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Laetare Sunday (/liːˈtɛərɪ/ or /laɪˈtɑrɪ/ as in ecclesiastical Latin),[1] so called from the incipit of the Introit at Mass, "Laetare Jerusalem" ("O be joyful, Jerusalem" (from Isaiah 66:10, masoretic text), is a name often used to denote the fourth Sunday of the season of Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar. This Sunday is also known as Mothering Sunday, Refreshment Sunday, Mid-Lent Sunday (in French mi-carême), and Rose Sunday (either because the golden rose sent by the popes to Catholic sovereigns used to be blessed at this time or because the use of rose-colored vestments instead of violet ones was permitted). The term "Laetare Sunday" is used predominantly, though not exclusively, by Roman Catholics and some Anglicans. The word translates from the Latin laetare, singular imperative of laetari to rejoice.
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longship
(40,416 posts)Actually, it's an old trick but I think people will like it.
Hildegard von Bingen (12th century): O Jerusalem. She was an abbess and a polymath. Wrote pretty cool music, too.
Love that stuff. Music is one of my things. Don't get me started about opera.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,698 posts)I belong to a small choir that performs a lot of Gregorian chant and other early music. We will be doing the (Episcopal) service of Great Paschal Vespers the Sunday after Easter, which is lovely. I'm not actually religious but the early music of the church is amazingly beautiful so I don't mind the "church" part at all.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)the next.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,698 posts)although we use an Episcopal church as a rehearsal location and do a couple of special services for them every year. But since most of the really great choral music before 1700 is church music, that's what we mostly do. The group got its start years ago doing mostly Gregorian chant.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Several of the members of my choir sing in them. I love going to their concerts sometimes.