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The Mozarts popped into the Wednesday service at the Vatican, at which the Miserere was being performed. A couple of hours later, back at home, the young Wolfgang proceeded to transcribe the entire piece from memory. He went back on Friday to make a couple of corrections — and the Vatican’s secret was out.
While you’re biting the heads off your chocolate bunnies this weekend, you might wonder how cartoon rabbits became so central to our Easter celebrations. It’s tempting to assume that because there’s no biblical basis for the Easter Bunny, rabbits and hares have no religious significance – but that’s just not the case.
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⛪ HAPPY EASTER 🔔
🐇 On this special time, we want to wish you all a blessed and holy year.
👦🏼 To celebrate, we wanted to share with you a beautiful French song, here sung at torchlights by French patriots from La Flèche.
🗣️ "Media Vita" is probably France's oldest song. It was written by a priest near Tours in the years 200s (3td Century) for Easter. It was then forgotten, but re-discovered again in the IXth century by the monks of Solesmes Abbey.
🔥 Since this date, it is sing as a song to celebrate life, death, resurrection.
☀️ In this time of struggle and troubles, may this song light the flame in your hearts. Remember that life will always prevail. Keep faith and hope in the future.
🇨🇵 Never despair.
🐇 On this special time, we want to wish you all a blessed and holy year.
👦🏼 To celebrate, we wanted to share with you a beautiful French song, here sung at torchlights by French patriots from La Flèche.
🗣️ "Media Vita" is probably France's oldest song. It was written by a priest near Tours in the years 200s (3td Century) for Easter. It was then forgotten, but re-discovered again in the IXth century by the monks of Solesmes Abbey.
🔥 Since this date, it is sing as a song to celebrate life, death, resurrection.
☀️ In this time of struggle and troubles, may this song light the flame in your hearts. Remember that life will always prevail. Keep faith and hope in the future.
🇨🇵 Never despair.
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