Tenebrae Photopost 2017

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This year, we begin our Tenebrae photopost with something quite special, part of Gregorio Allegri’s famous Miserere used in the service at the Shrine of Christ the King in Chicago, run by the Institute of Christ the King. The special polyphonic setting of Psalm 50, whether by Allegri or another composer, was traditionally done for the repetition of the Psalm at the end of the service, after the Christus factus est was sung, and the Lord’s Prayer said silently. In the 1955 Holy Week reform, the repetition of the Psalm was abolished; it is here sung as the first Psalm of Lauds. The clergy and choir of the Shrine are very much to be commended for continuing the use of the great gem of our Catholic liturgical tradition. (We also have another submission which was sent without the name or location of the church; if you know what it is, please send me an email or leave a comment.)