reverent irreverence: listen and enjoy

Thursday, December 03, 2009

listen and enjoy

When I first heard this setting by Bobby McFerrin of the 23rd psalm I was blown away. More than that, it sents shivers down my spine. It still does.

I hope you enjoy this. I find it to be wonderfully moving and meditative.

4 comments:

Three Birds Inspired said...: Thank you. Absolutely beautiful.; 8:13 AM, December 03, 2009
Jayne said...: Wow... I'd never seen that. Just beautiful. What a balm for my soul this morning. :c); 5:48 AM, December 04, 2009
The Bug said...: I just finally had a chance to watch this - I knew that I wanted it to be quiet in the house so I had to wait until Saturday football was over :)

Gorgeous! And the use of the feminine made me sit up & really notice the words again. Thank you so much for sharing it!; 8:42 AM, December 06, 2009
Evelyn said...: Powerful, moving video. Thank you!; 7:39 PM, December 06, 2009

gems

From the 2003 memorial service for slain reporter Daniel Pearl (directed to Daniel Pearl's father):

"We are here to assert the Islamic conviction of the moral equivalency of our Abrahamic faiths. If to be a Jew means to say with all one's heart, mind and soul, 'Sh'ma Israel, Adonai Elohenu, Adonai echad; Hear o Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One,' not only today am I a Jew, but I have always been one, Mr. Pearl."

"If to be a Christian is to love the Lord our God with all of my heart, mind and soul and to love for my fellow human beings what I love for myself, then not only am I a Christian, but I have always been one, Mr. Pearl. We are here especially to seek your forgiveness and that of your family for what has been done in the name of Islam."
Imam Feisal Rauf

There are many things to be grateful "for" but, as I ripen with the seasons of life, the many reasons blend into a sacred mystery. And, most deeply, I realize that living gratefully is its own blessing.
Michael Mahoney

“Give me a candle of the Spirit, O God, as I go down into the deeps of my being. Show me the hidden things, the creatures of my dreams, the storehouse of forgotten memories and hurts. Take me down to the spring of my life, and tell me my nature and my name. Give me freedom to grow, so that I may become that self, the seed of which you planted in me at my making. Out of the deeps I cry to you, O God.”
--Prayer at night by Jim Cotter

Thursday, December 03, 2009

listen and enjoy

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