O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity. (Saint Basil the Great, +379)
Year: 2023
Called in the Gospels “the mother of Jesus”, Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as “the mother of my Lord”. In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was[…]
Palestrina’s Magnificat of Mary
On this Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, her is a beautiful rendition of Palestrina’s Magnificat (1591), as sung by the British vocal ensemble Voces8, which will offer a window of light and grace to this glorious day: