Not growing up as a Christian, I’ve felt conflicted by my attraction to liturgical poetry. I love that Latin is a ‘dead’ language, its non-spoken aspect lends a sense of abstraction and mystery to the words, yet the text remains perfectly understandable. The traditional metaphors around the Nativity are equally compelling. ‘Ocean Star’ and ‘light born of light’ have a transcendent quality that compelled me since I first heard them, but the direct references to a dogma I do not personally follow left me cold. So I’ve appropriated my favorites parts of these texts for my own. Hear, see, and buy it on MusicSpoke. http://musicspoke.com/downloads/o-mysterium
