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sursum corda
[ soor-soom kawr-dah, kohr- ]
noun
- the words “Lift up your hearts,” addressed by the celebrant of the Mass to the congregation just before the preface.
sursum corda
/ ˈsɜːsəm ˈkɔːdə /
noun
- RC Church a Latin versicle meaning Lift up your hearts, said by the priest at Mass
- a cry of exhortation, hope, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sursum corda1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sursum corda1
Example Sentences
However, sursum corda; faint heart never writ romance.
Christian! would thou indeed reduce this affection under just controul—sursum corda!
The figure on the tomb is a modern restoration, very elaborately clad in full pontificals, while the hands are clasped about a heart, representing the sursum corda, or lifting up of the heart.
The visits of death are always solemn, but the end of the just is the most moving sursum corda that we can- 343 - hear on earth.
Away along the slope we heard the other trumpeters sounding in answer, and I believe 'twas a sursum corda! to all of us.
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