Hymn of St. Ambrose

Yearn

We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

All the earth doth magnify Thee: the Father everlasting.

To Thee all the angels, the heavens, and all the hosts,

the Cherubim and Seraphim, with unceasing voices cry:

Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth;

Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory.

The glorious choir of the Apostles,

the laudable company of the prophets,

The radiant army of martyrs praise Thee.

The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee;

the Father of an incomprehensible majesty;

Thy worshipful, true and Only-begotten Son,

and the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.

Thou art the Everlasting Son of the Father.

In taking upon Thee the redemption of man, Thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.

When thou hadst overcome the sting of death, Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven them that believe.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God: in the glory of the Father.

We believe that Thou shalt come: to be our Judge.

We therefore pray Thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.

Vouchsafe them to be reign with Thy Saints: in glory everlasting.

O Lord, save Thy people: and bless Thine inheritance.

Guide them aright, and raise them up forever.

Every day we bless Thee, and we praise Thy name forever, and unto the ages of ages.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.

have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy upon us.

Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us: according as we have hoped in Thee.

In Thee, O Lord have we hoped, let us not be put to shame in the age to come. Amen.

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Choir of the Eparchy of Tripoli

I’m experiencing a surge of Antiochian Orthodox Christian pride lately, with the election of our new archpastor Saba, and my lenten music listening heavily favors the glorious choir of the Eparchy of Tripoli (Lebanon).

Naeem by Bon Iver

My favorite anthem of late. Enjoy

i,i - out now #icommai https://boniver.ffm.to/icommaiWriter + Director: AG RojasEP/Owner: Jackie Kelman BisbeeExecutive Producer: Dinah RodriguezLine Produce...

Angelo AND Sufjan

gives me hope that American artists are still out there doin it.

From the album "Tomb," out on January 18th 2019. Preorder/listen here: https://ffm.to/angelo-tomb Watch the studio version here: https://youtu.be/gRkodAoRK34 Directed by Kenna Hynes / kennahynes.com Additional Camera Operator: Adam Muro
From the album "Tomb," out on January 18th 2019. Preorder/listen here: https://ffm.to/angelo-tomb Directed and filmed by Jess Calleiro. Song and album produced by Thomas Bartlett.

Excerpts from Arvo Pärt's Musical Diaries

"We shouldn't grieve because of writing little and poorly,
but because we pray little and poorly,
and lukewarmly."

Arvo Pärt's commencement speech at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, May 31, 2014. The music is Arvo Pärt's "Silouan Song" - a Live Recording from 15th November 2011 - Conservatorio "G.

Mother of God

Patty Griffin, giving an impossibly courageous voice to the experience of remembering, processing and moving through a childhood trauma into adulthood. Let the reader understand.

Things can happen that make it hard for us to pray. Why did God let this happen? How is this part of the salvation of the world?

How can we pray to the one whom we feel has betrayed us? Keep singing our shame into the light, sisters and brothers. You are transforming the world.

"Mother of God" from Patty's 2004 masterpiece "Impossible Dream." No copyright infringement intended.

[LYRICS]

All you kids get out the back door
I've never seen her this mad before
She took all her favorite things down from the window
And broke 'em all over her clean floor

It's Saturday at the mansion
The oldest boy walks with a slouch
The young ones are wild in back of the house
And she gave up and went back to sleep on the couch

Something as simple as boys and girls
Gets tossed all around and lost in the world
Something as hard as a prayer on your back
Wait a long time for an answer

When I was little I'd stare at her picture
And talk to the Mother of God
I swear sometimes I'd see her lips move
Like she was trying to say something to me

When I was eighteen I moved to Florida
Like everyone sick of the cold does
And I waited on old people waiting to die
OhI waited on them
until I was
 

Something as simple as boys and girls
Gets tossed all around and lost in the world
Something as hard as a prayer on your back
Wait a long time for an answer

So I'm wearing my footsteps into this floor
One day I won't live here anymore
Someone will wonder who lived here before
And went on their way

I live too many miles from the ocean
And I'm getting older and odd
I get up every morning with my cup of coffee
And I talk to the Mother of God

Something as simple as boys and girls
Gets tossed all around and lost in the world
Something as hard as a prayer on your back
Can wait a long time for an answer
Can wait a long time for an answer

Maybe it's alright
Maybe we won't fight anymore
Maybe love is waiting at the end of every road
I don't know
I don't know
But maybe
maybe it's
alright

Making Pies

Austinite Patty Griffin with one of her gorgeous songs about the courage of ordinary women.

Woman is the glorious, victorious, the mother of the heart of the world.

Making Pies - Patty Griffin - AOL Sessions It's not far, I can walk, down the block to TableTalk Close my eyes, make the pies all day Plastic cap on my hair I used to mind, now I don't care I used to mind, now I don't care 'cause I'm gray Did I show you this picture of my nephew, taken at his big birthday surprise At my sister's house last Sunday This is Monday, and I'm makin' pies I'm makin' pies Makin' pies ...

[LYRICS]

It's not far
I can walk
Down the block
To TableTalk
Close my eyes
Make the pies all day

Plastic cap
On my hair
I used to mind
Now I don't care
I used to mind
Now I don't care
Cause I'm gray

Did I show you this picture of my nephew
Taken at his big birthday surprise
At my sister's house last Sunday
This is Monday and I'm making pies
I'm making pies
Making pies
Pies

Thursday nights
I go and type
Down at the church
For Father Mike
It gets me out
And he ain't hard to like
At all

Jesus stares at me
In my chair
With his big blue eyes
And his honey brown hair
And he's looking at me
From way up there
On the wall

Did I show you this picture of my sweetheart
Taken of us before the war
Of the Greek and his Italian girl
One Sunday at the shore 

We tied our ribbons to the fire escape
They were taken by the birds
Who flew home to the country
As the bombs rained on the world

5am
Here I am
Walking the block
To TableTalk
You could cry or die
Or just make pies all day
I'm making pies
Making pies
Making pies
Making pies

getting ready for The Greatest Gift

Single just released from Sufjan's upcoming EP The Greatest Gift: outtakes, remixes, and extras from his Carrie & Lowell album.

Preorder it here: http://smarturl.it/greatest-gift Lyrics: As if you know the story of Wallowa Lake: Leviathan first hid in the deep where her children sleep She kept them hidden from the plague But have you heard the story of my mother's fate?

Even if I Lose Everything

The most beautiful man, Arvo Pärt.

Arvo Pärt - even if I lose everything (2015) Documentary "Even if I lose everything..." That's what Arvo Pärt wrote in his workbook which is a kind of diary. For decades in the course of writing music he has filled the workbooks with contemplations expressing his moments of grief and joy, his discoveries, worries and experiences, things that bring to light the inner life of the artist.

Saturn & Mercury

Who else writes a song about cannibalism, addiction, self-hatred, holy Communion, shame, rejection, and love for enemies - under the guise of being about a planet in our solar system? Nobody.

'Saturn' by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister. Taken from the album 'Planetarium', released 9th June on 4AD: http://smarturl.it/planetariumalbum Directed by Deborah Johnson / CandyStations: http://www.candystations.com/ http://planetariumalbum.com http://facebook.com/planetariumalbum http://instagram.com/planetariumalbum

and this little gem from the same album.

'Mercury' by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister. Taken from the album 'Planetarium', released 9th June on 4AD: http://smarturl.it/planetariumalbum Directed by Deborah Johnson / CandyStations: http://www.candystations.com/ http://planetariumalbum.com http://facebook.com/planetariumalbum http://instagram.com/planetariumalbum

Angelo!

Angelo De Augustine [LIVE] at Meditation Mount

Pre-order "Swim Inside the Moon" CD/LP/Digital: http://smarturl.it/angelo-sitm Directed by Jess Collins https://vimeo.com/user2007568 Produced by Jacki Calleiro Color by Bossi Baker https://vimeo.com/bossi Special thanks to: Laura Guiseppi Lyrics: everybody knows time's running even you start fading away just for the day people hoping the time's coming when the world feels peace
Pre-order "Swim Inside the Moon" CD/LP/Digital: http://smarturl.it/angelo-sitm Directed by Jess Collins https://vimeo.com/user2007568 Produced by Jacki Calleiro Color by Bossi Baker https://vimeo.com/bossi Special thanks to: Laura Guiseppi Lyrics: looking all around for someone new up and down and right in front of you staring in the mirror is all you do

Sufjan's "Blue Bucket of Gold"

as sung by PS22 Chorus

http://facebook.com/ps22chorus http://instagram/theps22chorus http://ps22chorus.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/ps22chorus Sometimes I am blessed to behold magic happen in our little public school auditorium -- case in point, THIS! This rendition of "Blue Bucket of Gold" by my latest musical obsession, Sufjan Stevens (also covered beautifully by Gallant) features the PS22 Chorus at their best -- perfect harmonies, impossible high notes and tricky rhythms nailed, and most powerful of all is the beautiful, understated performance....

What Vampires Sound Like Praising the I AM

Released on Orthodox Holy Friday, 2013

From the new album 'Modern Vampires Of The City' out May 13th/14th. Pre-order now: http://smarturl.it/mvotcpreorder More info: http://vampireweekend.com All music by Rostam Batmanglij and Ezra Koenig except bass line of bridge section by Ariel Rechtshaid, lyrics by Ezra Koenig, 2013 Vampire Weekend Music(ASCAP)/Imagem Music/Kobalt Music Publishing Limited.