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For many centuries in Christianity, Mother Mary has been a symbol of mercy and compassion. This chant draws from the 4th century Greek liturgical prayer, Kyrie Eleison-Christe Eleison, as an invocation to the blessed Mother of mercy and her son, Jesus the Christ.

The phrase, or one of its equivalents in other languages, is one of the most often repeated in Eastern Christianity; and is believed to be the origin of the Jesus Prayer attributed to the monastic Desert Fathers in the 5th century. The phrase is usually translated as "Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy," and has also been translated as "let me be an instrument of mercy."

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Maria Eleison (x4) (Mary is/have mercy)
Kyrie Eleison (Lord is/have mercy)
Christe Eleison (Christ is/have mercy)

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released April 24, 2022
Words: Traditional Greek
Music: ©Linda J. McMakin, July 2009

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Mary Chants Pelzer, South Carolina

Amina Linda McMakin is a certified leader and mentor/ teacher for the Dances of Universal Peace, and an ordained interfaith minister (Cherag). In the 2008 Easter season, Amina began composing a cycle of dances inspired by the Gnostic Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Amina has published three booklets and CDs of dance movements and music, and composes musical chants inspired by the sayings of Mary. ... more

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