Matthew 11:25 [Italian] – Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom.

Ti rendo lode, Padre, Signore del cielo e della terra, perché ai piccoli hai rivelato i misteri del Regno. 

Statue of Jesus seated in the middle of two children
Statue of Jesus seated in the middle of two children. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

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Alleluia. Ti rendo lode, for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), composed by Massimo Scapin (b. 1968)

Massimo Scapin - Alleluia. Ti rendo lode

Sung by the Sistine Chapel Choir, conducted by Msgr. Marcos Pavan, in the Vatican Basilica on July 23, 2023.

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John 16: 20-21a [Latin] – Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy.

Amen amen dico vobis quia plorabitis et flebitis vos mundus autem gaudebit vos autem contristabimini sed tristitia vestra vertetur in gaudium mulier cum parit tristitiam habet quia venit hora eius cum autem peperit puerum iam non meminit pressurae propter gaudium.

Mother's hands frame baby's feet (Image via Wikimedia Commons)
Mother’s hands frame baby’s feet (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

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Amen, amen dico vobis, sacred motet from Il secondo libro de motetti a cinque voci, no. 7 (1581), composed by Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)

Giaches de Wert: Amen, amen dico vobis - Stile Antico

Performed by Stile Antico

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2 Corinthians 10: 17-18 [Latin]17 [Brothers!] … he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

Fratres! Qui gloriatur, in Domino glorietur, non enim qui seipsum commendat ille probatus est, sed quem Deus commendat.

Orlande de Lassus (1535-1594), composer - Image via Wikipedia
Orlande de Lassus (1535-1594), composer – Image via Wikipedia

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Fratres qui gloriatur, sacred motet from Magnum opus musicum, no. 405 (1604), composed by Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Melancholia - Aphorisms on Life and Death: 2a parte - Fratres qui gloriatur

Sung by Hofkapelle Ensemble

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Revelation 7:9-12 [Latin] – 9 [After this] I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and the ancients, and the four living creatures; and they fell down before the throne upon their faces, and adored God, 12 Saying: Amen. Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour, and power, and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Vidi turbam magnam quam dinumerare nemo poterat, ex omnibus gentibus et tribubus, et populis, et linguis: stantes ante thronum Dei in conspectu Agni, amicti stolis albis, et palmae in manibus eorum: et clamabant voce magna dicentes: Salus Deo nostro qui sedet super thronum Agno. Et omnes angeli stabant in circuitut throni et seniorum et quattuor animalium, et ceciderunt in conspectu throni et adoraverunt Deum, dicentes: Amen. Benedictio, et claritas et sapientia et gratiarum actio, honor virtus et fortitudo Deo nostro, in saecula saeculorum, Amen

Detail from the Ghent Altarpiece / Adoration of the Lamb (1432), by Jan van Eyck
Women with palm branches before The Lamb. Detail from the Ghent Altarpiece / Adoration of the Lamb (1432), by Jan van Eyck

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Vidi turbam magnam, composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594). First appeared in Liber primus motettorum, no. 27 (1569).

Ensemble Classica | Vidi Turbam magnam -G.P. Palestrina

Sung by Ensemble Classica, conducted by Joseph Baghdo

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