Nunc dimittis
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Oct 22, 2026
Matthew EverhardHOST
First, Supposing that I believed in the principle that we should only sing the Scriptures, I'm not sure why we would truncate the canon to only the Psalms, okay? So, we actually do have songs in the New Testament.
Matthew EverhardHOST
So, I would not be, for instance, against singing something like the Nunc Dimittis from the early chapters of Luke's Gospel, which Reformed churches did sing in times past.
Matthew EverhardHOST
or Mary's Magnificat, or psalms that are in the Old Testament, but not in the book of the Psalms.
Matthew EverhardHOST
Like, for instance, why couldn't you sing David's Lament of Saul in 2 Samuel 1? Not that that'd make the greatest song, but you get my point here.
Bettina VarwigGUEST
And it was really fun.
Bettina VarwigGUEST
So this is the Nunc Dimittis, the Herr nun lessest du dein Diener.
Bettina VarwigGUEST
We've talked a lot about bodies and being in the body.
Bettina VarwigGUEST
There also, of course, in that repertoire are these glorious moments of... taking you very much out of that physical, earthly, earthbound existence that they talk about it as sort of music drawing the soul out of your body and that kind of thing.
Nicholas MulroyHOST
thing And this is the one with the sort of offstage, not offstage, but kind of celestial angels in the...
Nicholas MulroyHOST
Yes,
Bettina VarwigGUEST
so the main choir is singing the Nunc Dimittis text and then the offstage angelic folks come in with the Selig Sinti Toten.
Nicholas MulroyHOST
Blessed are the dead.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
They were hastening to the land where their divine Master had descended from his throne in heaven to take on himself the form of man, where for years the everlasting Son of the Almighty Father had patiently toiled, healing the sick, comforting the afflicted, and raising the dead, until at length he carried his own cross up the height of Calvary, and having offered up his perfect sacrifice, put off the garments of his humiliation when the earthquake shattered the prison house of his sepulcher.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
For them, the whole land had been rendered holy by the tread of his sacred feet, and the pilgrim who had traced the scenes of his life from his cradle at Bethlehem to the spot of his ascent from Olivet might sing the Nunc Dimittis as having with his own eyes seen the divine salvation.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Thus the crusade preached by Peter the Hermit, and solemnly sanctioned by Pope Urban, was rendered possible by the combination of papal authority with an irresistible popular conviction.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
That papal authority was the necessary result of the old imperial tradition of Rome.
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the rich man and Lazarus, the prodigal son, the Pharisee, and the tax collector.
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He supplies the church with some of our canticles, the Magnificat of Mary, the Benedictus of Zechariah, and the Nucleus of Simeon that we sing every Sunday.
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And, of course, in the book of Acts, Luke highlights the Holy Spirit's work, what Jesus began to do, Luke records in his gospel, and what he continues to do, In the early church, Luke records in the book of Acts.
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Now, he's mentioned only three times in Scripture.
Bruce KachokNARRATOR
This recording is in the public domain.
Bruce KachokNARRATOR
Nunc Dimittis by John Drinkwater.
Bruce KachokNARRATOR
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Bruce KachokNARRATOR
I have seen the plover's wing And the gray willow bough, The sandy bubbling spring, The hawk over the plough, And now instructed so I am content to go.
John WyattHOST
That's right.
John WyattHOST
And, and also as part of that service, there's the Nunc Dimittis, which is the words of Simeon in the temple, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace."
Tim WyattHOST
Mm-hmm.
John WyattHOST
Whereas clearly Simeon is talking about-
Donncha Ó hAodhaGUEST
So much so that Simeon, as it were, says his canticle or sings with his soul.
Donncha Ó hAodhaGUEST
His canticle is Nunc Dimittis.
Donncha Ó hAodhaGUEST
Now let your servant go in peace, Lord, for mine eyes have seen your glory.
Donncha Ó hAodhaGUEST
His whole life has been geared towards this personal encounter with God made man, with the Savior.
David ClarkeHOST
And in Evensong, that's the Magnificat, which is the prayer of Mary, uh, when she's informed that, uh, she's going to be having Jesus.
David ClarkeHOST
And then there's the Nunc Dimittis, which is the song of Simeon, which, uh, he, uh, when he, when he hears that, that, uh, Jesus is going to be born.
David ClarkeHOST
And, um, uh, as we talked about earlier, the wonderful thing about Evensong is it's all about the end of the day and death and all of these wonderful things that we all like to be talking about.
David ClarkeHOST
But Simon, yes, you, you, um, you, you, you're probably gonna correct me on some of the elements there.
Simon KingstonHOST
Uh, so often it's about three o'clock in the afternoon.
Simon KingstonHOST
Um, and that it's true.
Simon KingstonHOST
I mean, the, the, the, the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis, the Mag and the Nunc, as people talk about, it's, they're intriguing because to your earlier point, of course, the titles are invariably cited as you just have in Latin, although the words are frequently, um, um, uh, in English, uh, when the settings are, are, are s- are sung.
Simon KingstonHOST
"My soul doth magnify the Lord" being the, uh, the first line of the Magnificat, M-Ma-Magnificat, and, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace" being the Nunc Dimittis, uh, one typically.