Happy Easter!

Regina Caeli

V: Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
R: The Son you merited to bear, alleluia,
V: Has risen as He said, alleluia.
R: Pray to God for us, alleluia.
V: Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R: For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

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+JMJ+ Regina Caeli! Christ is risen, alleluia! A blessed and happy Easter to you and your loved ones. In honor of the day I’m sharing some sacred choral music in four videos. I was craving some beauty for today and I thought you might enjoy it, too.

Video, Regina Caeli, Gregorian chant, from the Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. (If the spot says unavailable, just use the link to go watch it on YouTube. Sometimes these things just like to be that way.)

Video, Exsultate Deo, by Palestrina, from Brother Sun, Sister Moon (not the movie!), by John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers. Playlist for the whole album.

Video, Alleluia/Haec Dies, another selection from Brother Sun, Sister Moon.

Video, Easter Sequence, from Brother Sun, Sister Moon.

Thank you for visiting and reading, watching and listening. God bless you, every one, and may His peace be always with you. And don’t forget to REJOICE! +JMJ+

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Notes and Links

Regina Caeli, Gregorian chant, from the Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos.
Brother Sun Sister Moon, choral music, conducted by John Rutter, CD, MP3. Playlist for the whole album on YouTube (Amazon affiliate links, see Full Disclosure below).
About Palestrina, on the EWTN website. (EWTN changes their pages and links frequently, but hopefully this link will be good for at least a few days. Oy vey.)
No, Easter Is Not a Pagan Holiday. (So there.) From the Catholic Answers website.
Is Easter Pagan? From the Bible Study Tools website.
In Conversation with God, Meditations for Each Day of the Year, Vol. 2: Lent, Holy Week, Eastertide. Paperback. (The description says paperback but mine has a vinyl cover with a ribbon marker and a lovely dust jacket with artwork, Noli me Tangere, “in the style of Orcagna” but the artist may be Jacopo da Cione instead). Kindle, split into two parts: Part 1, Lent and Holy Week and Part 2, Eastertide. A highly recommended series of devotional books. (Amazon affiliate links, see Full Disclosure below).

Attributed to Jacopo di Cione (Italian, 1365–1398/1400), “Noli me tangere,” ca. 1368–70. Pinnacle panel from a Florentine altarpiece, now in the collection of the National Gallery, London.

Images: Christ appearing to His mother, by Juan de Flandes, via the Met Museum, New York. Noli me Tangere, Jacopo di Cione, via the National Gallery of London.

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