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I recommend singing the Marian antiphon at the conclusion of Compline (Night Prayer), which is the traditional practice. In short, we should sing the Marian antiphon every night before bed. When We Should Sing the Seasonal Marian Antiphons Once you and your family have mastered these chants, you can begin sharing them with others. It requires no gradual or elaborate implementation. Not only does this give you something in common with all of these people, which is itself beneficial, it also allows for the singing of these chants at any time or place: in our homes, churches, and schools in processions through our parish neighborhoods and even abroad as we travel.Īnd singing the Marian antiphons is something concrete that we can begin immediately in our own homes. The chants should reside within you, where they will become part of you–and not just part of you personally, but also part of your family members, friends, and fellow parishioners. And let me stress the importance of learning these chants by heart. The melodies are simple the texts are short they don’t take long to sing they can be learned one at a time as each new liturgical season commences and both children and adults can easily learn to sing them by heart, i.e., without hymnals, music, or accompaniment. The four seasonal Marian antiphons are ideal Gregorian chants for all Catholics to learn. Therefore (although it is routinely ignored), it is unsurprising that Vatican II’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy described Gregorian chant as a “treasure of inestimable value” that is to be given the “first place” in our liturgies. Chanting prayers in Latin goes farther by uniting Catholics in both word and song, thereby giving us a shared musical heritage and a foundation for our culture. Prayers in Latin achieve this in a particular way because they allow Catholics from around the world to pray together they also unite us with Catholics from ages past. Catholics need distinctive and shared practices to bind us together as Catholics. I am promoting these antiphons now as one small step toward the restoration of Catholic culture. We should sing them, of course, because they are beautiful prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Why We Should Sing the Seasonal Marian Antiphons YouTube videos for all four simple tone chants are embedded below. Here’s the current Marian Antiphon, Salve Regina. Religious orders may also have their own chant melodies.) It is these simple tone Marian antiphons that I propose every Catholic should know and sing nightly. (Each antiphon also has a more complex Gregorian melody called the solemn tone. Sadly, the Gregorian chants for even these familiar texts are seldom known and outside of Extraordinary Form parishes, it’s unusual to ever hear these chants.įor each of the four Marian antiphons there is a simple tone Gregorian melody that accompanies the Latin text.

I expect that many Catholics remain familiar with the text of at least two of these antiphons: the Salve Regina is the “Hail Holy Queen” that we recite at the end of the Rosary and the Regina Coeli replaces the Angelus during the Easter Season. After Pentecost (Ordinary Time), Salve Regina. From Easter through Pentecost, Regina Coeli. 3) through the end of Lent, Ave Regina Coelorum.

The Marian antiphons are “seasonal” because they shift according to the liturgical seasons of the year. It’s obligatory for priests–and recommended for the rest of us.) (Compline is Night Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours. They are sung nightly following Compline. The seasonal Marian antiphons are four beautiful and ancient prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary. And let me be even bolder: in these times, when so many Catholics have forgotten–or never learned–our traditions and devotions, this is a practice that every single Catholic should do nightly.Įvery night, before bed, Catholics should sing the seasonal Marian antiphon. Today, I’ll continue this theme by proposing a “little thing” that we all can do nightly.

In past articles, I’ve encouraged daily mental prayer, the Rosary, and other prayer habits that can be practiced throughout the day. Good habits change us for the better bad habits, for the worse. Over time, these little things become habits. Little things we do every day can transform our lives.

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