According to the older calendar today is the Commemoration of the Seven Dolours of the BVM, so wise a feast before Holy Week.
.jpg)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The Lord’s descent into the underworld
At Matins/the Office of Readings on Holy Saturday the Church gives us this 'ancient homily', I find it incredibly moving, it is abou...
-
A French newspaper has reported Pope Francis, once Benedict dies, will abrogate Summorum Pontificum and handover Old Rite's celebrat... -
I was at the Verona Opera Festival when Summorum Pontificum was published but it wasn't until All Souls Day that I first attempted to s... -
In a conversation with our bishop recently, I thought he said that some parishes in the diocese were already using the new ICEL translations...
3 comments:
On a day of mixed emotions for me, I say thank you thrice, Father. This is one of my all-time favourite pieces (often played) and taken at a dignified tempo by Claudio Abbado. I have always loved the mix of soprano and alto and am really sad that current fashion dictates the countertenor wins over the contralto. How could one listen to the rich timbre of alto Lucia Valentini in this duet and not weep for the Sorrows of Our lady.
Thank you, father, for letting us hear this beautiful movement from the Stabat Mater and see the traditional images of the Virgo Dolorosa. A perfect end to the day, returning from a penitential service. Are the images from Spain?
I am struck by the incongruency of the singers' attire and that of the Person of Whom they are singing.
incongruent - not congruent
geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces;
congruent - coinciding when superimposed
Post a Comment