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It is patterned closely after Hannah’s song in 1 Samuel 1 in the Old Testament, a song that Mary would have undoubtedly known and sung. Mary’s creation of her OWN song, one that she most likely sang to others, reveals something about her character and personality.
“Mary, Mother of Jesus” by The Statler Brothers is a moving and heartfelt song that tells the story of Mary’s life and her unwavering faith. The song’s gentle melody and poignant lyrics paint a vivid picture of Mary’s strength and devotion, highlighting her as a symbol of hope and inspiration.
- Who Were The Troubadours?
- The Sin of Sensual Desire
- A New Mariology
- War on Occitania
- Translation Credits
- Bibliography
The troubadours were the poets and singers of Occitania, what is now southern France. From the late 11th century to the end of the 13thcentury, they developed several styles of song, most famously the poetry of fin’amor – refined or perfect love. Their influence was widespread and considerable, extending well beyond southern France and long after t...
Still, the troubadours were writing openly of physical desire for a married woman, the anticipation of its joys, the sadness and frustrations of it being withheld. For the church, to imagine adultery was as immoral as doing it, so fin’amor songs were an engagement in and encouragement of sinful carnal pleasures. The English Benedictine monk, Orderi...
Mary played an important supporting role in Catholic theology and was the role model for women in the early church – the subservient, obedient, virginal mother. But until the 12th century the Catholic Church had not developed a systematic Mariology or a pattern of worship with a special elevated place for her. This came as a result of the unwelcome...
In 1208, Pope Innocent III declared the Albigensian Crusade against the Albigensians or Cathars, a religious group declared heretics due to their denial of the validity of clerical office, their declaration of gender equality, their criticism of the church’s accumulation of land, and their reading of the Bible for themselves. As an incentive to sla...
Translations of Ieu m’escondisc, domna, que mal no mier (He protests his innocence to a lady) by Bertan de Born and Deiosta-ls breus iorns (When days grow short) by Peire d’Alvernhe are by Robert Kehew – see bibliography. The translation of Farai chansoneta nueva (I’ll make a little song that’s new) by Guillaume IX of Aquitaine is by A. S. Kline – ...
Akehurst, F. R. P., & Davis, Judith M. (ed.) (1995) A Handbook of the Troubadours. Berkeley: University of California Press. Gaunt, Simon, & Kay, Sarah (1999) The Troubadours. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kehew, Robert (ed.) (2005) Lark in the Morning. The Verses of the Troubadours. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. K...
Dec 15, 2019 · And we know the story: An angel comes to Mary (who is Elizabeth’s cousin) and announces that Mary will bear the Christ child – Mary – a young woman not yet married. Mary ponders these things in her heart, and says to the angel, “May it be so with me as you have said.”
Dec 22, 2023 · It is in Luke that we find the song of Mary, known as the Magnificat; the song of Zechariah, known as the Benedictus; the song of the angels, known as the Gloria; and the song of Simeon, known as the Nunc Dimittis.
- Neil Rees
Dec 18, 2023 · Take Mary’s song in Luke 1:46-55. Mary has a lot to think about. She is pregnant, by means of the Holy Spirit, with a son she’s been told is the Son of God (v 35).
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Dec 13, 2020 · Mary, the singer of the Magnificat, God’s gorgeous justice song. Growing up, I didn’t hear a single sermon about the song Luke attributes to the teenage girl who gave birth to Jesus. No one told me that Mary’s song comprises the longest set of words spoken by a woman in the New Testament.
