Lamentations1: 8-13 [Latin] – 8 Jerusalem sinned grievously; therefore she became filthy; all who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns her face away.
9 Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible; she has no comforter. “O Lord, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!”
10 The enemy has stretched out his hands over all her precious things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, those whom you forbade to enter your congregation.
11 All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. “Look, O Lord, and see, for I am despised.”
12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.
13 “From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.
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Original Latin:
8 [Heth.] Peccatum peccavit Jerusalem, propterea instabilis facta est; omnes qui glorificabant eam spreverunt illam, quia viderunt ignominiam ejus: ipsa autem gemens conversa est retrorsum.
9 [Teth.] Sordes ejus in pedibus ejus, nec recordata est finis sui; deposita est vehementer, non habens consolatorem. Vide, Domine, afflictionem meam, quoniam erectus est inimicus.
10 [Jod.] Manum suam misit hostis ad omnia desiderabilia ejus, quia vidit gentes ingressas sanctuarium suum, de quibus praeceperas ne intrarent in ecclesiam tuam.
11 [Caph.] Omnis populus ejus gemens, et quaerens panem; dederunt pretiosa quaeque pro cibo ad refocillandam animam. Vide, Domine, et considera quoniam facta sum vilis!
12 [Lamed.] O vos omnes qui transitis per viam, attendite, et videte si est dolor sicut dolor meus! quoniam vindemiavit me, ut locutus est Dominus, in die irae furoris sui.
13 [Mem.] De excelso misit ignem in ossibus meis, et erudivit me: expandit rete pedibus meis, convertit me retrorsum; posuit me desolatam, tota die moerore confectam.
People Mourn over the Ruins of Jerusalem (Doré’s English Bible)
Tota pulchra es amica mea, et macula non est in te.
The Fiancee of the Night (The Song of Songs) – by Gustave Moreau (1826–1898)
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“Tota pulchra es” for 4 voices a cappella, composed by Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522). From Anne Boleyn Songbook, MS 1070, in the Royal College of Music. The text is from the Canticum Canticorum 4:7 (Song of Songs).
Acts2: 2, 4 [Latin] – Suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming where they were sitting, alleluia: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, speaking the wonderful works of God, alleluia, alleluia. [Verse 4 actually reads: “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.”]
Original Latin:
Factus est repénte de cœlo sonus, tamquam adveniéntis spíritus veheméntis, ubi erant sedéntes, allelúia: et repléti sunt omnes Spíritu Sancto, loquéntes magnália Dei, allelúia, allelúia.
The Pentecost depicted in a 14th-century parchment Missal, originating from East Anglia (c. 1310-1320)
Psalm103: 10; 79: 8-9 [Latin] – He hath not dealt with us after our sins: nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses.
O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon: for we are come to great misery. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name’s sake.
Original Latin:
Domine, non secundum peccata nostra quae fecimus nos[facias nobis], neque secundum iniquitates nostras retribuas nobis. Domine, ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum: cito anticipent nos misericordiae tuae. Quia pauperes facti sumus nimis. Adjuva nos, Deus salutaris noster: et propter gloriam nominis tui, Domine, libera nos. Et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter nomen tuum.
Portrait of Jacques Arcadelt
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“Domine non secundum peccata nostra,” 5-voice (SATTB) sacred motet composed by Jacques Arcadelt (1505-1568), and first published in Cappella Sistina MS 13, no. 10.
Arcadelt: Domine non secundum peccata nostra - Josquin Capella
Performed by Josquin Capella, directed by Meinolf Brüser
Psalm103: 2-4 [German] – 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Original German:
Lobe den Herren, meine Seele, und vergiß nicht, was er dir Guts getan hat. Der dir alle deine Sünde vergibet und heilet alle deine Gebrechen. Lobe den Herren, meine Seele, und vergiß nicht, was es dir Guts gethan hat. Der dein Leben vom Verderben erlöset, der dich krönet mit Gnad und Barmherzigkeit. Lobe den Herren, meine Seele, und vergiß nicht, was er dir Guts getan hat.
Christoph Spätner. Heinrich Schütz, c. 1660. (Museum für Musikinstrumente der Universität Leipzig)
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“Lobe den Herren, meine Seele,” SWV 39, 8-voice SSAATTBB sacred motet composed by Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672), first published in Psalmen Davids, Op. 2, no. 18 (1619)
Schütz: Lobe den Herren meine Seele - Cantus Cölln
Matthew28:7; John20:26 [Latin] – And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Original Latin:
Halleluja, in die resurrectionis meae dicit dominus praecedam vos in Galilaeam, alleluja,
post dies octo januis clausis stetit Jesus in medio discipulorum suorum et dixit: alleluja, pax vobis.
English translation:
Allelúia, alleluia. On the day of My Resurrection, saith the Lord, I will go before you into Galilee. Alleluia. After eight days, the doors being shut, Jesus stood in the midst of His disciples and said: Peace be to you. Alleluia.
Byzantine-era depiction of Doubting Thomas. Hosios Loukas Monastery, Boeotia, Greece.
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“Alleluja! In die resurrectionis meae,” Alleluia verse for Low Sunday, composed by Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806) for SATB choir and orchestra.
Philippians2:8-9 [Latin] – He humbled himself, becoming [Christ became] obedient for us unto death, even to the death on the cross. Therefore God exalted Him and gave Him a name which is above all names.
Original Latin:
Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis. Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.
Crucifixion, by John of Burgundy. Girona, Girona Art Museum, ca. 1525.
Matthew21:9; Isaiah64:1, 45:8; Psalm24:9-10[Latin] – [And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,] Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Oh, if only you would break open the heavens and come down and the mountains would melt away before you.
Drip dew, you heavens, from on high, and rain, you clouds, on the just; may the earth open up and bring forth the Savior.
Lift up, you gates, your heads; lift yourselves up, you perpetual gates, and the King of Glory will enter.
Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
Original Latin:
Hosianna Filio David. Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosianna in altissimis:
Utinam dirumperes coelos ac descenderes et montes a facie tua defluerent.
Rorate coeli desuper et nubes pluant iustum, aperiatur terra et germinet Salvatorem.
Elevate, o portae, capita vestra, elevate vos, o portae perpetuae et introibit rex gloriae. Quis est iste rex gloriae? Jehova exercituum, ipse est rex gloriae.
Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Matthew 21:7-8. Illustration by Gustave Doré
Job30: 31; 7: 16 [Latin] – My lyre is tuned to mourning, And my instrument to the voice of those who weep. Spare me, O Lord, For my days are as nothing.
Original Latin:
Versa est in luctum cithara mea, Et organum meum in vocem flentium. Parce mihi Domine, Nihil enim sunt dies mei.
Job and His Comforters, Luca Giordano c.a. 1700.
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“Versa est in luctum,” for unaccompanied choir (SSATTB), composed by Richard Barnard (b. 1977) and first published in 2022.
Versa est in luctum - Richard Barnard - Paragon Singers directed by Sarah Latto
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