When I was a girl, a popular feature of Catholic Good Friday was the Stabat Mater. I copied this one from a website devoted to the Stabat Mater — the owner has over 200 recordings of music created for this piece — and she offers multiple translations, so I selected the ones that seemed [...]
Archive for April, 2006
Stabat Mater
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Who’s in Your Corner?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Well, yeah, I cribbed that from the Capital One ad, “What’s in your wallet?” Just like I’m cribbing this entry from St. Rebekah’s site, where she was writing about her personal synaxis of saints. I have my list of favorites, too.
When it finally became obvious that I needed to be Orthodox, regardless of [...]
Sheep May Safely Graze
Posted in Uncategorized on April 3, 2006 | 1 Comment »
From the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete:
Spare, O Savior, Thine own creation, and seek as Shepherd Thy lost sheep; snatch the stray from the wolf, and make me a pet lamb in Thy sheep pasture. (Psalm 118:176; John 10:11-16)
Anybody who knows me well, knows that I just love sheep. As a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2006 | 5 Comments »
This time I got tagged by Athanasia: How many Bibles are in your home? She has an impressive 20! So, without further ado:
1. How many Bibles are in your home?We have 5: The original Jerusalem Bible (not the new one that’s floating around out there — my husband bought this one [...]
A Music Meme! A Music Meme!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Over on Trudy’s blog http://philippaalan.blogspot.com, she posted a meme that is irresistible for me: Your top ten musical rushes, those pieces of music that make you want to crank it whenever you hear them. Although I haven’t been tagged, my brain immediately exploded with ideas. Genre mixing is encouraged, but that’s a [...]
