Abbà Pater
De la Enciclopedia Cecilia
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Seeing him -- as countless millions have -- is an unforgettable experience. His presence is electric. He was born Karol Wojtyla, but since 1978 he has been known as the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II. He is the most travelled Pope in history, and the multitudes that greet him wherever he goes are evidence of the basic human need to connect with a power greater than oneself.
Before his ordination as a priest, he was a member of an experimental theater group, a stonecutter, and a published poet. Now, he offers the world the first music recording to embody his actual voice. Abbà Pater combines contemporary instrumental, world music and classical music tracks with spoken and sung passages (in Italian, Latin, English, French and Spanish), which are chants and prayers culled from recordings of the Pope by Radio Vatican over the 20 years of his papacy. The result is a powerful and moving marriage of music and words that touches on universal themes such as charity, forgiveness and reconciliation among all people. Abbà Pater is not just for Catholics, but for everyone interested in a new experience of the wisdom and compassion of one of the world's great spiritual leaders.
At the twentieth anniversary of his installation as Supreme Pontiff, and as the church prepares for the Great Jubilee in the year 2000, the Pope is reaching out to the world in new ways to offer hope for peace and spiritual fulfillment. Abbà and pater are the Aramaic and Latin words for "father". Abbà Pater is a poignant depiction of a father's love that will touch and inspire listeners everywhere.
This album contains an invitation by John Paul II to "embark on an interior pilgrimage toward the house of our Heavenly Father, who is so rich in mercy; a journey of conversion, undertaken in charity, in sharing with the poor and in dialogue with our neighbors." (Angelus, November 29, 1998)
Abbà Pater proposes a pilgrimage that is universal rather than solitary, a pilgrimage led by the Pope himself, one that is open to all people through a variety of expressions, languages, voices, and sounds; a pilgrimage that is interior rather than showy, one that is aimed at searching, praying, and meditating on the real meaning of the Great Jubilee of the year 2000.
Jubilee means penitence and conversion, forgiveness and reconciliation, justice and sharing, mercy and peace.
Alongside divinely inspired words and ancient, yet always new, spiritual texts that help us rediscover and revitalize our faith in God and love for humanity, contemporary music, which draws its inspiration from them, can open up prayerful spaces and prepare our hearts to listen more.
With this wish, we send Abbà Pater out into the world, our contribution to the Jubilee pilgrimage toward the Father's house; out into a world so tirelessly travelled by the Pilgrim Pope, who extends his invitation to all humanity and who embraces all humanity on the threshold of the Third Millennium.
Fr. Pasquale Borgomeo SJ General Director Vatican Radio Abbà Pater
