Most popular articles of 2019
30 December 2019
What have you been researching this year?
Out of more than 5400 entries discover the most-viewed hymns of 2019:
Non nobis Domine Latin, date unknown
The phrase ‘Non nobis Domine’ comes from the Vulgate (Psalm 113: 9). In the 1611 translation of the Bible, the King James Version, it opens Psalm 115...
Dies irae, dies illa Latin sequence, author uncertain, possibly Franciscan
The apocalyptic and pious subject matter of ‘Dies irae’ reflects an affective character that Raby identified with the school of Spiritual Franciscans...
One more step along the world I go Sydney Carter (1915-2004)
It has been criticized as being almost devoid of content, and clearly has no mention of God. But Carter calls it a hymn — ‘An Amen song’ — in Green Print for Song (1974)...
Ubi caritas et amor Taizé Community, from the Latin liturgy for Maundy Thursday
In modern times it has achieved world-wide popularity since it was used by Jacques Berthier* for the Taizé Community...
Brother, sister, let me serve you Richard Gillard (1953-)
What distinguishes this hymn from many other journeying hymns is the intimate and moving dialogue between its male and female voices (there is a strong intentional sense of family and family relationships present in the text)...
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