Vexilla

"Vexilla" has been interpreted symbolically to represent baptism, the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

The hymn of the Cross par excellence, Vexilla Regis, is substituted by three new antiphons.

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified 2009

(Hillaire Belloc noted once that, while Jacobite songs were often heard in English homes, he had been warned by the gendarmerie for intoning “Vexilla regis” on a beach in Brittany.)

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Dante, Master of Ceremonies of the Pope, who told me to prepare the “Vexilla Regis” for the coming celebration on Good Friday.

Interview with Domenico Bartolucci 2009

All of the acolytes and attending clergy form a procession, and return to the main sanctuary of the church, while the choir sings the hymn Vexilla Regis.

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified 2009

Dante, Master of Ceremonies of the Pope, who told me to prepare the “Vexilla Regis” for the coming celebration on Good Friday.

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Dante, Master of Ceremonies of the Pope, who told me to prepare the “Vexilla Regis” for the coming celebration on Good Friday.

A bombshell of an interview. Mons. Domenico Bartolucci on the liturgical reforms and the reform of the reform. 2009

The good Monsignor's comments on the rushed putting together of the 'restored' Holy Week are fascinating - even more so John XXIII's insistence on having the traditional Vexilla regis sung on Good Friday.

A bombshell of an interview. Mons. Domenico Bartolucci on the liturgical reforms and the reform of the reform. 2009

And here is an mp3 of one of the best hymns ever written, in my opinion: the Vespers hymn, "Vexilla Regis Prodeunt" ("The Royal Banners Forward Go"), sung each evening beginning on Judica (Lent 5) until Holy Thursday.

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And actually, I'm pretty sure that's a typo in Hymn melodies for the whole year, and should instead be - or, if the Latin still makes sense I don't know Latin very well, still refers to Impleta sunt quae concinit - the words that begin the fourth verse of Vexilla Regis Prodeunt:

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