From: Jim West (jwest@Highland.Net)
Date: Wed Jul 14 1999 - 22:02:46 EDT
At 07:40 AM 7/15/99 +1200, you wrote:
>>Well actually that song is based on the latin phrase "kyrie eleison"- from
>>the latin mass wherein the mercy of God is invoked through Christ.
>
>ummm are you sure?? The phrase appears in MT 17.15. (GNT) and don't sound
>very latin
>to me. It is also part of the *Jesus prayer* used in Taise and
>contemplative prayer.
I am 100% positive. First, it is a latin phrase, and second, the writer of
the song was intereviewed and said as much.
Best,
Jim
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