Listening Example 2
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If you have time, go back and listen to the Christus factus est chant from our first week after you listen to this one.
The text of Christus Factus Est (literally “Christ is made for us”) is taken from St. Paul’s Letter Epistle to the Philippians and is sung during the liturgies of the paschal triduum. Meditate on the words while you listen:
Christus factus est pro nobis obediens
usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.
Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi nomen,
quod est super omne nomen
Christ became obedient for us unto death,
even to the death, death on the cross.
Therefore God exalted Him and gave Him a name
which is above all names.
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