tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2040074324155770904..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Christus SacerdosFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-86127635418614914942010-02-26T22:40:53.637+00:002010-02-26T22:40:53.637+00:00A wonderful hymn indeed. The GSS supply Neale'...A wonderful hymn indeed. The GSS supply Neale's 87.87.87 doxology, but this one will fit the same modern tunes as Caswall's translation:<br /><br />Praise the Universal Maker,<br />Father of the world of men;<br />Praise the Son, whose life-blood flowing<br />Bought our captive souls again;<br />Gracious Breath of Life Divine -<br />Praise, O Triune God, be Thine ! Amen.<br /><br />And Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967143115506520306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-76622163016264351422010-02-26T13:55:09.401+00:002010-02-26T13:55:09.401+00:00Oh I do love that hymn!
We used to sing it at Sac...Oh I do love that hymn!<br /><br />We used to sing it at Sacred Heart, New Town (Tasmania) during the years when Fr Geoffrey Jarrett (now Bp of Lismore, N.S.W.) was the parish priest.<br /><br />Isn't it funny how ex-Anglicans make the best Catholic priests? And they know good music too.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-86254084412727133362010-02-26T12:57:47.853+00:002010-02-26T12:57:47.853+00:00Joshua,
For a hymn I can think of nothing better t...Joshua,<br />For a hymn I can think of nothing better than this, used as an office hymn by the GSS and now not often heard to either the plainsong or the tune I used at my silver jubilee:<br /> <i>Haste dum victo triumphans </i><br /> 1. WHEN the Patriarch was returning <br />Crown'd with triumph from the fray, <br />Him the peaceful king of Salem <br />Came to meet upon his way; <br />MeeklyJohn F H Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032884551581324489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-18362210519655340002010-02-26T12:42:04.143+00:002010-02-26T12:42:04.143+00:00My pleasure entirely - your notes are my daily rea...My pleasure entirely - your notes are my daily reading, and much enjoyed.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-46668571182842006382010-02-26T11:33:58.470+00:002010-02-26T11:33:58.470+00:00Thanx for your help, Joshua. Best wishes.Thanx for your help, Joshua. Best wishes.Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-23807120336501155742010-02-26T10:10:26.855+00:002010-02-26T10:10:26.855+00:00I seem to have gone on a bit. Fools rush in and a...I seem to have gone on a bit. Fools rush in and all that!Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-71325810904997285052010-02-26T10:09:42.260+00:002010-02-26T10:09:42.260+00:00Over at Vultus Christi, it is noted that the EF co...Over at <a href="http://vultus.stblogs.org/2009/06/votive-mass-of-jesus-christ-et.html" rel="nofollow">Vultus Christi</a>, it is noted that the EF collect of the Votive Mass of Christ the Priest seems perhaps more apposite for this Year of the Priest, in comparison to the OF collect; I suppose the modern version - reworking the first portion, but replacing the second with a more general petition Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19144796307841325672010-02-26T09:53:51.288+00:002010-02-26T09:53:51.288+00:00And who could forget the saintly George Herbert...And who could forget the saintly George Herbert's poem "Aaron", which so brilliantly speaks of Christ the Priest, in Whom all priesthood finds its sure hope:<br /><br />Holinesse on the head,<br />Light and perfections on the breast,<br />Harmonious bells below, raising the dead<br />To leade them unto life and rest.<br />Thus are true Aarons drest.<br /><br />Profanenesse in my Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-18058834001311250712010-02-26T09:50:24.001+00:002010-02-26T09:50:24.001+00:00A quick glance in the hymn book collection reveals...A quick glance in the hymn book collection reveals a number of suitable hymns in honour of Christ our High Priest:<br /><br />Where high the heavenly temple stands" - attr. Michael Bruce (cf. Heb 4:14-16) [a Scottish paraphrase, no less];<br /> <br />"Jesus, in thee our eyes behold" - Isaac Watts;<br /> <br />"Victim Divine, thy grace we claim" - Charles Wesley;<br /><br Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-74371649822979164932010-02-26T09:40:52.765+00:002010-02-26T09:40:52.765+00:00I have also a copy of the Feast of Christ the Prie...I have also a copy of the Feast of Christ the Priest in English - for the use of an Australian priestly congregation, the Confraternity of Christ the Priest.<br /><br />I'll dig it up.<br /><br />I do have to hand the translations of the hymns that Mgr (now Bp) Peter Elliott made for this Office, which I understand are copyright, but (in the hymnal I have before me) are "used by Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37993658651887966152010-02-25T23:09:54.754+00:002010-02-25T23:09:54.754+00:00The electronic source of the Office of Our Lord Je...The electronic source of the Office of Our Lord Jesus Christ High Priest is from this site:<br /><br />http://www.almudi.org/tabid/36/Default.aspx<br /><br />This appears to be a very interesting web site, mostly in Spanish, with some substantial association with Opus Dei. I would recommend, for those who can read Spanish, the meditations page, with good daily meditations from a text that I had Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910654300435533408noreply@blogger.com