Monday, November 03, 2008

In Paradisum deducant te Angeli

Here in England and Wales it is All Souls Day.

"May angels lead you into Paradise;may the martyrs receive you at your coming and lead you to the holy city of Jerusalem. May a choir of angels receive you..."

1 comment:

gemoftheocean said...

A good friend of mine sang this at the end of my mother's funeral some 13 years ago. It helps to have friends with good voices who are good in Latin!

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