Rossini-Agnus Dei (Petite Messe Solennelle) & Weekly Roundup

     Giaochino Rossini was, in his time, considered the most successful composer of operas in history, creating such enduring favorites as The Barber of Seville, La Cenerentola, and William Tell. Then, having composed an astounding 39 operas before his 37th birthday in 1829, he simply stopped.  For the rest of his life, until his death almost four decades later in 1868, his few compositions wre mostly religious music.
     The clip below is the moving "Agnus Dei" from Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, which is one of his last works, completed in 1863.  
     I'm also adding, as is customary on Sundays, links to my posts from the past week.  Please, take a look - you never know when you might see something interesting.

Weekly Roundup From Principium etFinis & Nisi Dominus

May 12^th – “The Invitatory Psalm: We Are CalledTo
Relationship With God” Every day, the Liturgy of the Hours begins with an invitation from the Lord who Loves us 

May 13^th – “’Doing' The Truth In Love” It
seems there’s always more than meets the eye when we look at God’s Word in the Scriptures

May 13th – “Is Raul Ready To Repent?” Cuban
dictator Raul Castro says he likes Pope Francis so much, that he might even return to the Church.  I suppose stranger things have happened . . .  

May 14^th – “St. Matthias: The Church’s First Decision”
This year St. Matthias’ Feast day falls on Ascension Thursday, but even when it doesn’t, there are some interesting connections between the two

May 14^th – “Teenage Werewolves And Other
MythicalBeasts: A Catholic View” We all must go through our teens to get to adulthood, but modern “teen culture” points our young people in a very different direction    

May 15^th – “Why Jeopardy Doesn’t Know Judas”
You know you’re in a post-Christian culture when none of three adults chosen at random can name the betrayer of Jesus 

May 15^th – “Abortion Myth #13”
Pro-abortionists insist that legal abortion is essential to women rights, but the truth is that abortion exploits and demeans women