This post, by the way, definitely verges on the politically incorrect. My apologies beforehand.
During a recent chant workshop Chant Maven Mary Weaver mentioned that Blessed Herman the Cripple composed a famous chant...I believe it was Salve Regina. My own favorite Blessed is Notker Balbulus, chant expert who's affliction is also reflected in his name.
During the night it struck me that both of these holy men were blocked from sainthood for political correctness...for what the addition of their names would do to the Litany of Saints:
Saint Herman the Cripple,
Pray for us!
Saint Notker the S-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-t-t-t-t-tuterer,
Pray for us.
And I pray for forgiveness. And hope that the Blessed in Heaven are laughing with us.
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