road in Charlotte will be offering a Missa Cantata in honor of Christ the King at the 12.30pm timeslot on this Sunday, Oct. 31.

It is expected to be a spectacular offering to Almighty God which will be assisted by the St. Ann's Latin Altar Servers and the combined St. Ann's Schola Cantorum & Choir.

Hope to see 'standing room only' assistance by the Faithful as well....

P.S. Looks like St. Ann's Schola Cantorum has a blog site as well... why not jump over there and tell them what you think of there efforts....

One last note... grapevine still points to another Missa Cantata for Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8th...

Fact: Missa Cantata for Christ the King at St. Ann's in Charlotte

Dear Readers, we have official confirmation that there will be a Missa Cantata held at St. Ann's in Charlotte on Sunday, Oct. 31st at 12.30pm.

Let us pray for Fr. Reid, the Servers, and the Schola as they prepare to for this Missa Cantata in D.N.I.C. Universorum Regis. Please make plans to attend this Mass, it should be a wonderful offering to Almighty God!

Sedebit Dominus Rex in aeternum (the Lord takes His Throne as King forever)

Grapevine: Missa Cantata for Immaculate Conception at St. Ann's

The good news keeps coming from St. Ann's. I reported a few weeks ago that it looked like a Missa Cantata would be offered in place of a regularly scheduled Novus Ordo Mass on Sunday, Oct. 31 and I now hearing that the wonderful St. Ann's schola is also preparing for a Missa Cantata to be held on Wednesday, Dec. 8th for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

What is so wonderful about this news is that while Wednesday's Mass at St. Ann's is usually offered in the Extraordinary form (Low Mass)... it was usually canceled to make way for a conflicting Holy Day of Obligation if it fell on a Wednesday in order to offer the Mass in the Ordinary form... but it is looking like that will not happen this time!

Please pray for Father Reid and St. Ann's servers and Schola that make all this possible.

Ave Maria, conceived without sin, pray for us.

Grapevine: Missa Cantata for Christ the King ON A SUNDAY

Gentle Readers,

I am hearing very exciting news from the wonderful parish of St. Ann's in Charlotte: there is expected to be a Missa Cantata for Christ the King offered on Sunday, Oct. 31 in the 12.30pm "time slot".

The reason I am so excited it that this would be the first Sunday instance where the Mass in the Extraordinary form "overlays" a normally scheduled Novos Ordo Mass.

It is important that we get the word out and make sure this is a standing-room only Mass in support of Fr. Reid and his efforts. I am hopeful that if we get a huge turn out that the Extraordinary form Mass could finally gain its foothold on a "normal Sunday" time slot.

Watch here for confirmation... but spread the word... we need a full church for this one!!

Missa Cantata
Christ the King
Sunday, Oct. 31 -- 12.30pm
St. Ann's Church
Park Road
Charlotte, NC

Fact: "What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too"

Those wonderful words we remember in the Holy Father's Explanatory letter to Summorum Pontificum as we celebrate the 3rd anniversary, the important "reporting year" on the status of the Summorum Pontificum.

How can it be seen as anything other than a complete success.... think of how many of the faithful have since assisted at a Mass in the Extraordinary form? Think the the explosion of the various schola cantorum that have been formed to support those Masses, and whose recovery and use of Gregorian chant has seeped into the Ordinary form of the Mass as well.

Let us pray for His Holiness (ad multos annos) and for all the wonderful priests, servers, and scholae that make it all possible.


Introibo ad altare Dei...

Fact: Missa Cantata at St. Ann's on August 7

As the blessings and graces of the Mass in the Extraordinary form continue to pour out from St. Ann's Parish in Charlotte lead by its wonder pastor, Father Reid and a dedicated group of servers and hard-working schola cantorum...

I remind my dear Readers that the regular, First Saturday Mass (Sunday anticipated) in the Extraordinary form that Fr. Reid offers every month as a Low Mass will be offered on August 7 as a Missa Cantata ... XI Sunday after Pentecost (anticipated).

Music will be provided by the participants of the "Sing Like a Catholic" chant workshop to be held in Charlotte, also at St. Ann'.s on August 6-7. This includes several members of St. Ann's Schola Cantorum as well as experts from the Church Music Association of America (CMAA).