[Magdalen] Trinity Anyone?

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Fri May 29 18:28:21 UTC 2015


That hymn is well known to Roman Catholics. Their version adds a couple of
yodels and a repeat that we haven't got in our version. I think the hymn is
often sung at the end of benediction of the blessed Sacrament.
On May 29, 2015 12:22 PM, "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ah geez, our Te Deum will take the form of a hymn: Holy God we praise your
> name.  Probably some cheesy tune that nobody knows. NOT the same as the
> real thing with its majestic words.  Couldn't we recite it or something?
> How I pine for full throttle liturgy and music in a grand setting!  Oh,
> well.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 5/29/2015 1:09 PM, Marion Thompson wrote:
>
>> My little church will have both thuribles fuming away during the Te Deum
>> with the Sanctus bells ringing.  No choir, sadly, so who knows what our Mr
>> Music will come up with for us.  In my own heart, I will revisit other
>> lovely musical times while giving up myself to the glorious cloud.  A sad
>> footnote to my current life is that, with the total absence of smell since
>> January, I have lost that fabulous aspect of incense. :-(((
>>
>> I'm preaching and haven't one word down yet.  The joys of having a house
>> on the market.  Yikes!
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> On 5/29/2015 12:09 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>   Home parishes for any of our listmembers dusting off the
>>> handbells and double thuribles for a Solemn Te Deum at the
>>> conclusion of the main choral liturgy this Sunday, Trinity Sunday?
>>>   >From personal experience, it is one of the really fun liturgical
>>> moments when the altar tends to play hide and seek from all the
>>> smoke, and best observed from the back of the church or the
>>> rear gallery.
>>>   Ringing chord clusters on handbells is also much fun as the
>>> church choir drones on through the lovely solemn plainchant.
>>>       David Strang - a spike at heart.
>>>
>>>
>>
>


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