Description
This set of twelve pieces includes meditations inspired both by the beginning and ending of the account of Christ’s life on earth and also by a selection of those mysterious statements or events that expressed ideas of the divinity of Christ.
In principio erat Verbum
In the beginning was the Word (John 1:1)
Pariet autem filium
And she shall bring forth a son (Matthew 1:21)
Tunc venit Jesus a Galilæa in Jordanem ad Joannem
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John (Matthew 3:13)
Tunc Jesus ductus est in desertum a Spiritu
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1)
Ego sum panis vitæ
I am the bread of life (John 6:35)
Et resplenduit facies ejus sicut sol
And his face did shine as the sun (Matthew 17:2)
Filius autem hominis non habet ubi caput reclinet
But the Son of man hath not where to lay his head (Luke 9:58)
Antequam Abraham fieret, ego sum
Before Abraham was, I am (John 8:58)
Et factus est sudor ejus sicut guttæ sanguinis decurrentis in terram
And his sweat was as great drops of blood falling to the ground (Luke 22:44)
Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani?
Lord, Lord, why have you forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46)
Quid quæritis viventem cum mortuis?
Why seek ye the living among the dead (Luke 24:5)
Ferebatur in cælum
[He was] carried up into heaven (Luke 24:51)