Monday, April 10,
2017
For the Offertory on Passion (Palm) Sunday, my schola
sang a new piece of music based on an ancient prayer, and the monks have asked
me to use it every year from now on. The music is called “Soul of Christ,
Sanctify Me” by Philip W. J. Stopford and it is published by MorningStar Music
Publishers. If you go to their website you can hear it there.
The prayer is known as the “Anima Christi” and in case
you don’t know it or can’t remember it, I will put it here. It makes an
excellent source of meditation during Holy Week and the Sacred Triduum. Here it
is:
Anima
Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify
me.
Body of Christ, save me.
“Today you shall be with me in Paradise.”
Blood of Christ, refresh
me.
Water from the side of
Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ,
strengthen me.
“Today you shall be with me in Paradise.”
O good Jesus, hear me;
within your wounds, hide me.
Let me never be
separated from you; from the darkness defend me.
“Today you shall be with me in Paradise.”
In the hour of my death, call me, and bid me come to you,
that with your saints I
may praise you forever and forever.
God bless you!
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