Beautiful music to bring peace to your spirit and encourage your meditations.
To find out more please visit Father Michael Marsh's blog, Interrupting the Silence.
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Candlemas : The Liturgy of the Hours : Nunc Dimittis
Below is the beautiful music of the great Arvo Part celebrating the presentation of Jesus in The Temple. The words of the prayer 'Nunc dimittis' are uttered each day in The Prayer of The Church otherwise known as The Liturgy of The Hours.
Picture above is from here
Now, Master, you let your servant go in peace.
You have fulfilled your promise.
My own eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the sight of all peoples.
A light to bring the Gentiles from darkness;
the glory of your people Israel.
The Song of Simeon
The Gospel of Luke : Chapter 2 Verses 29-32
Over at Interrupting the Silence, Father Mike Marsh has included in his post for this feast,
Arvo Part's wonderful Nunc Dimittis performed by The Tallis Scholars.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Crown Him with many crowns: the feast of Christ the King
Can I hear you singing along?
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Reconciliation - with the Crucified Man
I’ve abandoned my trust in the wise and the proud
For this fragile, mysterious weakness of God
And I dare to believe in his scandalous claim
That his blood cleanses sin for who ever
Will call on his name
Live or die here I stand
I’ve placed my hope in a crucified man
For this fragile, mysterious weakness of God
And I dare to believe in his scandalous claim
That his blood cleanses sin for who ever
Will call on his name
Live or die here I stand
I’ve placed my hope in a crucified man
Monday, June 28, 2010
Indigenous spirituality - from Cherokee to Dreaming
An integral part of Desert Spirituality is respect for First Peoples everywhere and respect for their spiritual beliefs. Those of us who have become settler peoples in the lands of First Nations have much to learn from them: of the land, other species, environment and ecology as well as the matters of the spirit. Where possible the desert spirit wishes to establish friendly and respectful relationships with indigenous people to the benefit of all of us. This below is a small contribution to these insights. Hat Tip to Eagle Man of Rosebud for passing it on.
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Cherokee Legend
Do you know the legend of the Rite of Passage
to adult hood of the Cherokee youth?
His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night. He must not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone.
Once he survives the night,
as he passes from dasy to night to dawning,
he is a man.
He cannot tell the other boys of this experience.
Each onemust come into manhood on his own.
The boy is terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts seem to be all around. Perhaps some human might do him harm. The wind blows the grass and earth, and shakes his stump, but he sits stoically, never removing the blindfold. This is the only way for him to become a man.
Finally, after a horrific night
the sun appears and he removes his blindfold.
It is then that he discovers his father sitting on the stump next to him.
He has been at watch all through night, protecting his son from harm
We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't know it, God - the Creator Spirit - is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out.
If you liked this story, pass it on.
If not, you took off your blindfold before dawn.
Moral of the story:
Just because you can't see God - the Creator Spirit,
Doesn't mean He is not there.
"For we walk by faith, not by sight
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Further reading and listening:
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Where have all the flowers gone? Memories can be sacred, sacred things....and there are modern peacemakers in Australia
PLEASE LISTEN TO JON CLEARY TONIGHT ON ABC LOCAL RADIO
WHEREVER YOU MAY BE
AT 10PM AUSTRALIAN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
JON WILL BE SPEAKING TO SIMON MOYLE AND JESSICA MORRISON
OF THE BONHOEFFER 4
ABOUT
BONHOEFFER, DIRECT ACTION & CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP.
FOLLOWING THIS,
JON WILL BE SPEAKING TO ANOTHER CHRISTIAN PEACE ACTIVIST
ABOUT HER NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOK
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