Church Music Corner › Feast of St. Matthew 2026 [loc-005L]

September 20, 2026
Liam O'Connor

Salus pópuli ego sum, dicit Dóminus: de quacúmque tribulatióne clamáverint ad me, exáudiam eos: et ero illórum Dóminus in perpétuum.

Eúntes, docéte omnes gentes, baptizántes eos, et docéntes eos serváre ómnia quæcúmque mandávi vobis, dicit Dóminus.

Today I returned to my usual All Saints Ainslie in the morning where we sang Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus under my (metaphorical) baton:

Ave verum corpus natum de María Vírgine; Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary;

Vere passum, immolátum in cruce pro hómine; True suffering, sacrificed on the cross for Man;

Cuius latus perforátum unda fluxit et sánguine From whose pierced side flowed waves of blood,

Esto nobis prægustátum in mortis examine. Be for us a foretaste in death's trial.

I'm still annoyed by the anticipation of the feast day, but I don't think the rector is movable on this subject.

Ave verum corpus natum de María Vírgine;	Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary;
Vere passum, immolátum in cruce pro hómine;	True suffering, sacrificed on the cross for Man;
Cuius latus perforátum unda fluxit et sánguine	From whose pierced side flowed waves of blood,
Esto nobis prægustátum in mortis examine.	Be for us a foretaste in death's trial.