Recourse
What can I say? I had to put one original song on the album to get it distributed. Down on my knees in the midnight,World full of shadows, heart turned to stone,I heard her whisper
Sub Tuum Praesidium
This is the oldest known Marian prayer. Textual witness to the Sub Tuum Praesidium (“Under Thy Protection”) exists going back to at least the 6th Century, and probably to the 3rd. This prayer is used
Ave Maris Stella
Ave Maris Stella (Hail, Star of the Sea) dates to at least the 9th century, and is traditionally attributed to Saint Venantius Fortunatus (who lived in the 6th century). It invokes Our Lady under one
To Our Lady (Prayer of Pope St. Pius X)
In the song title and the liner notes on the CD, I attributed this prayer to St. Pius X, based on the notes on the page I got it from. Turns out I was wrong:
Magnificat
The Magnificat is recorded in the Gospel of Saint Luke 1:46-55. The Gospel says that when Our Lady met her cousin Elisabeth, she was pregnant with Our Lord, and Elisabeth was pregnant with St. John
Magnificat (Vespers Version)
This is another version of Our Lady’s sublime prayer, with a liturgical antiphon from Evening Prayer I of the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary added in as a chorus. In the name of the
Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above
Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above was first published in 1687 as Gegrüßet seist du, Königin by Servant of God Johann Georg Seidenbusch. Johann had a devotion to Our Lady from a young age. As a
God Bless da Pope
This piece was written by His Eminence Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, the first Archbishop of Westminster after the re-legalization of Catholicism in England. I’ve included it here in honor of da Pope, our newly-elected Holy
Immaculate Mary
Immaculate Mary, also known as the Lourdes Hymn, was written by Pere Jean Gaignet in 1873, after he made a pilgrimage to the site of Our Lady of Lourdes’s apparitions to St. Bernadette Soubirous. Immaculate