Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Soulful Collection of some Gregorian Chants/ Catholic Hymns

 I thought of sharing few Latin hymns/ Gregorian chants that I have listened to since a very very long time of my life, and they continue to impart peace. This is my first post where I am sharing Christian music. I am especially sharing the ones in Latin as sung by Catholic monks...Well, for the sake of privacy, suffice to say that Christ will always have a key place in my life for reasons known only to me...Amusingly enough, my birth date tends to fall on or around Easter (when Christ was resurrected) most years. There is an interesting anecdote I kept on remembering, however. The first time I ever saw a crucifix was in my grandmother's house when I was 3-4 years old where it was kept on some cupboard but displayed and always caught my eye. And my mother would also talk of Sisters/nuns in her convent school where she studied in her childhood (although she was a devout Hindu). Although I was born in one-faith (Hinduism) family, I was given the liberty to follow any faith I liked, and there were never any restrictions. After few years, when I was actually painting at a very very young age in my drawing notebook (probably 6-7 years old), I literally color painted a real life Christ crucified on the cross simply from my imagination (and that painting remains close to me in my memory, and I regret not having a copy of it or taking photo simply because there was no cameras or phone cameras in the house in those years). In all humility, I would like to call that painting as my masterpiece ever painted. Someone once asked me, if I was able to also paint the pain which was there on Christ's body and face and I was left speechless as I was not sure if I could answer that at that age of my life. Anyhow, after many years, that notebook got lost and was never to be found. Something very similar to what happened to one of the famous Christian painters (Akiane) who painted the Prince of Peace (the only real face of Christ) (Prince Of Peace | Official Akiane Gallery | Jesus Painting) but that painting was lost although it was found many many years later as it was God's will...

Anyhow, some of the peaceful Gregorian chants I would like to share (for the receptive heart (s)) are here:

Dan Gibson’s Solitudes - Jesu Dulcis Memoria | Illumination: Peaceful Gregorian Chants

Dan Gibson - Asperges Me Domine

Pange Lingua Gloriosi - Catholic Hymns, Gregorian Chant

Dan Gibson’s Solitudes - Adoro Te Devote | Illumination: Peaceful Gregorian Chants

Dan Gibson’s Solitudes - Kyrie Eleison | Illumination: Peaceful Gregorian Chants

Monks singing Gregorian Chant in a Catholic Benedictine Seminary

(this one is very peaceful chanting).


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