Always worth singing, and how appropriately in Ascensiontide:
- "Rejoice the Lord is King" (Chas Wesley, 1744), to Darwall's 148th;
- "The Head that once was crowned with thorns" (Thos Kelly, 1820);
- "Hail the day that sees Him rise" (Chas Wesley, 1742).
What a pity that Wesley, in a sense the Newman (and Faber!) of his age, was kept from finding his true home in the Catholic Church; his hymns are certainly very Catholic in their doctrine, all unknowingly.
Joshua,
ReplyDeleteHow is your mother? I hope that she is recovering. she was in my prayers on Wednesday am as i drove to work.
Yes, thanks be to God, she now home and slowly feeling better.
ReplyDeleteOh yes and i met said Archpriest lawrence yesterday at Divine Liturgy-Byzantine Rite.
ReplyDeleteYou were right-a nice bloke
Excellent, Matthias - say hi to him if you go along to the Liturgy there again.
ReplyDeleteLet's pray for each other (Oremus pro invicem).
thanks for the post
ReplyDeletewe used "Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise" on Sunday at St Charles' and the Rector loved it so much we are using it again tomorrow.
if u could say a prayer for us over in the West, it'll be much appreciated
God Bless