Mary As the Early Christians Knew Her Chant Book for Liturgy of Hours or grieving

or grieving

Gloriæ Dei Cantores has compiled a set of three recordings that include psalms ranging in emotion from personal sorrow to grateful elation

the silk of compassion

The central work of this recording is the Missa super Bella Amfitrit' altera by Lassus

Mary As the Early Christians Knew Her Chant Book for Liturgy of Hours or grievingMary is the flower of femininity to some, a woman of power to others. She has been seen as a paragon of obedience as well as an instrument of liberation. Some have piled her status so high that it rivals that of her Son. Other do their best to ignore her. Behind all of those images is a girl who grew up to be the mother of Christ. How did the first Christians view Mary? What did they believe about her early life, her childhood and marriage to Joseph,