Confutatis!
maledictis!
flammis acribus addictis!
voca me cum benedictis
What a powerful theme, at the heart of Mozart's Requiem, his final work.
After Händel's Messiah my favourite piece of music. And this weekend my parents gave me a beautiful recording of it. So my head's all wrapped up in "confutatis! maledictis!" now. :-))
This weekend was very musical already anyway. At the Franciscan Youth Meeting (website in Dutch) I sang lots. And it's so beautiful to do that in churches. The Franciscan and Order of St. Clare monasteries in Megen (NL) are stunning. I met so many beautiful people again.
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.stanzilieri.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/306
Comments (1)
DIES.IRÆ.DIES.ILLA
SOLVET.SÆCLVM.IN.FAVILLA
TESTE.DAVID.CVM.SIBYLLA
QVANTVS.TREMOR.EST.FVTVRVS
QVANDO.IVDEX.EST.VENTVRVS
CVNCTA.STRICTE.DISCVSSVRVS
TVBA.MIRVM.SPARGENS.SONVM
PER.SEPVLCHRA.REGIONVM
COGET.OMNES.ANTE.THRONVM;
MORS.STVPEBIT.ET.NATVRA
CVM.RESVRGET.CREATVRA
IVDICANTI.RESPONSVRA;
LIBER.SCRIPTVS.PROFERETVR
IN.QVO.TOTVM.CONTINETVR
VNDE.MVNDVS.IVDICETVR;
IVDEX.ERGO.CVM.SEDEBIT
QVIDQVID.LATET.APPAREBIT:
NIL.INVLTVM.REMANEBIT;
QVID.SVM.MISER.TVNC.DICTVRVS
QVEM.PATRONVM.ROGATVRVS
CVM.VIX.IVSTVS.SIT.SECVRVS
REX.TREMENDÆ.MAIESTATIS
QVI.SALVANDOS.SALVAS.GRATIS
SALVA.ME.FONS.PIETATIS;
RECORDARE.IESV.PIE
QVOD.SVM.CAVSA.TVÆ.VIÆ:
NE.ME.PERDAS.ILLA.DIE;
QVÆRENS.ME.SEDISTI.LASSVS:
REDEMISTI.CRVCEM.PASSVS:
TANTVS.LABOR.NON.SIT.CASSVS;
IVSTE.IVDEX.VLTIONIS
DONVM.FAC.REMISSIONIS
ANTE.DIEM.RATIONIS;
INGEMISCO.TAMQVAM.REVS:
CVLPA.RVBET.VVLTVS.MEVS:
SVPPLICANTI.PARCE.DEVS;
QVI.MARIAM.ABSOLVISTI
ET.LATRONEM.EXAVDISTI
MIHI.QVOQVE.SPEM.DEDISTI;
PRECES.MEÆ.NON.SVNT.DIGNÆ:
SED.TV.BONVS.FAC.BENIGNE
NE.PERENNI.CREMER.IGNE;
INTER.OVES.LOCVM.PRÆSTA
ET.AB.HÆDIS.ME.SEQVESTRA
STATVENS.IN.PARTE.DEXTRA;
CONFVTATIS.MALEDICTIS
FLAMMIS.ACRIBVS.ADDICTIS:
VOCA.ME.CVM.BENEDICTIS;
ORO.SVPPLEX.ET.ACCLINIS
COR.CONTRITVM.QVASI.CINIS:
GERE.CVRAM.MEI.FINIS;
Comment made by Ätänas Batjwärow on October 14, 2008 2:58 AM