When the angel Gabriel came to Mary he told her that her Son would have the throne of David and that His kingdom would have no end (Luke 1:32-33).
In ancient Israel, the mothers of the House of David’s kings were crowned, addressed as Gebirah, “Great Lady”. They sat beside the throne of their royal sons.
Since our Lord is our King, then His Mother is our Queen.
On 22 August we observe, in the traditional Roman calendar, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the newer calendar it is the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mary’s Queenship is intimately tied to the Kingship of her Son.
Her Immaculate Heart beats in harmony with His Sacred Heart, for she conceived her King within her Heart, before she carried Him below her Heart.
There is a lovely hymn at Lauds for this Feast, originally O gloriosa Domina, composed by Venantius Fortunatus (+609) and changed around a bit by Pope Urban VIII in 1632.
This was a favorite hymn of St. Anthony, which his mother would sing to him.
Another version. This is sung by the wonder BEER BREWING MONKS of Norcia!
Another version.
There are interesting variations on a disc Hispania & Japan: Dialogues
There comes to mind the faithfulness of the Japanese Catholics even after the hideous persecution from the Tokugawa Shoguns and the absence of missionaries for so long.
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The piece by Savall is relaxing. How
Long were they without missionaries?
Thank you for the clip from a Jordi Savall album. Each Wednesday WFMT in Chicago plays its best program, in my opinion, Candace Agree’s “Baroque and Before.” Sometimes she has to do something about Bach or whatever but I think her true joy is Spanish medieval music, i.e. sometimes Jewish but often Catholic chant, and often that means Jordi Savall. His repertoire must be huge. Thank you again.
This is a link to an oral history site detailing the complex and diverse history of hidden Christians in Japan. The groups were separated so evolved differently in order to survive and keep their faith.
To me it is understandable that after preserving their faith for so long under terrible circumstances there are still groups who don’t want to rejoin the Catholic Church.
https://japanpastandpresent.org/en/projects/hidden-christian-world-heritage-in-the-goto/introduction/japans-hidden-christians
I wonder if the above would be included in “classical music”
I think so: ” the #one sound your brain secretly wants to hear”
“The main difference between classical and pop music is that classical music has unique rules that the brain likes.”
https://www.vigilantfox.com/p/the-300-year-old-secret-to-a-better