As described by Ignation Spirituality: “It insists that God is present in our world and active in our lives. His Ignatian spirituality is often called spirituality for everyday life. He also authored Spiritual Exercises, which is widely regarded as one of most influential books about the spiritual life. He began to realize his call toward great deeds of a spiritual nature, and ultimately cofounded the Jesuits.
It was during this time that the energetic young man turned to reading about the lives of Jesus and the saints to occupy himself. However, he was gravely wounded in a battle with the French and began a long process of recovery. Like many young men of his time, his dreams were filled with tales of gallantry and he dreamed of success in the battlefield. Ignatius was one of 13 children born to a family of Basque aristocrats in 1491. Similar wording can also be found on an inscription on the gates of the Alcazar of Seville, a royal palace in Seville, Span, that dates back even earlier to 1350-1369. However, the earliest printed versions of the prayer can be found in books published more than 100 years before his birth. Ignatius of Loyola since it appeared in his famous book Spiritual Exercises.
The prayer was popularly assumed to be written by St. The author of Anima Christi is not known, but many have speculated that it was Pope John XXII. Ignatius of Loyola didn’t even bother reprinting it they merely assumed everyone knew it by heart. At one time, it was so well known that authors like St. This prayer that recalls Jesus’ passion is frequently said by individuals after receiving Holy Communion. One of these is a prayer that dates back to the 14 th century – the Anima Christi. Over time, many of these prayers that once were mainstays of our faith have been sadly neglected or just not taught – and as a result, not said – as often as they once were. Try the organ trumpet stop or, better yet, a trio of real trumpets playing from different balconies or church corners.įor more rousing tunes, use WOODLANDS (478), MORESTEAD (295), or the more familiar TOULON (521) with this text.As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. Accompany the hymn with some sense of marcato so that the music supports the text. Each succeeding stanza should build in intensity. Try singing the first line of each stanza in unison and all other lines in harmony. The editor of Francis Trappes's Hymns for the Liturgical Year (1865), Maher died in Paris while en route to Lourdes to seek a cure for his cancer.ĪNIMA CHRISTI builds slowly to its high point in line 3. He entered the Jesuit Order in 1841, was ordained in 1856, and became an evangelist in London. Maher both studied and taught at Stonyhurst College.
Paris, France, 1877) composed the tune around 1863 for a fourteenth-century Latin hymn, "Anima Christi sanctifica me." The obscure British collection Mission Hymns (1864) first published ANIMA CHRISTI for use with an anonymous English translation of this Latin text.
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, 1823 d. It is believed that Jesuit priest William J. ANIMA CHRISTI became popular in the latter half of the nineteenth century in British Roman Catholic churches, where it was used for evening benediction services.
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