Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Gloria Patri. The Gloria Patri, also known in English as the Glory Be to the Father or, colloquially, the Glory Be, is a doxology, a short hymn of praise to God in various Christian liturgies. It is also referred to as the Minor Doxology (Doxologia Minor) or Lesser Doxology, to distinguish it from the Greater Doxology, the Gloria in Excelsis Deo .
For other uses, see Lord's Prayer (disambiguation) , Our Father (disambiguation) , Pater Noster (disambiguation) , and Hallowed Be Thy Name (disambiguation). The Lord's Prayer ( Le Pater Noster ), by James Tissot. The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father ( Greek: Πάτερ ἡμῶν, Latin: Pater Noster ), is a central ...
Veni Sancte Spiritus. Veni Sancte Spiritus (“Come, Holy Spirit”), sometimes called the “ Golden Sequence ” ( Latin: Sequentia Aurea) is a sequence sung in honour of God the Holy Spirit, prescribed in the Roman Rite for the Masses of Pentecost Sunday. [ 1] It is usually attributed to either the 13th-century Pope Innocent III, or to the ...
Christian meditation is a form of prayer in which a structured attempt is made to become aware of and reflect upon the revelations of God. [1] The word meditation comes from the Latin word meditārī, which has a range of meanings including to reflect on, to study, and to practice. Christian meditation is the process of deliberately focusing on ...
The Fátima prayers ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfatimɐ]) are a collection of seven Catholic prayers associated with the 1917 Marian apparitions at Fátima, Portugal. Of the seven prayers, reportedly, the first two were taught to the three child visionaries by the Angel of Peace in 1916, the next three were taught to them by Our Lady of ...
Novena of aguinaldos. Novena of aguinaldos, also known as the novena to Baby Jesus, is a novena (nine-day religious ceremony) held during the time leading up to Christmas from December 16 to December 24. [ 1] The novena of aguinaldos is commonly celebrated by Catholics in Colombia, as well as parts of Ecuador and Venezuela.
"Adoro te devote" is a prayer written by Thomas Aquinas. [1] Unlike hymns which were composed and set to music for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, instituted in 1264 by Pope Urban IV for the entire Latin Church [2] of the Catholic Church, it was not written for a liturgical function and appears in no liturgical texts of the period; some scholars believe that it was written by the friar for ...
The melody in neume notation. " Gloria in excelsis Deo " ( Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the "Minor Doxology" or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn[ 1][ 2] / Hymn of the Angels. [ 3] The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria .