Miserere, by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652), is a setting of Psalm 51. Psalm 51 is the best known of the seven penitential Psalms (the others being Psalms 6, 32, 38, 102, 130, 143). It is prayed at morning prayer every Friday of the year.  What does it mean to be penitent? To show sorrow […]