Come, Holy Spirit,
Veni, Sancte Spiritus,

fill the hearts of Thy faithful
reple tuorum corda fidelium

and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love
et tui amoris in eis ignem accende

Send forth Thy Spirit
Emitte Spiritum tuum,

and they shall be created.
Emitte Spiritum tuum, et creabuntur.

And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Et renovabis faciem terrae.

Let us pray.
Oremus.

O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit:
Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti:

grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise;
da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere;

and ever to rejoice in His consolation.
et de eius semper consolatione gaudere.

Through Christ our Lord.
Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

Amen.

This extraordinary Eucharistic hymn, by the great St. Thomas Aquinas, is a fan favourite among the faithful. This version regretably leaves out the second verse. The recording is from the CD illuminations, compiled by Dan Gibson. the Latin text and English translation follow:

Latin text	An English translation
Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mysterium, Sanguinisque pretiosi, quem in mundi pretium fructus ventris generosi Rex effudit Gentium.   Nobis datus, nobis natus ex intacta Virgine, et in mundo conversatus, sparso verbi semine, sui moras incolatus miro clausit ordine.   In supremae nocte coenae recumbens cum fratribus observata lege plene cibis in legalibus, cibum turbae duodenae se dat suis manibus.   Verbum caro, panem verum verbo carnem efficit: fitque sanguis Christi merum, et si sensus deficit, ad firmandum cor sincerum sola fides sufficit.   Tantum ergo Sacramentum veneremur cernui: et antiquum documentum novo cedat ritui: praestet fides supplementum sensuum defectui.   Genitori, Genitoque laus et jubilatio, salus, honor, virtus quoque sit et benedictio: Procedenti ab utroque compar sit laudatio. Amen. Alleluja.	Sing, my tongue, the Savior’s glory, of His flesh the mystery sing; of the Blood, all price exceeding, shed by our immortal King, destined, for the world’s redemption, from a noble womb to spring.   Of a pure and spotless Virgin born for us on earth below, He, as Man, with man conversing, stayed, the seeds of truth to sow; then He closed in solemn order wondrously His life of woe.   On the night of that Last Supper, seated with His chosen band, He the Pascal victim eating, first fulfills the Law’s command; then as Food to His Apostles gives Himself with His own hand.   Word-made-Flesh, the bread of nature by His word to Flesh He turns; wine into His Blood He changes; what though sense no change discerns? Only be the heart in earnest, faith her lesson quickly learns.   Down in adoration falling, This great Sacrament we hail, Over ancient forms of worship Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.   To the everlasting Father, And the Son who made us free And the Spirit, God proceeding From them Each eternally, Be salvation, honor, blessing, Might and endless majesty. Amen. Alleluia.

OOOOOOOh Yea ….!!!

Gregorian hymn chant of Roman Catholic Christian Church in honour of Mary, Mother of God. It is also a common prayer to the Virgin Mary; usually recited at the end of the rosary.

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From Vatican Radio:

While the rest of the world was seething with the war and its evils in a lonely corner of Europe 1917 three young children had a vision of Our Lady.That apparition sparked off the devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, an inspiration for millions to work and pray for peace.

Since that time not only have millions prayed the Rosary and done penance but have made the pilgrimage to Fatima.

Among these Blessed John Paul II who shortly after his visit there during the Jubilee Year, in the presence of the statue representing Our Lady of Fatima entrusted the third millennium to her immaculate heart.

Monsignor Philip Whitmore brings us the hymn the crowds sang on that occasion. One which tells the story of those three young shepherd children….

A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick.

The Ave Maria aria is sung by Desdemona (Otello’s wife) in Act 4, as she kneels in prayer with a troubled mind before going to bed.

Here is the English translation

Ave Maria, overflowing with grace,
Blessed be the fruit of thy womb.

Blessed are you above all women
for delivering to us Christ Jesus.

Pray for the one
who kneels in prayer before you,

Pray for the wrongdoer
…and for the innocent,

Pray for the weak and oppressed,
…and for those in power,

For the wretched, likewise,
show your mercy.

Pray for the one suffering
cruel misfortune,

Pray for the one who bows his head
under injustice and cruel fate.

And for us… pray for us,
pray always…

…and in the hour
of our death.

Pray for us…
Pray for us…
for us.

Ave Maria . . .
…In the hour of our death.

Ave…
Amen.

The greatest soprano of this generation offering the most beautiful of all prayers.

The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of
our death. Amen.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us. Hail Mary . . .

Hail Mary . . .

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

“Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you” (Lk 1:28)

“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb”
(Lk 1:42).

 

Pope John Paul II beatified Fra Angelico on October 3, 1982 and in 1984 declared him patron of Catholic artists.

Angelico was reported to say “He who does Christ’s work must stay with Christ always”. This motto earned him the epithet “Blessed Angelico”, because of the perfect integrity of his life and the almost divine beauty of the images he painted, to a superlative extent those of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

—Pope John Paul II

Fra Angelico (c. 1395 – February 18, 1455), born Guido di Pietro, was an Early Italian Renaissance painter described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having “a rare and perfect talent”.   He was known to his contemporaries as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John from Fiesole) and by Vasari as Fra Giovanni Angelico (Brother John the Angelic One).

Fra Angelico is known in Italy as il Beato Angelico, the term “Il Beato” (“Blessed One”) being already in use during his lifetime or shortly thereafter, in reference to his skills in painting religious subjects. Fiesole is sometimes misinterpreted as being part of his formal name, but it was merely the name of the town where he took his vows as a Dominican friar, and was used by contemporaries to separate him from other Fra Giovannis. He is listed in the Roman Martyrology as Beatus Ioannes Faesulanus, cognomento Angelicus—”Blessed Giovanni of Fiesole, nicknamed Angelico”.

Vasari wrote of Fra Angelico:

But it is impossible to bestow too much praise on this holy father, who was so humble and modest in all that he did and said and whose pictures were painted with such facility and piety.

From Vatican Radio:

On the afternoon of Wednesday 2nd of February , Feast of the Presentation of the Lord , Pope Benedict XVI will preside over vespers in Saint Peter’s Basilica at 5.30 pm.

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In an effort to prepare for this evening celebration , on this day which is also dedicated to the XVI World Day of Consecrated Life we bring you a musical meditation focusing on the Presentation: “Mary and Joseph came to the Temple to present the Child Jesus to the Lord as the Law required.The Fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary focuses on the Presentation in the Temple. We celebrate it liturgically forty days after Christmas on the Feast of Candlemas , when we process with lighted candles , bearing witness before the world to the light of Christ”.

In this programme presented by music historian Monsignor Philip Whitmore you can listen to a setting of the Magnificat antiphon for the first vespers of the Feast of the Presentation by Catholic composer in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I , William Byrd.

A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick .

A Recent Performance of John Michael Talbot on Catholic TV program!

Music: St. Hildegard von Bingen – Veni Creator Spiritus – Performers: Anonymous 4

 VATICAN CITY, 22 OCT 2011 (VIS) – This evening in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the Bavarian State Opera gave a concert in honour of Benedict XVI. The programme included the Ninth Symphony and the “Te Deum” by Anton Bruckner, played by the Bavarian State Orchestra and the “Audi Jugendchorakademie”, conducted respectively by Kent Nagano and Martin Steidler.

The lyrics and translation are as follows:

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

Áve María, grátia pléna, Dóminus técum.
Benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus frúctus véntris túi, Iésus.
Sáncta María, Máter Déi, óra pro nóbis peccatóribus, nunc et in hóra mórtis nóstrae.
Ámen.