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Tomorrow afternoon the Pope presides over the First Vespers of the Solemnity of Mary Most Holy Mother of God, which ends with last year’s Christian hymn marked by Covid
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A year that ends with the global uncertainty and the fears with which it began, in the suffering produced in recent months, and therefore with an even more acute need to entrust everything to heaven. In a way the gestures and notes of tradition and the tenuous solemnity of You gods that tomorrow afternoon at 5 p.m. the Pope will preside in San Pedro to summarize all the You gods that will be sung in the churches of the world, after twelve months severely conditioned by the pandemic.
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The song of thanksgiving that on December 31 is celebrated on the First Vespers of the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, but that also accompanies the life of the Church on other great occasions, in the Sistine Chapel after the election of the new Pontiff , before the dissolution of the Conclave. or at the end of a Council, you will see Francis on the altar of the Chair perform an act of veneration to the Child Jesus at the beginning and at the end of the rite. At the end of Vespers there will be an exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and a few minutes of silence for adoration. Then the song of the You gods and the Pope will impart the Blessing with the Blessed Sacrament.
Little story of an old song
Today specialists attribute the final wording of the You gods to Niceta, bishop of Remesiana, at the end of the 4th century, whereas previously the author was considered Saint Cyprian of Carthage. On the other hand, there would be no historical basis for the thesis, which dates back at the latest to an 11th-century Milanese chronicle falsely attributed to You gods It was sung by Sant ‘Ambrogio and Sant’ Agostino on the day of the latter’s baptism, which took place in Milan in 386.
