It was the Jesuit priests who taught me in seminary who gave me an appreciation of and love for Classical music.
a room alone
“All of humanity’s problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone”
Handel’s Messiah
I was a student in the seminary when I was first introduced to Handel's great oratorio, Messiah. This work is widely considered to be a master-work both of composition...
Handel’s Messiah
One of the disadvantages of living in Cheviot (population 400) is that the inspiring and perennial Handel oratorio Messiah is not performed locally. As a result I find...
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If I had to wait for the feeling I wouldn’t get around actually loving

he tangata
to recognise each and every person as the pinnacle of divine activity

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retreating
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