{"id":1021,"date":"2009-02-20T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/it-humbles-earthly-pride-singing-the-exultet.html"},"modified":"2009-02-20T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-20T10:39:00","slug":"it-humbles-earthly-pride-singing-the-exultet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/it-humbles-earthly-pride-singing-the-exultet.html","title":{"rendered":"It humbles earthly pride: singing the Exultet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SZ7VhPV1DMI\/AAAAAAAAFJs\/ljaTl4Ga6hs\/s1600-h\/180px-DeaconsingingExsultet2007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 180px;height: 277px\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SZ7VhPV1DMI\/AAAAAAAAFJs\/ljaTl4Ga6hs\/s400\/180px-DeaconsingingExsultet2007.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Last year, I had my first experience scaling the Everest of liturgical chant, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exultet\">the Exultet<\/a>.    (I blogged about that, and my first Triduum, <a href=\"http:\/\/deacbench.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/rejoice-heavenly-powers-my-first.html\">here<\/a>, and that account was recently reprinted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deacondigest.com\/\">Deacon Digest<\/a>.)    I know a few guys who now find themselves in the same position I was in last year: staring at the calendar, counting the days until the Easter Vigil and wondering how they are going to master that seven minute <i>a capella<\/i> monster when, for some of us, even &#8220;Happy Birthday&#8221; can be daunting.   Looking for any kind of help, I found myself searching in vain for any decent recording of the Exultet, until I finally stumbled upon <a href=\"http:\/\/moleski.net\/exultet\/index.htm\">this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, rejoice, heavenly powers:  Fr. Tim Hepburn&#8217;s rendition is superb.  <\/p>\n<p>I downloaded it onto my iPod around Christmastime and began listening to it.  And listening.  And listening.  And listening.  Hours on end.  (For those of us who are musically challenged, it&#8217;s the only way.)  I know other guys who got their music directors to tape it for them, and they sing it in the car on the way to work.  I also got into the habit of singing it around the apartment.   (Which may be why our neighbor downstairs started cranking up his stereo in the evenings.) <\/p>\n<p>One thing you should know: there are a lot of different Exultets out there.  If you take the time to leaf through various hymnals and missals, you&#8217;ll find different variations, in different keys, with slightly varying melodies.  Some are abridged.  I suspect most of the people in the pews won&#8217;t know the difference.  (Also, if you really want to be brave, try and tackle it in Latin.  That takes a certain testicular magnitude that, frankly, I lack.) <\/p>\n<p>Anyway: good luck and God speed.  <\/p>\n<p>Meantime&#8230;<i>join me in asking God for mercy, that He may give His unworthy minister grace to sing His Easter praises&#8230; <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I had my first experience scaling the Everest of liturgical chant, the Exultet. (I blogged about that, and my first Triduum, here, and that account was recently reprinted in Deacon Digest.) 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