Rufus Wainwright - Agnus Dei

Edited version, for used in Blesséd's alt.worship multimedia masses.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• agnus
• dei
• worship
• mass
• eucharist
• liturgy
• prayer
• meditation

[bir90]

this was in the movie "trade" about human sex trafficking this song was perfect for the story

[Teresa7087]

This is the incomparable Rufus Wainwright singing it. He is a remarkable talent. What a voice!  I've seen him perform this live and it's amazing.

[MsTiny72]

Gorgeous, It was so perfect for the scene.

amazing xxx

[Immortalassassin1]

This is an amazing song. 

[readermichael]

@mattorero I fear I still respectfully disagree with you, mattorero. I don't expect us to come to any convergence so I'll leave it at that and wish you well. :-)

[mattorero]

Or a simpler example: "Mother, who gives me cookies" is correct. "Mother, who give me cookies" is not. "Mother, you who give me cookies" is correct.

[mattorero]

@readermichael Had the translation been "you who take away.." you would have been correct, since the pronoun "who" would be replacing "you" not "Lamb of God". So your comment could address the faulty translation, but not the grammar of the translation that the video uses.

[mattorero]

@readermichael yes, that would be correct if the word "you" was included - as is typical of the liturgical translation "Lamb of God, you who take away..." But the translation in the video, which is more modern, is still correct in translating simply "Lamb of God, who takes..." In this case - as your description suggests, "the thing being spoken about is the third person" - "Who" is the pronoun replacing "Lamb of God."

[readermichael]

@mattorero To help clarify, as this is being addressed TO the Lamb of God, simply replace the phrase "Lamb of God" with "You", and you will see why "takes" cannot possibly be correct.

[readermichael]

@mattorero With respect to you, Mattorero, this cannot be in the third person. The third person is used when the subject is being spoken about. I try to explain the concept by using the illustration of a conversation between two people: the person speaking is the first person, the person being addressed is the second person, and a person or thing being spoken about is the third person. In the Agnus Dei, the Lamb of God is being directly addressed in the 2nd person, not spoken about in the 3rd.

[mattorero]

@readermichael you're wrong. "Who takes away..." is describing "lamb of God" which is third person, not second. The video is correct.