Gregorian Chant by the Benedictines of St. Cecilias Abbey MASS OF OUR LADY AND COMPLINE including Kyrie 10 and the Angelus bell FEASTOF THE SACRED HEART Mass chants, Vespers, Benediction and the Litany THE EASTER LITURGY Extracts from Mass and Vespers CANTUS ECCLESIAE Gloria laus, Tantum ergo, and other Gregorian favourites IN CORDIS JUBILO From the Christmas Liturgy ADORATE DEUM A selection from the Liturgical Year SPIRITUS DOMINI The whole Mass of Pentecost in Latin (Pope Paul VI Missal) with Chants MAGNIFICAT: IN PRAISE OF MARY* Chants from the Masses of the Assumption and the ImmaculateConception, and Litany of Our Lady GAUDETE* A further selection from the Liturgical Year * Available as Compact Disc. These items can be ordered from our Abbey Shop, St. Cecilias Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 1LH U.K., tel/fax (01983) 562602 The Spirit of Solesmes. Solesmes is famous for its chant. This book presents its history and rich spiritual teaching in the whole spectrum of Christian life: prayer, liturgy, participation in the Church, the mysteries of love, suffering and death, and the religious life. 266 pages, illustrations, large face, readable type throughout. The point is to love God a great deal. How is one to love God a great deal? By loving him little by little.... I fear that the sight of your weakness is making too great an impression on you; Gods mercy is infinitely greater than your weakness and poverty.... (Abbot Guéranger). The secret of joy, of security in the supernatural life, is to centre ones attention upon God rather than on oneself.... To live the contemplative life is to reflect God in the depths on ones soul because one is ceaselessly gazing at him; and, while we look at him, he is imprinting himself upon our soul.... You must not become tense during prayer, but relax and be at rest. (Abbess Cécile Bruyère). Do your work well; avoid feverishness and excessive effort: success and progress come from God. We must do as much as in us lies, calmly, as if our activity were decisive and then enter ever more deeply into calm and confidence , as if everything were to come to us from God. One can never go too far in a spirit of self-abandonment to the Lord. (Abbot Paul Delatte) Please send order to: Dept S, Burns & Oates, Wellwood, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3DR tel: 01892 510850 fax: 01892 515903; Retail price: £10.95 per copy. 35% discount for orders of 4 or more, carriage free in UK. 25% discount for 3 copies or less; post & packing will be charged. In USA please send order to: St. Bedes Publications, P.O. Box 545, Petersham, Massachusetts 01366-0545, (508)724-3407 |