One is a blog post by the sisters of the visitation monastery of minneapolis http://www.visitationmonasteryminneapolis.org/2010/12/advents-message-of-peace/
It is about how Mary's pregnancy is likened to the growth of the Christ-child within each of us...I had never thought of this analogy before and it's quite beautiful.
Also, I have been impressed by this child prodigy clip that's perhaps been circulating in the youtube world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0REJ-lCGiKU . Little Jonathan's "unbridled joy" as one commenter put it is his response to this beautiful piece of music. He has a gift to hear the music as it is, in its complexity and yet its simplicity, and his entire being is like in sync with it!
Likewise, as Handel's Messiah so marvelously illustrates the orchestration of events in the Christian story, how fitting to respond in full surrender to its sound? And at the same time, it is a study to develop an ear for its depth of composition.
Oh yeah...not to blast the trumpeters of the world but this is why there is no trumpet christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfodl1g_ibY
Ah, but a trumpet child, now that's just fiiiiiiinne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBJL5rVHBuQ
Jane! I didn't know you had a blog! :-)
ReplyDeleteLisa! Haha, just reading your comment now. :-) This was my short-lived attempt at blogging. I'd love to keep adding to it, though haven't made the time lately. Hope you have/had a good move
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