Noi in Italia che siamo la culla della cattolicita' non celebriamo quasi più in nessuna chiesa funzioni così solenni I sacerdoti fanno gli assistenti sociali e gli amministratori.......pochi sono sacerdoti santi...... Ci stiamo imbarbarendo,verrà il giorno che voi evangelizzerete il vecchio e stanco continente. Bravissimi continuate così.
Beautiful music and conjures up beautiful memories growing up in the church and being an altar boy. Once it became sadly evident that the church is being led by a non-Catholic pope, and was shocked that other denominations are little better served by their leaders, I had to move on to a non-denominational evangelical Bible church. While I am thankful the Lord led me in this direction I still do very much appreciate the superb beauty of some of the music and often spend Sunday evenings listening. Blessings.
I really do pray for your reversion into the Church. I understand the Pope not being the best leader out there right now but all of us Catholics have the same hope and faith in God that he will soon bless us with a faithful pope to come, in the end Our Lady's Immaculate Heart will triumph! I really envy you being able to serve in church and growing up and experiencing beauty like this. But with hope in God us young traditional catholics will restore beauty and tradition back to the Church. Pax
love the key of the prelude, and the sound of the organ is lovely. my impression of the romans in australia, in general, is that they are pretty high-church. st. mary's, melbourne is a pretty good example. my only complaint is communicants are somewhat disrespectful, in their intrusion into the nave, as the Gospel, Epistle, and prayers are declared. in the Episcopal church, one is strongly discouraged from moving when these acts are being offered to the Almighty.
+ Lucis Creàtor òptime, Lucem dièrum pròferens, Primòrdiis lucis novae Mundi parans orìginem. O infinitely good Creator of the Light! By Thee was produced the Light of day, Providing thus the world's beginning With the beginning of the new-made light. Qui mane iunctum vèsperi Diem vocàri praecipis; Illàbitur taetrum chaos Audi preces cum flètibus. Thou bid us call the time From morn till eve, "day". This day is over, dark night comes on: O, hear our tearful prayers. Ne mens gravàta crìmine Vitae sit exsul mùnere, Dum nil perènne cògitat Seseque culpis ìlligat. Let not our soul, weighed down by sin, Misspend Thy gift of life, And forgetting what is Eternal, Be earth-tied by sin. Caelèste pulset òstium Vitàle tollat praemium; Vitèmus omne nòxium, Purgèmus omne pèssimum. O, may we strive to enter our heavenly home, And bear away the prize of life: May we shun what would injure us, And cleanse our soul from defilement. Praesta, Pater piìssime, Patrìque compar Unice, Cum Spìritu Paràclito Regnans per omne saeculum. Amen. Grant this, most merciful Father, And Thou, His only-begotten, co-equal Son, With the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, Reigning for all ages. Amen. -Translated by Rev. Dom Laurence Shepherd, O.S.B.
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