Music

Seek First the Kingdom of God

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Music written by Thomas Tallis 1500s AD Musical arrangement by Jared Haselbarth Text has been adapted for this music, but is from the Gospel of Matthew (6:25ff), part of the Sermon on the Mount. The unadapted text is here: “No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life … Continue

Adoro Te Devote

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Given the recent Eucharistic Congress that was organized by the United States Catholic Bishops, I’d like to share this beautiful devotional prayer written by the Dominican and Doctor of the Church, St. Thomas Aquinas. You will also see the video below. This video features a musical composition written by the Catholic composer William Byrd around the year 1600AD. I took his musical setting and adapted it, while adding the words of the prayer of St. Thomas. The words and the music are very moving and commend us to increase our devotion to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament…a mystery that … Continue