Surge Domine: The Holy Face Chaplet Prayer
Surge, Domine, et dissipentur inimici tui et fugiant qui oderunt te a facie tua.
Arise, O Lord, and let Thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate Thee flee from before Thy face.
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Debut
Under the direction of Kimberly Walters, a schola of eight women from my parish choir sang this piece for the first time during the 1st Sunday Holy Face devotions for February 2023, and I recorded it from the pews on my phone. That Sunday also marked the start of the mission on the Holy Face preached by Fr. Carney at the parish.
With permission, the recording is posted here below. There is a bit of noise from it being recorded live, but the ladies did such a great job with it. The repetition of the piece was even more confident than the first pass.
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The featured image is Ecce Homo by Guido Reni. It is in the public domain in the United States.
