IN CORDE SANCTAE CAECILIAE
In Corde Sanctæ Cæciliæ is a weekly exploration of sacred music. Each week will feature a post on one piece of sacred music that the reader and listener might lift his soul and heart to God. The reflections shall be relatively brief, focusing instead on letting the music do the speaking. “The musicians played, and Cecilia sang unto the Lord, saying: Let my heart be undefiled, that I be not ashamed.”
Dic nobis Maria…
quid vidisti in via?
Sepulcrum Christi viventis,
et gloriam vidi resurgentis
Ite ad Joseph
I took for my patron the glorious St. Joseph and recommended myself earnestly to him.
Laetatus sum
Laetare Jerusalem et conventum facite omnes qui diligitis eam; gaudete cum laetitia
Pie pelicane, Jesu Domine…
Me immundum munda tuo Sanguine
Cujus una stilla salvum facere
Totum mundum quit ab omni scelere.
Scrutator alme cordium
Audi, benigne Conditor, nostras preces cum fletibus, sacrata in abstinentia, fusas quadragenaria.