New Latin hymn in honour of Blessed J.H. Newman
  • Ben_WhitworthBen_Whitworth
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    Who today would be capable of writing a Latin hymn in First Sapphic stanzas to honour the founder of the Birmingham Oratory? Who but Father John Hunwicke of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham (co-patron: Bd JHN)? It is to be found on the Oratory website.

    There are some very nice touches. I note especially in the second verse, the phrase lux benigna, which is the name of the hymn tune by John Bacchus Dykes to which many of us have sung Newman's words, "Lead, kindly Light". The remainder of the strophe alludes to Newman's epitaph: Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem.
    Thanked by 2CHGiffen IanW
  • tomjaw
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    A really splendid effort, it seems so familiar... It is a great pleasure to spend time with someone who can read Latin with such fluency.
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