The baroque interior of St. John Cantius Church in Chicago. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)Psalm 43:1-5 (Psalmi 42) This metrical version of the text was used for the music:
I will go to the altar of God, the God of my gladness and joy.
God, plead my cause and judge me the nations ’round me press:
save me from deceitful men,O send to me redress.
In you I take my refuge; why cast me off distressed?
Why must I walk mourn- fully by th’ enemy oppressed?
Send out your light, your truth, Lord; let them be guides to me;
bring me to your holy hill; To where your dwelling be.
My soul, why are you downcast and within me complain?
Wait for God, my savior and help, whom I shall praise again.
8 But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.
9 And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given.
Da mihi in disco caput Joannis Baptistae: et contristatus est rex propter jusjurandum.
[In YouTube video, adds: “Credidi propter quod locutus sum * ego autem humiliatus sum nimis.” – Psalm 116:10]
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Da mihi in disco, Antiphon for August 28 and August 29 Vespers, from The Liber Usualis, Solesmes, 1961, p. 1621 or Liber antiphonarius, Solesmes, 1960, p. 830
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Beati pauperes spiritu, quoniam ipsorum est regnum coelorum. Beati mites, quoniam ipsi possidebunt terram. Beati qui lugent, quoniam ipsi consolabuntur. Beati qui esuriunt et sitiunt iustitiam, quoniam ipsi saturabuntur.
Beati misericordes, quoniam ipsi misericordiam consequentur. Beati mundo corde, quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt. Beati pacifici, quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur. Beati qui persecutionem patiuntur propter iustitiam, quoniam ipsorum est regnum coelorum.
10 But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.
11 Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
Cum invitaus fueris ab aliquo, vade et accumbe in novissimo loco ut cum venerit qui te invitavit dicat tibi, amice, ascende superius. Tunc erit tibi gloria coram omnibus discumbentibus, omnis enim qui se extolletur.
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Cum invitatus fueris ab aliquo, from Motetten der Cantiones Sacrae I (1602), composed by Melchior Vulpius (1570-1615)
Motetten der Cantiones Sacrae I: Cum invitatus fueris ab aliquo
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