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Hi there,
My name is Laura; I'm in Dallas.
I saw this question on the AskACatholic.com website regarding
the music at Pope John Paul II's Papal funeral. I
know during the procession of his
body to the Basilica, they sang:
Psalm 23. The Lord is My Shepherd.
It's in Latin of course, and you
hear the refrain/antiphon:
In loco pascuae ibi me conlocavit
Psalm 51. (Miserere) Have Mercy
on Me Oh Lord . . . etc.
The Latin refrain/antiphon:
Exaltabunt Domino Ossa humiliata (Its my favorite psalm.)
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They also sang the Litany of the
Saints.
The EWTN DVD is OK if you want the
events, but the commentary interrupts
the music. The best place to get
a DVD would be CTV at the Vatican,
but I have not done that yet. I sent
them an e-mail, but it came back undeliverable;
their mailbox was understandably
full.
Also, during Pope Benedict's first
Mass (with the Cardinals), that intro
chant was Jubilate Deo. :-) Here is a Vatican
link to pages that may contain events surrounding
Pope John Paul's passing, the Interregnum,
and Pope Benedict's election.
I downloaded the music into my MP3
player from the Vatican web site
archives.
The quality's not the best, I'm on
dial up; but it is so beautiful,
it works for me!! I would rather
hear that, than noisy people during
my holy hours! :-)
If you want Latin psalms, go
here.
I had taken Latin in school, so I
listened to the chants and "googled" part
of the verse; that's how
I found out what psalms they were.
:-)
I like the English translation of
the psalms in the Liturgy of the
Hours (aka the Divine Office or Breviary),
so I just use the above link for
the Latin.
Go to the Liturgy of the Hours Apostolate
at liturgyhours.org,
if you don't have that in book form.
Laura
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