“It is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over any soul be loved, even if that soul know him not, bringing him inwardly close to that spirit; a power that cannot be but for good; for in proportion as selfishness intrudes, the love ceases, and the power which springs therefrom dies. Yet all love will, one day, meet with its return.”
― George MacDonald, Phantases
JOHN 14:15-17
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
THE PRAYER OF GENERAL CONFESSION
Almighty and most merciful Father; we have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our hearts. We have of ended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done’ and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable of enders. Spare thou them, O God which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; according thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
ART APPRECIATION
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Tiepolo painted this as an altarpiece for a church in Padua, Italy.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) is considered one of the greatest painters in eighteenth-century Europe. His art celebrates the imagination by taking history, myths, and Scripture and transposing them into a grand, theatrical scene. His greatest works are considered to be the frescoed ceilings he painted for churches and palaces throughout Europe.
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
| Requiem in D minor, Op. 48: IV. “Pie Jesu” |
At its simplest, ‘Pie Jesu’ is just two lines of text from the final couplet of the Latin hymn ‘Dies irae’: Pie Jesu Domine, Dona eis requiem (sempiternam). Which translates as: Merciful Jesus Grant them rest (everlasting).
When Gabriel Fauré fell in love with the couplet and used it in his Requiem (1887 – 1890), his friend Camille Saint-Saëns said: “Just as Mozart’s is the only ‘Ave verum corpus’, this is the only ‘Pie Jesu’”. Fauré might have composed one of the most famous settings of the couplet, but composers have been setting ‘Pie Jesu’ to music ever since.
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Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) was a composer whose refined and gentle music influenced the course of modern French music. Although he had deep respect for the traditional forms of music, Fauré delighted in infusing those forms with a mélange of harmonic daring and a freshness of invention. One of the most striking features of his style was his fondness for daring harmonic progressions and sudden modulations, invariably carried out with supreme elegance and a deceptive air of simplicity. His quiet and unspectacular revolution prepared the way for more sensational innovations by the modern French school. 4
- Lange, Krista, and Leigh Lowe. First Grade Enrichment: Classical Core Curriculum. Teacher Guide. Memoria Press, 2017. ↩︎
- Ibid. ↩︎
- “What Are the Lyrics to ‘Pie Jesu’?” Classic FM, Classic FM, 18 Sept. 2023, http://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/pie-jesu-lyrics-facts/.
↩︎ - “Gabriel Fauré.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., http://www.britannica.com/biography/Gabriel-Faure. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025. ↩︎
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