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KIRIE
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CHRISTE ELISON (CHRISTE ELISON)
KIRIE (KIRIE)
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CHRISTE ELISON
KIRIE
ELISON
AVE MARIA
KIRIE
AVE MARIA
ELISON
AVE MARIA
CHRISTE ELISON
AVE MARIA
AVE MARIA
AVE MARIA
(Meaning: "Inspiration:
Dedicated to the sacred spirit of the Blessed Mother Mary Magdalene,
This composition is enthused by Glastonbury, or the 'Isle of Glass', t
He holiest soil in Great Britain,
In that Joseph of Arimathaea is believed to have sung 'The Sacred
Song of the Well', the first hymn in Christendom,
In Glastonbury when he brought Mary Magdalene there next to Jesus'
Disappearance from this world.
The Holy Grail has long been believed to dwell underneath of Chalice
Well, situated in this region of Somerset in southern England.
The implication of this Song of the Well is to feel the Blessed
Mother's pure grace.
She will reveal to us that the Holy Grail resides eternally in our
Own hearts and minds.
This chant is a Christian chant inspired originally from Medieval and
Early renaissance music.
Although Greek was the accepted language in most of the English
Church during the early years,
(Actually the word "Eucharist" is a Greek word for "thanksgiving" and
"Kirie eleison" which literally mean "Supreme Lord have mercy" and
Which is in fact originally a hymn to the Greek sun-god),
It seems certain that this kind of Christian chant owes more to the
Jewish synagogue than to the Greek temples.
The chant melodies as they have come down to us are much more closely
Allied to Jewish than to Greek music,
And as the texts are nearly all taken from the psalms (which are of
Course Jewish, not Christian) it seems quite clear that this sort of
Mystic chants were adapted from those used in the synagogue.
Furthermore, the different ways of singing the psalms were the same
In both church and synagogue.
(They are called today antiphonal psalmody).
The spirit of this second meditation on Mary Magdalene is that we are
Essentially all coming from the same Source although superficially
The spiritual traditions look different.
The universality of the human soul is a starting place for
Peace in the world and in the heart of mankind."- Patrick Bernard)