Taste and See - Washington National Cathedralv - Solo

[@prunetoe]

Been playing (and listening to) this song for fifteen years as a Church musician myself and this is absolutely the most breathtakingly, beautiful rendering I've ever heard. What a Cantor! Her voice is like the wings of a dove floating on the air. I'm going to play this tomorrow as a substitute accompanist for a Catholic school and will use that beautiful A minor (I've been using Bb) on "the goodness". Ya know... you think you know it all and then you just happen on a dedicated group of folks and voila... a new beginning. Thank you Washington National Liturgical staff. You're awesome. God's Blessings to All!

[@suzannetrombley811]

I agree Sean.. We are called to have an intimate relationship with OUR SAVIOR. Please, let us taste and See the Goodness of the LORD!!!

[@trankserrano8938]

❤ Beautifull

[@ambiguity144]

"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another." John 13:34

[@masakoyokota4815]

An absolutely breathtaking rendition. The cantor’s voice along with the organ trembles my heart and brings me tears.

[@kapariz44]

Compared with other renditions of this piece this is by far the most refined, the only one in keeping with the Anglican ethos I've come across so far..

[@GraceToast]

Oh, don't be so stuffy.

[@JB-hh3tk]

Agree. If it has to be done...at least make it some somewhat pleasant

[@martywilson5506]

This voice of wonder, And pipes. I so love it. Yes I will, taste and see. This to me is a piece of heaven. Thanks for sharing. Bless you.

[@RobertBieserJr]

The one hymn that, as a member of my church's Men's Choir, was my only solo. The choir directress gave it to me without me having to audition for it. My favorite since I saw it sung at Communion time at Cardinal Joseph Bernardin's Funeral in Chicago.

[@MrJjm20]

do you have the video of you singing from the funeral. you did a great job.

[@TommyH1975]

Beautiful!!!! Love this song

[@trankserrano8938]

Beautiful voice , need more volume on voice !!!!

[@meredithgifford5735]

beautiful

[@umaara100]

Very beautiful,I here this song at a beautiful Catholic church in Montgomery ala

[@trankserrano8938]

Please let the voice be heard more !!!

[@timwyatt2744]

I'm sorry that you feel this way. I welcome you to visit one of our churches and places of prayer anytime so that you can see for yourself the presence of the Holy Spirit at our Mass and in the way that we impact the fellowship and community of God. I'm not going to disrespect your religious tradition as I am very grateful for the pioneering and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. We as Anglicans/Episcopalians have inherited and moved ahead b/c of the reformers, old and new alike.

[@LaserdiscOrganistAmericanOrgan]

The song is by James Moore, Jr. There is a video played at The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Dickson City, Pennsylvania uploaded by Dan M. Search it up.

[@meldavis8888]

Organist is trying to have a little concert at times. I would be tempted with such a beautiful instrument but not with such an amazing cantor!!!!

[@stanleyhastings5388]

Sweet.

[@elderrobertv.fullersr.1739]

Beautifully done. Who is the soloist and organist?

[@lirio071811]

The singer is Elizabeth Hungerford. From her "short bio" online: "Before moving to London in 2011, Elizabeth was a soloist and chorister at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC." There are a few more KZbin clips of her singing, and at least one CD available.

[@hassankinte]

okay first off, these arguments between the anglican/episcopal faith and the roman catholic faith are ridiculous. We all believe that Christ is the savior, do we not. I'm a baptized Episcopalian and i see no differences between the Catholic church and the Anglican church beside the fact that we Anglicans allow our priests to get married, we have woman priests, and we allow gays to receive the sacraments. You should all be ashamed of yourselves, arguing just as the diciples of Christ had to see who should be considered the best out of the 12. In no part of scripture does Christ outline that the catholic faith nor the Anglican faith nor the Protestant faith is better. All he says is that as long as we are truly loyal to him and his father will we enter into his happiness. Both faith practice the sacraments almost exactly the same way. I hope to become a priest in God's church not the Roman Catholic, nor the Anglican Church. And just so you God does allow priests to marry its shown within the old testament during Aaron's priesthood. And also women are just as good as a men priests. We are all here as Christians not Catholic and Anglicans. Both faiths have strayed off of Christ's path in one way or another. And remember what Christ said to us "THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD, WITH ALL THY HEART, WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND" THIS WAS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT AND THE SECOND IS LIKE UNTO IT " THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF" Both faiths have to get it together because I'm sure Christ is upset with both of you!!

[@JayJay-lu4et]

hassankinte: there's only one Jesus Christ, all the rest of these matters are trifles.

[@elderrobertv.fullersr.1739]

Who is the soloist and organist? Beautiful together.

[@JayJay-lu4et]

I've never seen a priestess celebrate a mass before. Is this something new in the Episcopal Church?

[@bdonnajpvw]

Huh? Are you familiar with the various Protestant sects? Episcopalians have had female priests since 1976!

[@JayJay-lu4et]

Pioneer Woman: No I didn't know that. I've been to a Methodist Church before that had one, but I thot the higher churches didn't allow it. I'm of the persuasion that all Protestants should return to the Catholic Church, so I don't pay much attention to what the Protestants are doing.

[@bdonnajpvw]

It is perfectly understandable that you might want all Protestants to return, and so you don't pay attention to what they are doing, but the video did say the service is from "Washington National Cathedral Protestant Episcopal Church Location: Wisconsin and Massachusetts Ave. NW." If you had been aware of what had been happening, it wouldn't have been a surprise to you.

[@JayJay-lu4et]

Pioneer Woman: I see. I knew it was an Episcopal Church, I just didn't know Episcopalians had priestesses.

[@JB-hh3tk]

Haha. Seriously?

[@andreworin]

stanford??

[@alliew3144]

at the end of the day, we answer to the same higher power, we just percieve different interpretations of it. why not just respect each other's views?

[@bigEB184]

That's a HUGE pipe organ they have in that national cathedral!

[@PaladinValer]

Freeneyism is considered a heresy in the (Roman) Catholic Church. Congrats, Pot Kettle Black.

[@michaelkummer4740]

This was a wile ago

[@michaelkummer4740]

Episcopal is the same as catholic but they only allow girl priests and their clergy to marry and some other small things

[@GraceToast]

Well, that's one way to do it... :\

[@hassankinte]

oh and also the catholic church council is not the supreme authority, God is, and im sure he's not happy about that either

[@kapariz44]

Hold yer noise and submit unto the magisterium :p

[@kurtbaylin7183]

episcopal

[@PaladinValer]

Read it again: the Canon puts a LIMIT on AGE. Furthermore, the Sacrament of Holy Orders is the same for deacons, priests, or bishops; it is the same Sacrament, not separate ones for deacons from priests and bishops. Furthermore, the Nicene Creed itself uses the neuter "anthropos" to describe Jesus, so while Jesus was male, it was more important that He was human and Divine as per the Formula of Chalcedon, based on Genesis 1. Therefore, the Creed agrees with my position.

[@michaelkummer4740]

Episcopalian is just a more modern or simplified way of catholic tradition

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

Wrong

[@PaladinValer]

That doesn't counter 1st St. Peter 3. Your argument isn't logical because it doesn't imply or directly state that my position is wrong. Furthermore, the KJV was translated under my Anglican Church's aspices, and we teach the necessity of Holy Baptism, so you are not interpreting the KJV as its translators intended. If a person has not received Holy Baptism, then that is a serious impediment to their salvation, unless they die a martyr or a catechuman or otherwise honestly desired to be baptized.

[@joleenwilson622]

Beautiful but she needs a little harmony.

[@PaladinValer]

Sorry, but that isn't the orthodox interpretation; it is rather Gnostic actually. St. Paul is pointing to Genesis 1, where Adam is typified as the whole of humanity. We see the same theology in the Nicene Creed when it says Jesus became not male but human (Anthropos=Adam). Furthermore, your theology on Holy Orders is NOT orthodoxy either; in the West, the diaconate can be permanent, but it is still a share in the same sacerdotal clergy as priests or bishops, so your position isn't Catholic.

[@PaladinValer]

Sorry, but Freeney was excommunicated from your church due to his beliefs, which they declared heretical. Specifically, he willingly neglected the importance of the validity of Baptism found in other communions and also neglected Baptism by Desire and Blood. Any adoption of his beliefs constitutes an excommunication, perhaps even "latae sententiae".

[@PaladinValer]

The (Roman) Catholic Church is not our "Mother"; our Mother is the Blessed Virgin Mother of God. Furthermore, Canon 15 of Chalcedon uses "cheirotonia" about women, and such a term is only used for the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Sacerdotal ordination, not minor ordination, which would be "cheirothesia", so the Canon disagrees with your position. Therefore, the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church has always taught women could receive sacerdotal ordination...or was it not a valid council?

[@JB-hh3tk]

Blah blah... Carry on

[@megaweeniemondays2943]

forget tide, downy, and snuggle.. nothing washes a brain like a Catholic hymn.

[@PaladinValer]

That doesn't change the nature of the sacrament; priests receive the same sacrament they received when they became deacons and the same is true for bishops. All which is different is the "fullness" of sacerdotal grace received. Furthermore, Jesus didn't pick any Gentiles either, o your argument isn't orthodox Christian least all Gentile-lineage priests are fake too. Jesus' humanity, not his manhood, was key, least we fall into Gnosticism, which emphasized the male over the female via dualism.

[@PaladinValer]

The Bible says otherwise...as does the Apostolic Witness of the first 2 centuries of Christian interpretation of Holy Scripture. In orthodox Christianity, we believe what 1st St. Peter 3:18-22 says. The idea of Holy Baptism not being salvific was part of the implicit theology of the Pelagians and was only resurrected next by the Anabaptists. Luther and Hus both denounced the idea that baptism wasn't salvific. Your idea is foreign to orthodox, Biblical, historic, Apostolic, classic Christianity.

[@PaladinValer]

Sorry; there are NO exceptions. If done in Trinitarian format, belief, and understanding of entry into Jesus, then a baptism is valid AND CONSIDERED SACRAMENTAL, period. Freeney was an anti-Christian heretic who taught unless you were Roman Catholic, period, you're damned. Jesus, not the Church, is the Source of Grace. He is not His Kingdom; that is idolatry. His Kingdom is His BRIDE, and ALL who are VALIDLY BAPTIZED are members, however impaired.

[@michaeldoyle6702]

Sensible and fair minded Catholics would rejoice seeing the Mass with women as priests. Why? Jesus had no issues with whether a person was male or female. Jesus paid no regard to convention. The fact that the apostles were men was only played up in the third century. Mary Magdeline was an apostle of sorts, relating what she saw to the men. The characterization of the 12 as apostles and thus, only men could become priests is foreign to Jesus and His words.

[@jamesmings9488]

No, just no....Catholic Church is base not only on Sacred scripture, but also Sacred tradition. A male can be a priest, and a female can be a nun.

[@dingdongditch98]

+Michael Doyle The ordinary, and the extraordinary magest. has spoken on this issue. It is not up for debate. Even Pope John Paul II, just to put it to rest, made an infallible declaration on behalf of the faithful, in virtue of his apostolic authority, that woman cannot be priest and that this doctrine is to be held by anyone who is truly Catholic.

[@michaeldoyle6702]

+Chi Rho The fact that it may not be up for debate is a human expression. With God, everything is possible, including wisdom bestowed to the Church and to the ignorant. There is no constraint on a living Pope to reverse a declaration from a previous Pope.

[@dingdongditch98]

Are you a Catholic, I don't mean that confrontationally, just curious? The former Pope St. John Paul II has exorcised his apostolic authority through the Extraordinary Magisterium, according to the rubrics provided from Vatican I on Papal Infallibility, and has declared this to be a dogma of the faith. No Pope, council of bishops, etc can contradict what has been declared to be doctrine.

[@ambiguity144]

+Michael Doyle The Anglican Communion is the Catholic Church for the 21st Century. I'm proud of our female priests. Our orders are valid. I don't care what any papists say here. We are Catholic, but reformed, not stuck in the Middle Ages.

[@PaladinValer]

(hit enter by mistake) the ONLY way your communion allows...and it is right. So if you wish to be taken seriously, you need to check yourself before you continue such vemon. It is not accepted; why else have people already made your first/second post here appear as "spam"? You are better than this; dialogue and apologetics do not include vemon and spite. Please reflect on St. Justin the Martyr before you continue.

[@Minuvas]

Came here under the auspice that this was a Catholic video, given the use of the word "Cathedral" but wanted to give my fellow Catholics a warning the video is not one from Christs Church, and while the song is well the accompanying visuals are nothing short of Heresy. I'm not here to argue the validity of the Heresy with any followers of this Church, but to point out this is not the Catholic Church.

[@ms103127]

A lot of Christian denominations use cathedrals, not just the Roman Catholic church, but thanks for issuing your "warning" for the kindergarten style attention....

[@bdonnajpvw]

Exactly. It is like people can't read. The caption said the video is from "Washington National Cathedral, Protestant Episcopal Church." If Protestants bother them so much, they don't need to look at the video and then be offended at seeing a clergywoman.

[@colinrice3232]

I would like it if you’d please refrain from commenting things like this. It is not heresy, if there weren’t an Episcopal church, I would not have found our Lord, and forged an intimate relationship with Him.

[@JB-hh3tk]

Ignorant

[@PaladinValer]

Continued...and since Anglicans have a valid baptism, your abusive, spiteful, and outright vemonous behavior towards is a violation of the Law of Christ. You mortally sin each time you willingly strike your brother or sister with such abuse and vemon. Be sorry, repent, confess, and make good on it; that IS

[@idrew121]

Why are those women on the altar pretending to be priests? They are not valid. This is heresy.......................

[@megaweeniemondays2943]

forget tide, downy, and snuggle.. nothing washes a brain like a Catholic hymn.