


241 407 Anima Christi (Beale) Ken Beale Ken Beale ILP ILP 240 877 Anima Christi (Ruffino) Thomas Elliott Ruffino Thomas Elliott Ruffino ILP ILP ORA CANTA. It is a moving moment to hear the children’s prayer for peace filled with love spread through the tranquil trees of Koyasan-mountain. Anima Christi Soul of Christ, sanctify me Body of Christ, save me Blood of Christ, inebriate me Water from Christs side, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me O good Jesus, hear me Within Thy wounds hide me Suffer me not to be separated from Thee From the malicious enemy defend me In the hour of my death call me. Saint Augustine Hymnal Index listed by Song Title. The fusion of Buddhism and Christianity that unfolds in this song is a fusion of the common universality of these two religions, which both preach service and love as proof of faith, and it is a world which is sharing of love that is fundamental to our humanity.Īt the International Children’s Chorus Festival, this song will be performed as world premiere in front of the Kompon-Daito (Great Pagoda) in the temple compound of Kongobuji Temple in Koyasan. Here’s one translation: Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Ignatius de Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, and spread, are sung simultaneously. All the more intriguing, then, is the popular fourteenth-century Latin prayer that refers to inebriation as a divine gift: The Anima Christi. The author is not known, but the text is now usually ascribed to John XXII (1249-1334). Composer: Ko Matsushita Words from ComposerĪmong the Shingon shomyo of Koyasan, “Shichi Sanskrit” praising Dainichi Nyorai of the Vajrayana, which is said to be the most frequently chanted, and “Anima Christi” (The Soul of Christ), which is said to have been quoted at the beginning of the “Spiritual Exercises” written by St. The original Anima Christi is a Latin prayer, written in the 14th century, which states many traditional Catholic beliefs about the Eucharist. Latin prayers are sometimes recited at funerals: they can bring solemnity to remembrance ceremonies, as is the case with the psalm De Profundis - Out of the depths is a beautiful prayer for the dead, that expresses sorrow.
