tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post1347531328899416402..comments2024-02-28T12:04:11.837-08:00Comments on Jesus in Love Blog: Christina Rossetti: Queer writer of Christmas carols and lesbian poetryKittredge Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-19559602197436160622014-12-16T00:33:07.938-08:002014-12-16T00:33:07.938-08:00Hey, Kittredge (hello again), just got hat-tipped ...Hey, Kittredge (hello again), just got hat-tipped over here by AfterEllen ( afterellen.com ) no less! [Am always thrilled when secular LGBT media shakes off its near-kneejerk anti-religiosity/anti-Christianity for a change].<br /><br />In my choir (St Michael's Episcopal, Carmichael CA), we often sing Robert H Young's setting of "Incarnate Love" (text, Rossetti's "Love Came Down at Christmas").<br /><br />"Love Came Down": if that's not language strongly redolent of female sexuality, I don't know what it is! ;-pJCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-71844815281785252282014-11-18T18:44:22.453-08:002014-11-18T18:44:22.453-08:00This is truly heartwarming and inspiration. I was ...This is truly heartwarming and inspiration. I was looking for some <a href="http://christmas.365greetings.com/christmas-poems/short-christmas-poems.html" rel="nofollow">short Christmas poems</a> to use in my Christmas cards and i came across to this post. I so love it. I like Christina Rossetti and glad to come across to this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08394927095497660408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-82847131659888994762013-12-13T05:29:06.670-08:002013-12-13T05:29:06.670-08:00I am so glad I was sent here by a dear friend. As ...I am so glad I was sent here by a dear friend. As a still-practicing Catholic lesbian, it's a joy to find kindred spirits. And I'm ashamed to say, I'd never heard of Rossetti until now. I'm richer for my discovery. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242224273856998232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-2942138442492119692012-05-10T18:14:24.470-07:002012-05-10T18:14:24.470-07:00Andy, it took me a while, but I finally listened t...Andy, it took me a while, but I finally listened to your renditions of “In the Bleak Midwinter.” Nice! I prefer your more traditional-sounding one. Thank you for the links. Love for this Christmas carol is just one more thing that you and I have in common.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-15397815248038664512012-05-04T03:12:43.196-07:002012-05-04T03:12:43.196-07:00Hi Kitt, I've always loved In The Bleak Midwin...Hi Kitt, I've always loved In The Bleak Midwinter too. In fact, some years ago, I made a few different versions of it, if you'd like to hear them?<br />http://www.last.fm/music/Fflwcs/dolig+EP/In+the+Bleak+Midwinter<br />and<br />http://www.last.fm/music/Fflwcs/dolig+EP/Plastic+Winter (a more modern sounding one). <br />Andy xAndrew Craig Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479637028879512078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-86803584568576500332012-04-30T09:47:54.433-07:002012-04-30T09:47:54.433-07:00Elizabeth and SCG, I’m glad that you share my enth...Elizabeth and SCG, I’m glad that you share my enthusiasm for Christina Rossetti. Researching this piece led to joy and spiritual renewal for me. While I was working on it, my partner and I read some of her poetry out loud -- a practice that I recommend. Thank you for letting me know that this blog fills a gap left by choir directors and preachers!Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-3452262600515522532012-04-29T21:30:15.756-07:002012-04-29T21:30:15.756-07:00I regret that I didn't read this before servin...I regret that I didn't read this <i>before</i> serving at the noon day Eucharist on Friday. This entry means more to me than what I heard preached. Thanks for the background, and different connection to Christina Rossetti.SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-14131070306569179812012-04-27T15:23:18.387-07:002012-04-27T15:23:18.387-07:00I remember hearing 'whispers' in choir abo...I remember hearing 'whispers' in choir about Rossetti but thought they were more a reflection on the choir director's penchant for cattiness than anything grounded in truth. It's lovely to have this affirmation that members of our tribe have been around in church in various capacities for centuries. Thank you.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.com