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Something Understood this week is called 'This is my body', after Jesus' words at the Last Supper. Mark Tully explores the meaning of these words – physical, emotional, legal and spiritual - with his guest, Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP.

The readers were Emma Fielding and David Holt.

Readings and Music

Music 1: ‘Force et Agilité des Corps Glorieux’ from Les Corps Glorieux composed by Olivier Messiaen. Performed by Gillian Weir on the CD Olivier Messiaen: The Organ Works – Volume 3. Released by Priory.

Reading 1: The Questions of King Milinda translated by Edward Conze. Published by Penguin Classics.

Music 2: ‘Tasbeh Dei Ik Ik Dhaneh (Each and Every Rosary Bead)’ performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Available on the CD Body and Soul, released by Virgin.

Reading 2: Echo of the Soul written by J Phillip Newell. Published by Canterbury Press.

Reading 3: ‘Religion’ written by D.H. Lawrence from Selected Poems. Published by Everyman.

Music 3: ‘Beata Viscera’ performed by The Dufay Collective. Available on the CD Miri It Is: Songs and Instrumental Music from Medieval England, released by Chandos.

Music 4: ‘Chare Jesu Suavvissime’ composed by Alessandro Stradella performed by Gerard Lesne and Sandrine Piau. Available on the CD Motets, released by Virgin Classics.

Reading 4: ‘Long Song’ written by Michael O’Siadhail. Available in Love Life, published by Bloodaxe.

Music 5: ‘Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) performed by Anne Sofie Von Otter. Available on the CD Anne Sofie Von Otter Meets Elvis Costello: For the Stars, released by Deutsche Grammophon.

Reading 5: ‘Thanksgiving for the Body’ written by Thomas Traherne. Available in The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne 1636-1674, published by Kessinger.

Music 6: ‘Deus, Deus, Meus’ from Westminster Mass composed by Roxanna Panufnik performed by the Westminster Cathedral Choir. Available on the CD Westminster Mass, released by Teldec.

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