Lenten music and reflections

This is a good-looking initiative from the Diocesan Formation for Mission department. It uses the excellent resources of our cathedral music service to provide reflections. Here's the first one in the series, with Mr. Treloar, the Director of music, singing the medieval Lenten hymn Attende Domine [link] from the Blessed Sacrament chapel at the Cathedral (the last remaining point of beauty in the building). Mr. Treloar reflects upon this beautiful hymn, and upon the way in which the melody draws singers and hearers into the spirit of mourning for sin and the effect sin has had upon humanity.

The second, more-recent video begins with another old bit of music, a liturgical antiphon and hymn, the Parce Domine [link], which continues the theme of sorrow for sin, taking up words from the Old Testament prophecies that mourn for the lost Israelite kingdoms and the lost freedom of the people, which they had earned through their dedicated idolatry, by which they had departed from the Law of Moses and the ancient covenant with God at Mount Sinai. But let's allow Mr. Treloar to describe it:

Thanks to Mr. Hopkins, our Director of Formation, for arranging these and others events and items for Lent this year.