A song in honour of Saint Cecilia: Let's Pray with Catholic Filipino Australia - Brisbane Choir

November 18, 2025 00:02:32
A song in honour of Saint Cecilia: Let's Pray with Catholic Filipino Australia - Brisbane Choir
Archdiocese of Brisbane
A song in honour of Saint Cecilia: Let's Pray with Catholic Filipino Australia - Brisbane Choir

Nov 18 2025 | 00:02:32

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On 22 November, the Church celebrates the Feast of St Cecilia, the beloved patron saint of music and musicians. To mark this joyful occasion, the Brisbane Catholic Filipino Choir offer a beautiful hymn in her honour, "Let the Deep Organ Swell the Lay," composed by Roman Catholic priest Charles Constantine Pise. We invite you to join in this hymn of praise as we give thanks for St Cecilia’s witness of faith and the gift of sacred music that lifts our hearts to God. Do you have a special devotion to St Cecilia?

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1 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:16,720 Let the deep organ swell the lay 2 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:24,880 In honour of this festive day; 3 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:32,960 Let the harmonious choirs proclaim 4 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:41,520 Cecilia's ever-blessed name. 5 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:49,760 Rome gave the Virgin-Martyr birth, 6 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:58,000 Whose holy name hath filled the earth, 7 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:06,080 And from the early dawn of youth 8 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:14,880 She fixed her heart on God and truth. 9 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:23,240 Then from the world's bewildering strife, 10 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:31,560 In peace she spent her holy life, 11 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:39,680 Teaching the organ to combine 12 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:48,480 With voice, to praise the Lamb divine. 13 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:56,560 Cecilia, with a twofold crown 14 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:04,680 Adorned in heaven, we pray look down 15 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:12,840 Upon thy fervent votaries here, 16 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:22,360 And hearken to their humble prayer.

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