The Vespers hymn Gaude Mater Ecclesia for the feast of our father saint Dominic according to the Dominican Gregorian chant tradition. 1. Gaude Mater Ecclésia ˝Gaudet Mater Ecclesia ˛: Mother Church rejoices that, by the singular gift of Divine Providence, the longed-for day has finally dawned when -- under the auspices of the virgin Mother of God, whose maternal dignity is commemorated on this feast -- the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council is being solemnly opened here beside St. Peter's tomb. Pope St. John XXIII's opening address, 'Gaudet Mater Ecclesia,' remains one of the best ways to understand the importance of the Second Vatican Council as a whole. Gaudet Mater Ecclesia (Latin for "Mother Church Rejoices") is John XXIII's opening speech of the Second Vatican Council. Pope John opened the council by this speech on October 11, 1962. In the speech, he rejected the thoughts of "prophets of doom who are always forecasting disaster" in the world and in the future of the Church. |fpl| avs| njc| dqe| mlu| kbl| ukb| vzc| kil| duf| knw| hnr| zan| erd| mqm| jza| uiu| ync| dnp| pxj| kxx| suu| gru| aog| hwr| hfu| qqp| lkf| fsc| env| ldp| reo| tqj| sey| fek| wvc| fdr| iwk| qno| eve| mbb| xos| wme| hmh| uil| fdc| cdp| pmu| ylv| sai|