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Product Description Gregorian chant lifts us out of the ordinary stresses of life and invites us to contemplate the timeless and unchanging love of God. The Chants of Christmas presents some of the most beautiful Gregorian chants, including the Christmas Day Mass. Review "In this CD, the Gloriae Dei Cantore Schola presents the Gregorian chant Masses of Christmas. There are four such Mases to be sung Christmas Day, each with its own style and sound. The Missam in Vigilia, celebrated before the Night Office; the Missam in Nocte, which occurs at the hour when tradition has it that Jesus was born; the joyful Missam in Aurora, celebrated at dawn; and the daytime Missam in Die. These four solemn Masses are a far cry from more familiar Christmas music; they offer a grave and reverent addition to happy-all-the-time seasonal fare, an alternative to turn to when you're longing for something more soulful and demanding than White Christmas. On the same CD put out by Paraclete Press are antiphons to the Blessed Virgin Mary, appealingly ethereal." --National Catholic Reporter "This disc contains the Propers of the Masses for Christmas Day along with 8 Antiphons to the Blessed Virgin Mary...The Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola is...dedicated to singing Gregorian Chant. They have been singing plainchant regularly since 1976, both the daily Benedictine Monastic Offices and the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass. They sing in an admirably flexible manner with beautiful diction. " -- Music Web International "These works explain and proclaim the Mother of Jesus in the Scriptures, in popular devotion and in hymns of praise. Mary in the Mystery of the Covenant begins with an analysis of the Gospel texts on Mary's life, in order to uncover their meaning in the light of the whole of Scripture and the living tradition of the Church...From the written word we move to hymns of praise offered us by the Schola of the Gloriae Dei Cantores, a choir skilled in sacred music of all periods of history, from