Favourite Hymns

[Hat And Beard]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERejSCJ6oE8[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx35_DRIZ8g[/yt]

And because deep down inside I wish I could go to a black church:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAL2_5-FswE[/yt]

[Stubborn]

Holy God we praise Thy name, already posted is one of my all time favorites.

Don't know why it says invalid youtube links

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDjlNcYp1b0[/yt]


[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3EZoDr6kqM[/yt]

[Cesar_Augustus]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLsysXkSlbw[/yt]

YES.  THIS.  One of the most badass things ever heard by human ears.

Yes. 

The rest of the Ensemble Organum's Chant of the Templars is quite good too.

[PatrickG]

Were not the Knights Templar suppressed for heresy in the High Middle Ages? I think it odd that a Catholic artist should record their offices - one would not see a CD of Cathar or Jansenist songs. Forgive me, but I thought it an  interesting point. For that matter, did all the crusading orders have offices in their own right?

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[Lyubov]

Were not the Knights Templar suppressed for heresy in the High Middle Ages? I think it odd that a Catholic artist should record their offices - one would not see a CD of Cathar or Jansenist songs. Forgive me, but I thought it an  interesting point.

It was my understanding that while the Cathars were real heretics, heresy was merely used as an excuse to kill off the Templars for monetary reasons on the part of the French crown.

[Lyubov]

For some reason, when I bought this hymn on iTunes it was classified as "EXPLICIT".  ???

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMFQckOf3ME[/yt]

[phnuggle]

This one is a good hymn for Lent:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XppXi_jZKWk[/yt]

Love this one.

Also love "How Can I Keep From Singing."  It's so very American, in the best sense of the word:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWVmJdZVvKE[/yt]

[Cesar_Augustus]

Were not the Knights Templar suppressed for heresy in the High Middle Ages? I think it odd that a Catholic artist should record their offices - one would not see a CD of Cathar or Jansenist songs. Forgive me, but I thought it an  interesting point. For that matter, did all the crusading orders have offices in their own right?

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And as said earlier by Lyubov, the heresy charges were an excuse.

There is not problematic content in Crucem Sanctam Subiit for example. Also, other composers have used it as an Antiphon.

[Heinrich]

Old Roman Chant: "Kyrie Eleison"

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDJtBh3LGJg[/yt]

[PatrickG]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwkca-3GiM4[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsLXoekyFJA[/yt]

Deep night hath come down on this rough-spoken world.
And the banners of darkness are boldly unfurled;
And the tempest-tossed Church -- all her eyes are on thee.
They look to thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea.

I think of St. John Bosco's vision of the Barque of Peter in the storms, straining against the waves to reach Our Lady and the Sanctissimum. Most fitting, today, especially, today of all days.

[Lyubov]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL6zvsRxpMo[/yt]