On Mon George Ferzoco wrote:
> For the 'FEAST 2 June' post, I wrote ...
>
> * Sadoc and companions, martyrs (1260)
> - while sitting in the refectory, the lector suddenly announced,
> as from a martyrology, 'At Sandomir [where they were, in Poland],
> forty-nine martyrs'; the next day, they were all killed by singing the
> 'Salve Regina'
>
> Of course, I meant 'WHILE singing', not 'BY singing' the 'Salve Regina'.
>
> Witticisms invited. Sorry about that!
>
> George
Well, George, I was going to say that I thought choir practice was a
dangerous activity (all that staggering from bar to bar and so
on). Whatever would have happened if they'd been singing "Ave
Verum Corpus" instead? :-)
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