"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
We’re back to classical music for this week: “Sancte Deus” performed by All Angels. If you attend the Byzantine liturgy or pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the lyrics should sound familiar…
Sancte Deus
(Holy God)
Sancte Fortis
(Holy and mighty)
Sancte et Immortalis, miserere nobis
(Holy and immortal one, have mercy on us)
The last few Music Mondays have all been of contemporary Christian music. Today we’re going to have a traditional song, The Salve Regina, but with a modern spin, courtesy of All Angels:
Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae;
vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.
Translation:
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.