Music for first Saturday Missa Cantata at Immaculate Heart.
Music list: 4th January 2020
Feast of St Luke: The Magnificat
My contribution on the feast of St Luke is to share the only extended quote from Our Blessed Lady, the Magnificat which is found in St Luke’s gospel. A close associate of St Paul, St Luke had a tremendous devotion to Our Lady and there is a consensus that says that he gained the insights into the mysteries of the Nativity from Our Lady Herself.
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Immaculate Heart Parish, Balornock
7th September 2019- BVM on Saturday
GL noCR First Saturday
9.30am Missa Cantata
Organ Prelude: Magnificat Duo & Trio, Jean-Francois Dandrieu (b.1682)
Gregorian Chant: Music of Heaven on Earth
As a boy of 12, I remember our protestant minister commenting on the playing of my friend who was practicing the trumpet. ‘That is heavenly music’ he said with a wide grin. My friend’s satisfaction with the complement was shattered as the elderly man continued ‘it’s of no earthly use!’ What seemed like a remark made in jest, shattered my poor companion – once he had fully realised what it meant, that is.
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