Barring a huge comeback by “The Summons,” the regional semi-finals are set:
In the violet corner, we have #1 You Are Mine vs #12 O Come O Come Emmanuel and #7 Holy Holy Holy vs #14 Veni Sancte Spiritus
For the whites, #4 Panis Angelicus vs #8 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today and #3 Prayer of St Francis vs #7 Silent Night.
It’s easy being green: #5 Ave Verum Corpus vs #8 O Come All Ye Faithful and #6 One Bread One Body vs #10 Ubi Caritas (tied with the round’s top vote-getter).
And the red regional gives us #5 Shepherd Me O God vs #8 Come Holy Ghost and #2 Holy God We Praise Thy Name (tied for most votes) vs #6 Pange Lingua.
You’d never see this distribution in an NCAA March Madness: a #1, a #2, a #3, a #4, two 5′s, two 6′s, two 7′s, 3 8′s, and a #10, a #12, and a #14.
I think by tomorrow, I’ll have the first pairing up for polling. Tell your friends to come vote as we whittle the Spiritual Sixteen down to the Eternal Eight.
