It was the Jesuit priests who taught me in seminary who gave me an appreciation of and love for Classical music.
Messiah
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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sense-able ?
With ears that are tuned to diverse frequencies I begin to delight in different dialects
tuning in
If you saw a burning bush, would you (a) call 911, (b) get the hot dogs, or (c) recognise God?
Christ the King
Love casts out fear. But so do several other things — ignorance, alcohol, passion, presumption, and stupidity.
what do you want
Miracles always happen – visible at times only to the trained eye and heart
All Souls
By looking at the graves, before which countless memories return, we remember how they lived, what they loved