{"id":25225,"date":"2014-03-11T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=25225"},"modified":"2015-03-19T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T04:32:12","slug":"serenading-our-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2014\/03\/11\/serenading-our-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"Serenading Our Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Catholic devotion, there are many songs addressed to Mary, such as the Regina Coeli and the Salve Regina. However, it may surprise you to know that the oldest text we have for a Marian hymn comes from about AD 250 written in Greek, preceding the Hail Mary by several centuries. I mention it today because this hymn is often sung at the end of evening prayer in Eastern Christianity during Lent. The hymn is known as <span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>&#8220;Beneath thy compassion&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<\/span> and was used in the liturgy around Christmas time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Beneath your compassion we take refuge, Theotokos!<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Our prayers, do not despise necessities,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> but from danger deliver us, only pure, only blessed one.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What is particularly significant is that the text refers to Mary by the Greek title of <em>&#8220;Theotokos&#8221;<\/em>, which in English means\u00a0<em>&#8220;God bearer&#8221;<\/em>, the name so objectionable to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nestorius\" target=\"_blank\">Nestorius<\/a>, but which was later affirmed by the Council of Ephesus in AD 431.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ti-design.ca\/about.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Mary.jpg\" alt=\"Mary\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here it in Latin (<em>&#8220;Sub Tuum Praesidium&#8221;<\/em>),\u00a0English and Greek (<em>&#8220;\u1f59\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u1f74\u03bd \u03b5\u1f50\u03c3\u03c0\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03c7\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03bd&#8221;<\/em>):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QrK8xn31Ing?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-jwuK-NnhQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cj6lNLVBbBg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Catholic devotion, there are many songs addressed to Mary, such as the Regina Coeli and the Salve Regina. 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