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Students Observe Advent 2021 with “Lessons and Carols”
To welcome the season of Advent and prepare for Christmas, New England students, friends, faculty, and their families filled Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel on Friday evening. There, the Thomas Aquinas College Choir and the Aquinas Vocal Ensemble filled the building with jubilant harmony and melody for the third annual celebration of Advent Lessons and Carols.
“In a way, Lessons and Carols is a treasury of Western civilization and an exposition of the treasuries of the Catholic Church,” said Head Chaplain Rev. Greg Markey, who instituted the tradition during the New England campus’ first year in 2019. Directed by Stephen Grimm (’75), the service consist of nine Scripture readings from the prophets and the Gospels that commemorate the birth of Christ, the promise of the Messiah, and love of Our Lady. Complementing these fervent passages are hymns and choral encomium from soloists of the College Choir.
After the congregation contemplates the coming of the Messiah through the musical reflections and the readings, the Messiah truly presents Himself at the exposition and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. “The choir performed better than any rehearsal we had and everything felt so seamless,” said sophomore Georgiana Forrester. “We saw all of our hard work pay off the moment Fr. Markey exposed the Body of Christ.”
