Psalm 31: 2,3,1 [Latin] – Be my protector and place of refuge, to keep me safe; for you are my strength and refuge; and for the sake of your name, you will lead and nourish me.

In you O Lord, I have put my trust; do not let me be put to shame; In your justice rescue me.

Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias: quoniam firmamentum meum, et refugium meum es tu: et propter nomen tuum dux mihi eris, et enutries me.

V. In te, Domine, speravi, non confundar in aeternum: in justitia tua libera me, et eripe me.

Figure from The History, Theory, and Practice of Illuminating (1861), quoting Psalm 31:1
Figure from The History, Theory, and Practice of Illuminating, by M. Digby Wyatt (1861), quoting Psalm 31:1

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Esto Mihi, sacred motet from Choralis Constantinus, Volume 1 (1550), composed by Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450-1517)

Isaac - Esto Mihi - Gesualdo Six

Performed by The Gesualdo Six

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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.

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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