19.O Radix Jesse

17. O Sapientia

In these troubled and difficult times, it is important to anchor oneself even more deeply in God's love and protection. All human efforts to live in security and all attempts to find solutions in the most difficult crises (however justified they may be) are not capable of granting man a definite and stable security. 

In this video, we sing the Tractus (a chant sung in penitential seasons before the Gospel) which puts melody to Psalm 91 in Latin. We hope that the serene flow of this sacred chant will touch souls deeply, offering them God's comfort, whether in times of epidemic, war or whatever situation threatens us. 

According to the ancient monastic tradition, the Catholic Church intones this psalm at Compline (prayer at the end of the day). However, it goes back much further, to the time of the Old Covenant. Even in our own day it can convey to us the comfort that only the Heavenly Father is able to give us: to dwell in the shelter of the Most High in the midst of all tribulations.

Gregorian Psalm 90/91

This track is from the album Chant: World's Top Gregorian Chants for Meditation, Relaxation, Healing, And Quiet Time and is available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2UdVnnvhUuSsQU1hcqpaKl

Gregorian Chants of the Monks

aramaic chant by Georgian prist father Seraphim

Aramaic Chant By Georgian Prist Father Seraphim

Psalm 50

Psalm 50 Aramaic -Archimandrite Seraphim

Gregorian Chant

Fiat Manus

Salve Festa Dies

Salve Regina

Track 11

Recorded at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
Basilica Schola
New York City, 12/12
Recorded by Malcolm Addey

The oldest hymn to the Theotokos (BVM), found in a Coptic Orthodox Christmas liturgy of the third century. 

Under thy protection
we seek refuge,
Holy Mother of God;
despise not our petitions
in our needs,
but from all dangers
deliver us always,
Virgin Glorious and Blessed.

Sub tuum praesidium
confugimus,
Sancta Dei Genetrix.
Nostras deprecationes ne despicias
in necessitatibus nostris,
sed a periculis cunctis
libera nos semper,
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν,
καταφεύγομεν, Θεοτόκε.
Τὰς ἡμῶν ἱκεσίας,
μὴ παρίδῃς ἐν περιστάσει,
ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ κινδύνων λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς,
μόνη Ἁγνή, μόνη εὐλογημένη.

Sub Tuum Praesidium

Alma Redemptoris Mater

The Harpa Dei Choir is a vocal ensemble made up of four siblings, both in blood and in spirit: Nikolai, Lucia, Marie-Elisée and Mirjana Gerstner. As their spiritual foundation they have the long formation they have received in a religious community of Catholics.
Harpa Dei tries to collect the most beautiful songs from different traditions to glorify God and to transmit to people the beauty of the Lord that shines so eminently in sacred music.