Music videos to watch today . . .
Stabat Mater by Vivaldi (with lots of art work):
Stabat Mater by Mozart (from the movie “Amadeus”):
Stabat Mater by the Women’s Gregorian Choir of Paris
(with scenes from the movie “Passion of the Christ”):
Stabat Mater
Dolorosa, often referred to as Stabat Mater, is a 13th-century Catholic hymn to
Mary, variously attributed to the Franciscan Jacopone da Todi and to Innocent
III. It is about the Sorrows of Mary.
The title of
the sorrowful hymn is an incipit of the first line, Stabat mater dolorosa
("The sorrowful mother stood"). The Stabat Mater hymn, one of the
most powerful and immediate of extant medieval poems, meditates on the
suffering of Mary, Jesus Christ's mother, during his crucifixion. It is sung at
the liturgy on the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows.
The Stabat
Mater has been set to music by many composers, with the most famous
settings being those by Palestrina, Pergolesi, Alessandro Scarlatti and
Domenico Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Haydn, Rossini, Dvořák, Karol Szymanowski,Poulenc
and Arvo Pärt.
At the Cross her station
keeping,
stood the mournful Mother weeping,
close to her Son to the last.
stood the mournful Mother weeping,
close to her Son to the last.
Through her heart, His
sorrow sharing,
all His bitter anguish bearing,
now at length the sword has passed.
all His bitter anguish bearing,
now at length the sword has passed.
O how sad and sore
distressed
was that Mother, highly blest,
of the sole-begotten One.
was that Mother, highly blest,
of the sole-begotten One.
Christ above in torment
hangs,
she beneath beholds the pangs
of her dying glorious Son.
she beneath beholds the pangs
of her dying glorious Son.
Is there one who would not
weep,
whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ's dear Mother to behold?
whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ's dear Mother to behold?
Can the human heart
refrain
from partaking in her pain,
in that Mother's pain untold?
from partaking in her pain,
in that Mother's pain untold?
For the sins of His own
nation,
She saw Jesus wracked with torment,
All with scourges rent:
She saw Jesus wracked with torment,
All with scourges rent:
She beheld her tender
Child,
Saw Him hang in desolation,
Till His spirit forth He sent.
Saw Him hang in desolation,
Till His spirit forth He sent.
O thou Mother! fount of
love!
Touch my spirit from above,
make my heart with thine accord:
Touch my spirit from above,
make my heart with thine accord:
Make me feel as thou hast
felt;
make my soul to glow and melt
with the love of Christ my Lord.
make my soul to glow and melt
with the love of Christ my Lord.
Holy Mother! pierce me
through,
in my heart each wound renew
of my Savior crucified:
in my heart each wound renew
of my Savior crucified:
Let me share with thee His
pain,
who for all my sins was slain,
who for me in torments died.
who for all my sins was slain,
who for me in torments died.
Let me mingle tears with
thee,
mourning Him who mourned for me,
all the days that I may live:
mourning Him who mourned for me,
all the days that I may live:
By the Cross with thee to
stay,
there with thee to weep and pray,
is all I ask of thee to give.
there with thee to weep and pray,
is all I ask of thee to give.
Virgin of all virgins
blest!,
Listen to my fond request:
let me share thy grief divine;
Listen to my fond request:
let me share thy grief divine;
Let me, to my latest
breath,
in my body bear the death
of that dying Son of thine.
in my body bear the death
of that dying Son of thine.
Wounded with His every
wound,
steep my soul till it hath swooned,
in His very Blood away;
steep my soul till it hath swooned,
in His very Blood away;
Be to me, O Virgin, nigh,
lest in flames I burn and die,
in His awful Judgment Day.
lest in flames I burn and die,
in His awful Judgment Day.
Christ, when Thou shalt
call me hence,
be Thy Mother my defense,
be Thy Cross my victory;
be Thy Mother my defense,
be Thy Cross my victory;
While my body here decays,
may my soul Thy goodness praise,
Safe in Paradise with Thee.
may my soul Thy goodness praise,
Safe in Paradise with Thee.
Translation by Edward Caswall
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