Stabat Mater

This is a modern reconstruction of Pergolesi’s masterpiece. Live, brilliant. Latin and English from Wikipedia Stabat mater dolorosa juxta Crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat Filius. Cuius animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius. O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta, mater Unigeniti! Quae moerebat et dolebat, pia Mater, dum videbat nati poenas inclyti. Quis est

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Musical and Rhetorical Interlude.

Hat tip Will S I am learning an arrangement of this piece. It has a few challenges, and when played well is beautiful. This Rhetorical bit is almost as good as music. Clint is playing an old man… but eviscerating his political opponent. The comments at YouTube are… venomous. Have fun. Go make someone’s day.

We cannot judge rightly.

Well, if the rule is take the hardest passages as a discipline, we have some problems. The lectionary text is below for Job this morningL they have the verse from the beginning of the dialogue and then extracts from the chapter. Now, that removes some verses… and it matched with an equally difficult part of

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