Publisher's Synopsis
As the millennium approaches, the Church is being called to repentance and renewal. For centuries, this call has been facilitated in the Byzantine Churches by the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete - along poetic meditation on sin and repentance complete with the imagery of the Scriptures. Now for the first time sung in modern English and in its proper liturgical context, Have Mercy on Me, O God presents both the piety and artistry of Byzantine liturgical music that is easily accessible for Western Christians. Selections are: Cal to Worship Psalm 3: Prayer in the Morning The Litany of Peace alleluia, Tone VIII Hymns to the Trinity, Tone VIII Great Canon, Ode One Great Canon, Ode Two Great Canon, Ode Three Sedalen of the Apostles, Tone VIII Great Canon, Ode Four Great Canon, Ode Five Great Canon, Ode Six Kontakion and Ikos Beatitudes, Tone VI Great Canon, Ode Seven Great Canon, Ode Eight Magnificat Great Canon, Ode Nine Exapostilarion, Tone VIII Aposticha, Tone VIII Dismissal Also available for download on Amazon and iTunes. J. Michael Thompson, director of music ministry at St. Peter's Church, is the founder and director of the Schola Cantorum. He has been a pastoral musician and liturgist for twenty years, as well as a composer, author, and a noted promoter of the Liturgy of the Hours and Gregorian chant in contemporary parish situations. ".
