{"id":24121,"date":"2008-11-22T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/11\/saint-cecilia\/"},"modified":"2013-11-22T08:36:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T12:36:20","slug":"saint-cecilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/11\/saint-cecilia\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Cecilia"},"content":{"rendered":"

While musical instruments were playing,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i>Cecilia sang to the Lord, saying:<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\n\"St<\/a><\/span>Let my\u00a0heart be undefiled, that I be not confounded.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\n

\u00a0O God, Who does gladden us by the annual solemnity of blessed Cecilia, Thy Virgin and Martyr, grant that as we venerate her by this festival we may also follow in the example of her holy life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But Oh! What Art Can Teach,
\nWhat Human Voice Can Reach<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The Sacred Organ’s Praise?<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Notes Inspiring Holy Love,<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Notes That Wing Their Heavenly Ways
\nTo Mend The Choirs Above<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

(John Dreyden, Song for <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span>St. Cecilia’s Day<\/i>, 1687.)<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While musical instruments were playing,\u00a0Cecilia sang to the Lord, saying: Let my\u00a0heart be undefiled, that I be not confounded. \u00a0O God, Who does gladden us by the annual solemnity of blessed Cecilia, Thy Virgin and Martyr, grant that as we venerate her by this festival we may also follow in the example of her holy … Continue reading Saint Cecilia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31943],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29379,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24121\/revisions\/29379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}