There is Latin prayer Salve Mundi Salutare (O Saviour of the world, I cry to Thee) or A Rhythmical Prayer to the Sacred Members of Jesus Hanging upon the Cross. The prayer is ascribed to St. Bernard and was translated by Emily Mary Shapcote. Does anyone know if this prayer is still in use today or if any musical settings exist?
Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri is a glorious setting of texts from the poem. it’s stunningly baroque, Italianate, and meltingly emotive… and would not have been out of place in any Roman church of the late 1600s. curiously enough Buxtehude was a Lutheran…
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