{"id":1690,"date":"2016-04-11T12:04:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T16:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/seeing-the-signs\/"},"modified":"2016-04-11T12:04:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T16:04:55","slug":"seeing-the-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/seeing-the-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing the Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Sr. Fidelis<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityofjesus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resurrection.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5626553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5626553 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.communityofjesus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resurrection-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>Many of the chants for this season re-tell various &#8220;scenes&#8221; from the Easter story. This is a wonderful way for us to rehearse the true miracle of Jesus&#8217; Resurrection! The antiphon<i>\u00a0Maria Stabat<\/i>\u00a0reminds us that Mary stood at the sepulcher weeping and saw two angels in white sitting, and the cloth that was on Jesus&#8217; head. The story goes no further in this Mode VII antiphon, but there is a sense of anticipation and joy and the bloom of hope is conveyed with each consecutive phrase!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The opening phrase begins with an ascent from its Home Tone SOL, to its Reciting Tone, RE, and then back again to SOL. The repeated note pattern on the text <i>Angelos in albis, sedentes<\/i>\u00a0builds with excitement! For the most part this is a syllabic chant save one word, <i>fuerat<\/i>. Here the lingering emphasis reminds us that this was the cloth that <b>was<\/b> on Jesus&#8217; head.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There&#8217;s much food for thought in these seemingly simple chants!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityofjesus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-Antiphon_-Maria-Stabat1.mp3\">Antiphon: Maria Stabat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityofjesus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MariaStabat.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5626551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5626551 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.communityofjesus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MariaStabat-1024x531.png\" alt=\"MariaStabat\" width=\"584\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Follow us<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/communityofjesus.org\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/communityofjesus.org<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheCommunityOfJesus\/~4\/xTdy3_bLMj0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sr. Fidelis Many of the chants for this season re-tell various &#8220;scenes&#8221; from the Easter story. 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