Today in the Calendar is the Feast of Sta (St) Cecelia. She was tortured for days and then died, martyred following the fate of others in her family. In her death throes she sang to the Lord, for she had a fine voice. Her body was later exhumed and her hand still had the fingers making the sign for the Holy Trinity. A church was erected near her home in Trastevere in Rome - St Cecelia Travestere, Roma. She is the patron of musicians and church musicians in particular. An American Episcopalian wrote to me today and said that the Anglican choral tradition shows that the angels are really Anglican! Ha ha! I do like that, for without fine music and good singing, Christianity and the Anglican and Episcopalian traditions in music would be lost. We have much to owe to this extraordinary lady Cecelia. May perpetual light shine upon her.
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Tuesday 22 Nov-2011: St Cecelia, cAD 230.
Today in the Calendar is the Feast of Sta (St) Cecelia. She was tortured for days and then died, martyred following the fate of others in her family. In her death throes she sang to the Lord, for she had a fine voice. Her body was later exhumed and her hand still had the fingers making the sign for the Holy Trinity. A church was erected near her home in Trastevere in Rome - St Cecelia Travestere, Roma. She is the patron of musicians and church musicians in particular. An American Episcopalian wrote to me today and said that the Anglican choral tradition shows that the angels are really Anglican! Ha ha! I do like that, for without fine music and good singing, Christianity and the Anglican and Episcopalian traditions in music would be lost. We have much to owe to this extraordinary lady Cecelia. May perpetual light shine upon her.
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