In this minisode, the lyrics are read of a poem written by the English poet John Dryden in 1687 to commemorate Saint Cecilia’s Day (November 22). It is a wonderful description of the joy of God’s creation. It was adapted half a century later by Georg Frederic Handel and put to music.
Link to the poem can be found here
Link to You Tube video of Handel’s Ode To Saint Cecilia can be found here
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In this minisode, an exposition on Christ’s role, as seen in Psalm 2, is read. It is the work of Hippolytus, a theologian of the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries.
A sampling of the writings of Hippolytus can be found at the Early Christian Writings site here
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In this minisode is recited the Midday Prayer from the cycle of prayers known as the Daily Office of the Northumbria Community. The Northumbria Community is a lay monastic centered in the Northumbria region of the England and Scotland. The community has followers around the world in what is described as a “dispersed community.” Its followers do not live in monasteries but rather in everyday circumstances. What binds them together is the daily cycle of prayers as well as the rules of living life with purposeful availability to God and others as well as intentional vulnerability.
A link to the homepage of the Northumbria Community can be found here.
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In this minisode, the lyrics are read of an early 8th century hymn written by the English monk and scholar, the Venerable Bede (672/673 – 735), celebrating the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ back to Heaven. It is an interesting coincidence of church history that the author of this Ascension hymn died on the Feast of the Ascension in the year 735.
Link to website featuring the text of the Ascension Hymn can Lord Jesus Christ back to Heaven can be found here.
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This minisode features the reciting of an English translation of a prayer which originated in the 4th – 5th century, the Te Deum Laudamus (O Lord, We Praise Thee).
Link to a site featuring the Latin and English texts of the Te Deum here
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