Didier Rimaud

Didier Rimaud SJ (born August 6, 1922 in Carnac ; † December 24, 2003 in Lyon ) was a French poet and composer of sacred songs.

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Rimaud grew up in a large, musically active family in Lyon and joined the Society of Jesus in 1941. After his novitiate, Rimaud became a member of the Petits chanteurs de Provence . In 1955 he was ordained a priest.

Through the National Center for Liturgical Pastoral ( Center national de pastorale liturgique , CNPL), Rimaud has been involved in the creation and translation of French-language liturgical texts since the 1950s. At the same time he was a counselor in the context of liturgical renewal . In addition, he thought a meeting and consultation of many bishops was necessary. According to his own statements, he was pleased to hear his often anonymously written texts in the liturgy.

In 1952 Rimaud published his first song, Seigneur, venez ("Come, Lord").

When the Jesuit order exhorted its members after the 2nd Vatican Council not to let up in preaching and social engagement, this was the inspiration for Rimaud's further work. With Vatican II, the need to increase the number of French liturgical chants had grown. In the following years he preferred to work with Jacques Berthier , Jo Akepsimas , Joseph Gelineau and Christian Villeneuve .

In addition, Rimaud was one of the collaborators of a French Bible translation. The translation focused in particular on the situation of reading and listening that is typical of the liturgy. The mass celebrations began in the 1970s. The Old Testament canon was not fully translated until 2000.

Works

• Co-translator of liturgical texts and a Bible intended for liturgical use
• Texts for more than 200 sacred chants, including the songs composed with Jo Akepsimas:
  • "Quand il disait à ses amis" (Prières et chant du Peuple de Dieu 314 / I 165-1)
  • "Qui es-tu, roi d'humilité?" (Arc-en-ciel 380)

• Books
  • Les arbres dans la mer ; Desclée, 1975; ISBN 978-2718900582
  • Des grillons et des Anges ; Desclée, 1997 (2002 ² ); ISBN 978-2718901534
  • À force de colombe ; Volume 1: Le Cerf, 1994; ISBN 978-2204050586 ; Volume 2: Le Cerf, 2007; ISBN 978-2204083911
  • La prairie de Genèse et autres contes ; Saint Augustine, 1999; ISBN 978-2880111632
  • Grâce à Dieu ; Saint Augustine, 2002; ISBN 978-2880112691

Web links

• Pierre Faure: Que notre bonheur soit le plaisir de Dieu. Didier Rimaud, poète ; Page of the French Jesuit Province to Didier Rimaud