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Heh...that is a bit wicked, isn't it. The middle section of Mozart's "Ave verum corpus," after which this is rather obviously patterned, has similar dissonance at unda fluxit et sanguine, though not quite as adventurous. Maybe that's the Schubert influence creeping in. Someone in the church might have dropped their rosary, but I probably wouldn't have been flogged for it back in the day.
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If you look to Mozart's C minor Mass though, you'll find it's replete with such bold harmonies - in fact, there's even a short one of those Schubertian modulations of which you were speaking. I'd love to have seen how many rosaries dropped in its performance.
That being said, this is a fine piece, and yet another example of your good taste in composition, Lee. Expertly crafted, as well as beautiful -- I'm certainly looking forward to your Missa Brevis. There's definitely a lot to be said for beauty in music.