“delictus meus mihi et ego illi qui pascitur inter lilia”  (Canticum Canticorum Salomonis 2:16 Vulgate)

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It’s the fourth Christmas that I find myself at St. Cecilia’s Abbey to hear the beloved’s song sung and to sing it with others.  To me the antiphons of this season are the most beautiful love songs ever written.  Nothing else can compare.  And for me I think it would be very difficult to find a place where they are more beautifully sung than here.  But it’s not about the voices.  It’s about the beauty of espoused souls when they reflect the love of Christ, their Bridegroom.  During this season, when these souls sing, they tell the story of the joy of the Bride upon finding her Bridegroom.

AMDG 

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