Today is St. Stephen King Wenceslas and visit churches barefoot. In fact, it was not a king, but a duke, the Duke of Bohemia , to be exact. His biographer sculpts as an intelligent, docile and extraordinary inclination to everything good. It says in defending the oppressed and helping the poor with generosity, which eliminated banned torture and the gallows. Lover of peace, fought in single combat against neighboring Prince Gurima, Radislao, who tried to invade Bohemia, to prevent a war and the shedding of innocent blood. To all this must be added to his great devotion to the Christian faith and filial affection to the Virgin Mary, faith, not only showed in fervent prayers, but in acts, as mentioned above and in a way of life that touched the sanctity . Their way of life made him, therefore, win the empathy of the people, to the point that at his death, murdered by his younger brother Bolesvab, was considered a martyr and a saint and also posthumously was conferred the title and real dignity.
The italicized letters that begin this post, form the first verse of the carol "Good King Wenceslas" (Good King Wenceslas). The song tells the custom of the holy prince visit barefoot in snow overnight, the churches. During the journey, his page is about to resign because of the cold, but manages to keep the heat emanating from the king's footprints in the snow. The letter, which vaguely remember, for only heard 2 or 3 times, says:
Today is St. Stephen and King Wenceslas
visit churches barefoot.
walks at night on frozen ground, the king
accompanied by one servant.
Cold is the night, everything is covered with snow.
"My lord, I can not follow you walk"
"On my feet, put your feet frozen,
see how you can keep walking." Bloody Footprints
King has left
warm and hot for his servant.
By putting them in his footsteps
servant feels comforted all over again.
The melody is "Tempus Adest floridum" ("Time of flowers"), a spring carol XIII century. It must be said that the letter the original carol is something different from what I have set and, moreover, only because he is considered a carol sung at the Feast of St. Stephen, on 26 December. With
Al-Lawrence for helping me with the letter and for bringing me Adolfo music. ^ ^
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