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Dies Natalis is a cantata for solo voice and string orchestra. The opening introductory orchestral movement is followed by four movements for accompanied voice in which Finzi set mystical texts by the seventeenth-century English poet Thomas Traherne (1636/37–1674).
He on the Cross is my love Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock "Freue dich, du meine Seele" German 1758 "Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe" He on the Cross is my love Lothar Zenetti: German 1974 "Herzliebster Jesu" Oh Dearest Jesus Johann Heermann: Johann Crüger: German 1630 "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" O Sacred Head, Now Wounded Paul Gerhardt: Hans Leo ...
O watchman on the mountain height: W.O. Cushing: 192: Holy Spirit, lead us now: John H. Yates: 195: Come, Holy Spirit, like a dove descending: Robert Bruce* 200: Descend, O Flame of sacred fire: F.J. Crosby: 206: We praise thee, we bless Thee, our Saviour Divine. F.J. Crosby: Arranged by Sankey from a tune by Thomas Koschat (1845–1914) [5 ...
The hymn's lyrics refer to the heavenly host: "Thee we would be always blessing / serve thee with thy hosts above".. At its first appearance, the hymn was in four stanzas of eight lines (8.7.8.7.D), and this four-stanza version remains in common and current use to the present day, being taken up as early as 1760 in Anglican collections such as those by Madan (1760 and 1767), Conyers (1772 ...
O sacrum convivium" is a Latin prose text honoring the Blessed Sacrament. It is included as an antiphon to the Magnificat in the vespers of the liturgical office on the feast of Corpus Christi . The text of the office has been attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas .
The text is taken from "O sacrum convivium", a Latin text celebrating the Blessed Sacrament. This was the first time Messiaen used a Latin text, instead of a text in French. [7] A mainly tonal work, it is in F-sharp major, Messiaen's favorite key. As in Le banquet céleste, F-sharp major expresses the mystical experience of "superhuman love". [8]
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Church of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, Paris, France The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latin: Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus Christ is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". [1]
The first "month" of the Sacred Heart was celebrated at the time of the French Revolution.In fact, French Jesuit Alexandre Lanfant, who would die as a martyr in the Massacres of September 1792, encouraged the distribution of a pamphlet calling for forty days of prayer and penance which ended with a solemn prayer of consecration to the Sacred Heart in June 1790.