Dad Sang Avé Maria from Bach-Gounod

 One of the many digitalized treasures I've come upon, is this almost complete Avé Maria from Bach-Gounod, sung by my Dad on October 9, 1994.

Husband Pieter joined Dad and the neighborhood choir AMC, as they sang during a Mass by request of then Roman Catholic Pastor Thijssen, the brother of Dad's neighbor, for videotaping segments.

This was at the Onze Lieve Vrouw Geboorte (Our Lady's Birth) Roman Catholic Church that had been restored after the damage from WWII.

A building by architect Pierre Cuypers 1827-1921.

In 1236 there was already a small Romanesque style Church.

In 1460 a new Gothic style Church got built on this site.

In 1869, during the demolition of the old Church, a Roman tri-god stone was discovered, dedicated to Minerva, Hercules and Juno. 

The stone served as a pedestal for a Jupiter column and is considered one of the most beautiful in the Province of Limburg.

This was inside the beautiful Roman Catholic Church alongside the River Meuse...

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Geboortekerk (Kessel) click link
Dad's Avé Maria is quite appropriate with the upcoming Feast of Immaculate Conception on December 8!
Avé Maria (Bach/Gounod). In 1853, French composer Charles Gounod improvised on Johann Sebastian Bach's piano music from 1722
Ave Maria gratia plenaDominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribusEt benedictus fructus ventris tui, IesusSancta Maria, Sancta MariaMaria, ora pro nobis, nobis peccatoribusNunc et in hora, in hora mortis nostraeAmenAmen
Hail Mary, full of graceThe Lord is with theeBlessed art thou among womenAnd blessed is the fruit of thy womb, JesusHoly Mary, Holy Mary pray for usUs sinners, now and in the hour of our deathAmen...

Naming Angels and Recognizing Spirits...

If we do not live, speak and think in the language of enchantment, including naming angels and recognizing spirits... then the soul will go out of our lives and communities, and we will wonder why nothing seems to hold together and nothing seems to have value anymore. ~Thomas Moore

Especially at present times we need this!

Wishing you and your family a meaningful Advent Season
*Dad started singing in the Church choir at the age of 17, and later joined the Horster Mannenkoor (the big choir). Dad received two royal awards for being 70 years and 80 years a singer; unique for The Netherlands.Dad only joined Mom's elderly choir Levensvreugd on October 9, 1997 at the age of 76... as he never felt being an elderly... 😉
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