Nunc Dimittis (Canticle of Simeon) - Sung by the whole congregation in the same fashion as the psalms. At this point, servers light the candles of all in the congregation, in preparation for the ...
He also is the only one who gives us songs that are still used in the Church's liturgy: the Benedictus (1:68-79), the Magnificat (1:46-55) and the Nunc Dimittis (2:29-32). Luke also provides the ...
Set tunes for Jubilate and Nunc Dimittis and fourteen anthems, all set in four parts, within such a compass as will most naturally suit the voices in country churches, yet may be sung in three or two, ...
Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of ...
And then a few years ago we took “In the Bleak” and we added a new chorus to it inspired by a “Simeon’s Song,” the Nunc dimittis, and built a whole chorus to a classic melody, which I have forgotten.