What are they saying? (in latin)

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I love the traditional latin hyms and chants which unfortunately have gone away in favor of quote “the band” at church. We didn’t even receive a blessing of holy water on Palm Sunday which was odd and yet the guitar was playing as usual :eek: . Two Sundays before Palm Sunday, there was a brief interruption from “the band” and the music group sung something which was pronounced like this… " Erie A lay eso"…which was said multiple times. Of course that’s not really what they said, but that is what it sort-of sounded like. I’m not quite sure if that is exactly what they said, but I remember it from the past. Does anyone out there recall something similar to that and how would you type it out? Do you know what it means? (I’d love to find a youtube video of it to hear it again). Thanks,
 
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I love the traditional latin hyms and chants which unfortunately have gone away in favor of quote “the band” at church. We didn’t even receive a blessing of holy water on Palm Sunday which was odd and yet the guitar was playing as usual :eek: . Two Sundays before Palm Sunday, there was a brief interruption from “the band” and the music group sung something which was pronounced like this… " Erie A lay eso"…which was said multiple times. Of course that’s not really what they said, but that is what it sort-of sounded like. I’m not quite sure if that is exactly what they said, but I remember it from the past. Does anyone out there recall something similar to that and how would you type it out? Do you know what it means? (I’d love to find a youtube video of it to hear it again). Thanks,
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It sounds like they were singing, “Kyrie eleison…” which is Greek for “Lord Have Mercy”.

In other words, that was the Penitential Rite:

Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Kyrie eleison
 
This isn’t really THAT related to the topic, but it reminded me of how, when I was in elementary school (Catholic one), we were learning the Gloria for a Christmas mass. I hadn’t really gotten to the point of being able to wrap my head around singing in another language yet, and I kept thinking they wanted me to sing “in eggshells she stays, O” which I could not for the life of me figure out how it connected to Christmas in any way. “In excelsis Deo” for reference.
 
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That was it! Thank you!!
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At the Cathedral in Philadelphia, when the Archbishop is saying Mass, they always use

Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Kyrie eleison

They also do the Gloria and Lamb of God in Latin too. I wish I could get the Catherdral more offen for Sunday Mass because it’s beautiful.

But I’m going tomorrow on Holy Thursday for both the Chrism Mass and then the Mass of the Last Supper, plus on Good Friday. I’m looking forward to being there! 😃

God Bless
 
BTW, the Kyrie is Greek, afaik, the only part of the Mass said in Greek instead of Latin in the Western rites.

We sing the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) in Latin… I love that.

You should tell the priest how much you liked that. Any time they do something you like, you should mention it, esp if it’s different from usual, because those who are unhappy with the change are much more likely to inform the priest!
 
St_Francis said:
BTW, the Kyrie is Greek, afaik, the only part of the Mass said in Greek instead of Latin in the Western rites.

We sing the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) in Latin… I love that.

You should tell the priest how much you liked that. Any time they do something you like, you should mention it, esp if it’s different from usual, because those who are unhappy with the change are much more likely to inform the priest!
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Good advice.

Our liturgies will get better when we take the words of Dr. Seuss seriously,

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” (from The Lorax)
 
concerneduser said:
I love the traditional latin hyms and chants which unfortunately have gone away in favor of quote “the band” at church. We didn’t even receive a blessing of holy water on Palm Sunday which was odd and yet the guitar was playing as usual :eek: . Two Sundays before Palm Sunday, there was a brief interruption from “the band” and the music group sung something which was pronounced like this… " Erie A lay eso"…which was said multiple times. Of course that’s not really what they said, but that is what it sort-of sounded like. I’m not quite sure if that is exactly what they said, but I remember it from the past. Does anyone out there recall something similar to that and how would you type it out? Do you know what it means? (I’d love to find a youtube video of it to hear it again). Thanks,
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If you want to hear a stunningly beautiful Kyrie, try this google.com/search?q=palestrina+kyrie&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb that is what Mass is supposed to sound like. You can almost hear the angels joining in the song.
 
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BTW, the Kyrie is Greek, afaik, the only part of the Mass said in Greek instead of Latin in the Western rites.
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Not the Mass of course but Greek is also used in the Good Friday liturgy (when it’s in Gregorian chant).
 
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