The third event in our series, "Liturgy After Hours". We will explore the text and music of the simplest and first of the sung prayers of the Mass, the Kyrie. Known in English as "Lord Have Mercy," this prayer's simplicity has lent itself to some of the deepest musical meditations in the Church's repertoire. Through […]

In this event of our Liturgy After Hours series, we will explore the text and music of the Gloria in Excelsis Deo, the longest and, lyrically most complicated of the congregational chants of the Mass. A combination of pre-biblical hymns, pre-Constantinian theological language, and lot of musical notes, this hymn is a mass-favorite. Through guided […]

In this event of our series, Liturgy After Hours, we will explore the text and music of the Sanctus, perhaps the weightiest and most glorious of the congregational chants sung at Mass. Did you know that half of this chant was written by angels? Through guided attention to the text and music, we will ask, […]

In the last of our Liturgy After Hours for 2025, we will explore the text and music of the last congregational chant of the Mass, the Agnus Dei. Added to the rite of the Mass in the 7th century, it was perhaps a subtle dig at the Byzantine council which forbade visual depictions of the […]