54, "Widerstehe doch der Sünde" Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina Justitiæ Domini rectæ William Byrd Infelix ego Hans Leo Hassler Deus, Deus meus R.(CNS) – Fox News Channel’s prime-time viewership in its first week without Tucker Carlson dropped 29.6% from the previous week, but did face competition it did not face a week earlier.įox News Channel averaged 1.449 million viewers for its prime-time programming between April 24 and Sunday, third among cable networks, according to live-plus-same-day figures released Tuesday by Nielsen. The political implications of a black man telling the story did not go unnoticed in the US.Įstêvão Lopes Morago Oculi mei semper ad Dominum William Byrd Miserere mei Deus Pedro de Cristo Inter vestibulum Robert White Ad te levavi oculos meos Thomas Tallis In jejunio et fletu François Couperin Ad te levavi oculos meos Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. It told not only of the legendary burning bush but of a voice demanding, ‘Go Down Moses’ and save my people. The African American composer, R Nathaniel Dett wrote a cantata The Ordering of Moses. If Savonarola could see the light from his cell before his immolation in Florence’s main square, he was nevertheless motivated to write a torturous response to the great Penitential Psalm Miserere mei Deus - Have mercy upon me O God - Infelix ego.Īs the ancient prophet Joel’s little country came under threat from the mighty Persian Empire, he described the priests gathering between the entrance-court and the altar fasting, weeping, and praying, ‘Spare O Lord, spare your people’.
His psalm for the day was Ad te levavi oculos meos - To thee have I lifted my eyes. But, if we look carefully, we might just see its light through the window. In Weimar, a young Bach produced two cantatas for this day, one for solo alto and the other now lost. It was the Third Sunday in Lent, a season of intense reflection and motivation. My eyes are ever towards the Lord, for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.įor years Oculi Sunday has had Christians opening their evening prayers with Oculi mei semper, ‘ My eyes are ever towards the Lord, for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare: Look thou upon me and have mercy on me for I am alone and poor’.
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