Remember this video? It went viral.
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/XJulhGUh8vU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0×234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1
Well, take a gander at THIS! It is Made of Awesome!
Category Archives: music
Favorite Songs
Fox News has a little video up about their least favorite Christmas songs. But I’d rather go with something The Anchoress asked:
What is your favorite song(s) at Christmas, and why?
Here are my answers. And, yes, it’s plural because how can you pick a favorite? It’s like picking a favorite child!
- “Silent Night” This is a beautiful piece, and it never fails to make me cry when I sing it at Midnight Mass. The third verse just melts my heart!
Silent Night, Holy Night
Son of God, Love’s pure Light
Radiant beams from Thy Holy Face
With the dawn of redeeming Grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy Birth!
Jesus, Lord, at Thy Birth! - “O, Holy Night” How can you not get chills when you hear them proclaim:
Fall on your knees and hear the angels’ voices!
- “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” I love this song for one of the last verses because it reminds me of what we’re celebrating. It sums up the beginning of the Gospel the way the Alleluia Chorus sums up the end:
Christ by highest Heaven adored
Christ, the Everlasting Lord
Late in time, behold Him come!
Offspring of the Virgin’s womb
Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see!
Hail, the Incarnate Diety!
Pleased, as Man, with men to dwell
Jesus, our Emanuel!
Hark! The herald angels sing!
Glory to the newborn King! - “O Come, All Ye Faithful” I am tearing up right now as I think of when I’ll sing the following tonight:
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee
Born this happy morning!
Jesus, to Thee be all glory gi’en
Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him: Christ the Lord! - “The Little Drummer Boy” No, it’s not a hymn as the rest of this list has been. But it’s always made me cry, even as a child. When I was a little girl learning to play the piano, I learned this song. I played it with VIGOR! (Probably a bit more loudly than necessary or what is meant to be.) But I played it for Him, you see. I played my best for Him, and I’ll bet He smiled at me, just like the boy in the song. This one is to remind us that no gift, when given to Christ with love, is too small for Him. He can take the simplest of gifts and magnify them.
We aren’t called to great things, but to do small things with great love. This song, as cheesy as some people might think it is, reminds us of that. And, in these times of economic difficulties for many, it’s a good thing to remember at Christmas. We aren’t called to give great, big gifts. We’re called to give good gifts. And the greatest Gift is Love, which is freely given to all. The love we give our children (as well as the gift of faith) is the greatest gift they receive. When the toys they get this year are long gone and in a trash heap, it’s going to be the love you gave them that lives on. They can do without another DS game. They can do without the iPod or the computer. But they can’t do without our love.
Tell me in the comments:
What are your favorite Christmas songs, and why?
Also, don’t forget to vote in the poll on cookies. I’ll put the recipe up after Christmas. Because it’s never too late to make cookies. 
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Free Christmas Music!
Amazon has free Christmas music downloads, but I do feel obligated to warn you that they are not all really Christmas music. The Boxmasters’ single seems anti-Christmas and actually has an “Explicit” warning on it!
That said, it’s still free downloads, and their handy-dandy MP3 download tool makes it easier to do (and loads it straight into iTunes for you).
Don’t worry (as I did) that you missed a few days…Amazon allows you to download all the songs so far this month!
There is a really pretty “Coventry Carol” available that I would highly recommend as a remedy to the noise and bustle that seems to be everywhere. Just look for the album cover you see to the left.
"ButNowIKnowFourBecauseOscarTaughtMeTheWordForLip -USTA!"
The girls are watching the Silly Song Countdown from Veggie Tales today. They’ve been on a Big Idea kick for the last week. Not that I’m complaining! I love the veggies!
Our priest is Polish and has confirmed what Larry says in this song.
I cannot, however, guarantee that I spelled that word correctly. So if I did spell it wrong, feel free to correct me in the comments section.
Kind of Puts "I am the Bread of Life" to Shame, Doesn’t It?
I wish my parish would occasionally sing something this grand. But we can’t even do that for First Communion because the children are all spread out on different dates, so there’s no specific “First Communion Mass.”
Hat tip to First Things blog
Political Note
I loaded a video onto YouTube (been floating around in my head for a while). It’s political in nature, so you can see it here:
And it might not last. Apparently, I already got caught for using copyrighted material.
And it is BLOCKED and is not showing up on my YouTube channel. Wow. It was done in about 45 minutes.
