Sung by the St. Ann Choir at the noon Mass for the feast of the Baptism of Christ:
Tomas Luis de Victoria, Missa O magnum mysterium
and a lovely motet by des Prez whose title I've forgotten, sadly.
In 1867, Matthew Arnold wrote "Dover Beach", a haunting poem evoking the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" of the Sea of Faith. As a boomer who finished Catholic elementary school in 1964 and then watched my Church falter, I've found the roar all too audible. So here I wait, listening for the whispers of that Sea's invincible return.
