The repertoire here is four votive antiphons, extended constructions of 12-17 minutes duration each, scored in five parts and ...

Many scholars think the same is true of the canticle Magnificat (Luke 1.46-55), and its companion text Benedictus (1.68-80). Whatever its origin, if Luke himself found the Magnificat and adapted it to ...

The “Magnificat,” also known as the canticle ... setting is sung in Latin except for the second movement, which draws text from the English medieval poem “Of a Rose, a Lovely Rose.” ...

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Magnificat in D Major ... provided Haydn with the text. The oratorio’s subject is that of chaos being resolved into order, of darkness turning into light. After the bass solo, the chorus ...

Yet in her Magnificat, Mary admits that God was her ... John's "baptism of repentance" even though sinless. The main Bible text that suggests this doctrine is the Angel Gabriel's greeting to ...

Even the Magnificat rings a bit hollow in my ears this year ... they have not in years past — because I realized we are the ones who have situated this text in the warm glow of candlelight and ...

The apocryphal text also significantly shaped theological and cultural ... the angel Gabriel (Luke 1:26–38), her visit to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39–45), and the Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55). John’s Gospel ...

I am reposting here my annual collection of resources on the Epiphany, the visit of the magi to the young Jesus, as recorded ...

2. Anointing: In baptism we are not just washed of sins, but we also become temples of the Holy Spirit. After baptism there ...

COMMENTARY: The solemn approval of Vatican II’s Constitution on the Church had a decidedly Marian tone, marked by the ...