Say "thirty thousand." It drives some folks absolutely crazy...
I’ve seen lists - it’s been a while since I went looking, as my participation on the Religion forum is rare. Yet this one attracted my attention.
SSDD.
For anyone who cares, I am an Orthodox Christian (convert) with a growing love and respect for my Catholic brethern and sistren.
The Protty fulminations just deja vu the hell out of me. Been there. Done all that and worse, big time. Got humble, honest and desperate. Prayed like a dying man and looked at the facts.
The “solas” fell pretty easily, once I got some historical perspective. The claims of Rome vs Constantinople vs Canterbury were a bit stickier. I made the choice I made.
fwiw
Sub tuum praesidium or, in English, Under your protection is the oldest anthem to the Blessed Virgin Mary from the see of Alexandria in the third century.
Liturgically, the anthem is among those recited as the "final antiphon" at the office of compline. The Latin is presented below, followed by the English.
''Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, :''Sancta Dei Genetrix. :''Nostras deprecationes ne despicias :''in necessitatibus nostris, :''sed a periculis cunctis:''libera nos semper, :''Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Amen.
We fly to thy patronage, :O holy Mother of God; :despise not our petitions:in our necessities, :but deliver us always:from all dangers, :O glorious and blessed Virgin. :Amen.