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3. The Canon. Solemn Pontifical Mass with Cardinal Burke at St Brigid's Catholic Church, Marrickville. Sanctus & Benedictus - Missa O Quam Gloriosum (Victoria) Once the rites of the offertory have …More
3. The Canon.

Solemn Pontifical Mass with Cardinal Burke at St Brigid's Catholic Church, Marrickville.

Sanctus & Benedictus - Missa O Quam Gloriosum (Victoria)

Once the rites of the offertory have offered the gifts and ourselves to the Lord, the most sacred moment of the Pontifical Mass is entered into: the Canon. Here, the choir sings the sanctus to prepare the people for the great event of transubstantiation which is to occur: Our Lord Jesus Christ present, body, blood, soul and divinity. This most sacred of all moments in Holy Mass is clearly evident by the fact that the Cardinal says the prayer silently and devotionally and all else is silenced also at the moment of consecration. The choir too, and all the people pray in silence and awe as our Lord is present. Following that the praised of God are again announced by the Choir in the Benedictus and the people of God consoled by their God made man now literally among them.