Perichoresis and Hassler's Secunda
  • dad29
    Posts: 2,237
    Found at the Catholic Thing:

    It is possible that all of Creation was for one moment, one moment of joy, one moment of dance?

    Trinitarian theologians might be inclined to answer: Yes. They have a fancy word, perichoresis, which aims to describe the relationship and of love and life, harmony and intimacy, glory given and glory received among the three Persons. A long time ago my professor summarized perichoresis in one word: dancing.

    The Trinity dances, which is harmony and intimacy, round and round in glorious celebration and expressive joy. If creation extends the love and life of the Trinity outside of the Godhead, why shouldn’t it all exist for a moment of dance?


    Sing or conduct Hassler's Missa Secunda and you will not argue with that thesis.

    See: https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2025/08/30/newman-and-the-joy-of-the-dance/?mc_cid=c4fbbca271
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  • davido
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    Or ‘Lord of the Dance.’
  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
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    This is precisely why I instruct my choristers to do the Cha-Cha Slide during the final Kyrie of the Victoria Missa pro Victoria.
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