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Yesterday I was excited to make a video of Compline - taking the previous recording and putting all the pages from the booklet on the screen. In my enthusiasm and conceited checking of stats, I forgot to post this recording, which I now post belatedly. I think it's still in time for those over on the American side of the world. This is the first recording we have made for Saturday in Paschaltide....

Happy Feast day of St Joseph the Worker! We had a great day today, but exhausting, and our usual bringer of calm and gravity went to bed early. Our most junior member also went to bed early, but the influence of the two polar opposites being absent did not balance completely, and you hear some stifled chuckles, and not-so-stifled giggles, in this recording. So, this is Compline for a First Class F...

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Tonight's recording is one of the clearest so far - no coughs or hiccups as far as I can tell. Our youngest singer was being a bit cheeky at times, but she is much quieter on the recording than she seems during the recording. Also, we have a new photo of our zoom microphone which is a bit more relevant than the elaborate church interior which had been chosen from a range of stock photos, so I don'...

Tonight we had a call from my mother, Teresa. Instead of calling back later, I thought we may as well have her join in. She's fairly quiet on the recording and there's a bit of a lag - I think it was more distracting when singing than listening. If it is too distracting you can find last week's Tuesday in Paschaltide on compline.brandt.id.au . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

Tonight our toddler was wide awake (and still is while I type) so you can probably hear her chattering away in places in the recording. It doesn't seem nearly as distracting playing it back as it was while recording. She sings along while I'm editing the file - there's hope yet! Booklet with words, music and English translations at compline.brandt.id.au God bless you. This is a public episode. If...

In Australia and New Zealand we commemorate our fallen soldiers on the 25th April, the anniversary of the Gallipoli landing in World War II. While the rest celebrate the feast of St Mark, we have Requiem Masses for those who died defending their homeland. So, it's a really short instalment tonight. Flip to Appendix D in your booklets, or have a look in the All Souls Day section if you're using a L...

Tonight we bravely or foolishly attempted to sing a 16th century four part Regina Caeli by Gregor Aichinger. See what you think. Friday psalms pointed for the Alleluia are in Appendix C of the booklet you'll find at compline.brandt.id.au God bless you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vbrandt.substack.com

Today is the feast of St George, patron saint of England. Those in England have a First Class Feast, so would sing Compline with the Sunday Psalms as we did last Sunday . For the rest of the world, we have a regular Thursday in Paschaltide. Plus tonight one person had the hiccups. Which makes a change as the one with the coughs was busy on history homework due at midnight. Happy Paschaltide! This...

Tonight's recording is pretty straightforward. The Psalm is the regular Wednesday psalm, but as the Antiphon is the Paschal Alleluia, then the mode of the Psalm is different, so the little bold and italic syllables are different. If you don't care about the bold and italics, then you can just ready the Psalm in the regular part of the booklet. If you do like to know when to change note, then you'l...

This episode opens with our toddler talking about starting a band. I thought I'd include it for some variety. Remembering to sing the Alleluias is getting easier. compline.brandt.id.au This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vbrandt.substack.com

I asked my daughter what I should write about tonight and she declared that she lost a tooth. So there you go. In other news, today is a Monday in Paschaltide with no other feasts, so we sang the Monday Psalms with the Triple Alleluia Antiphon. Booklets at compline.brandt.id.au . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis...

This evening Compline gets a bit more normal. The hymn and the short responsory return. The antiphons are more normal, in a Paschal way. But, after a few evenings without recording, I forgot to set up the microphone beforehand. Luckily the bits we missed were much the same as the previous recordings for Easter Week, so I have edited together a passable version for your edification. Pick up your bo...

Sing All the Easter Music! We start with a relatively modern piece, only a couple of hundred years old, then a medieval sequence and finish with a piece from around the fall of the Roman Empire. O Filii et Filiae Alleluia - the really famous one Victimae Paschali Laudes Salve Festa Dies All these pieces and more are in newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au . Download and print your own or buy a printed cop...

Happy Easter! Here we run through  Haec Dies Jubilate Deo Regina Caeli and then finish up with Compline for the Easter Octave - which is the same every day this week, so I haven't recorded every evening. I'll try remember all the best repartee and recreate it in future compline recordings. So, the hymnbook is at newbookoldhymns.brandt.id.au and Compline is at compline.brandt.id.au . This is a publ...

Tonight we are all tired. Some of us stayed up late watching the Easter Vigil last night. Some of us sustained minor burns with experiments with candles during the Exusltet. All of us have eaten much more chocolate than we are accustomed to. So, tonight there were some frayed tempers before Compline. But, we did it! Maybe our voices show the strain a little. It would be interesting to record the a...

Well, that was an enormous day! We improvised a home Stations of the Cross with little numbered crosses drawn on small cards tacked around the house. The booklets were from a little book from 1859 on the Internet Archive . Then we watched Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. Then the livestreamed Mass of the Pre-Sanctified from Maternal Heart of Mary Church, Lewisham . Then we realised we hadn’...

Tonight Compline is usually said right after Mass with the Blessed Sacrament in the Altar of Repose. Tonight we are stuck at home watching Mass over the internet, but we still managed Compline. You're link for a booklet to follow along is: compline.brandt.id.au You may hear a few coughs - one son with a cough, another with sniffles. Really helps keep your prayer life going in these times! God bles...

See compline.brandt.id.au for a handy booklet with all the translations and tunes. Spy Wednesday gets it's name from the tradition that Judas made his arrangements to betray Jesus the day before the Last Supper. Tonight our youngest welcomes you to Compline. This is the last normal-ish Compline until Easter - though Easter week itself is a bit unusual too. This is the last Ave Regina Caelorum! Thi...

Today is a great day . Tonight I’ll just upload the prayer part - Booklet still at compline.brandt.id.au God bless you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vbrandt.substack.com

So, tonight we got the giggles. It sometimes happens. The pause for the examination of conscience sobered us up though and the rest went smoothly. We don't mean to judge people who pray seated in a bean bag. There's a bit of background at the end of the recording about the logic behind the idea. I took a photo tonight of the view from where I was pinned to the couch under a sleeping toddler - I'll...

Happy Palm Sunday! Holy Week is here! We watched Mass at Maternal Heart Church this morning and can thoroughly recommend Viewing the recording on Facebook . This is the place we picked up the Compline habit on their Thursday evening Masses. Legend has it, that in the beginning they only had Mass on Sundays. Thursdays were choir practice days, but then, since everyone was there already, they had Ma...

Daylight Savings ends tomorrow and we ended up staying up a little later than usual planning strategies for Holy Week observance from home, so this recording comes a little late. Owing to staying up late, we taped a fair bit of inconsequential chatter before starting Compline and I have preserved a snippet at the beginning of tonight's episode for posterity. So pick up a booklet from compline.bran...

We recorded three nights then skipped three nights and now another recording makes it this far. Tonight's recording features a clinking spoon from one child who is not quite up to reading along yet and was enjoying a cup of tea slurped from a spoon to help it cool down. Because we're a family, not a monastery. Hopefully it's not too distracting. Penance! I hope it does inspire more people to pick...