I'm so glad you are sharing them! No, I live in the US. NE Indiana where all the storms went through last week. Looks like we have more storms moving in. Seems like my little corner of our town did not lose electric, Thank God! Everyone else was out and really complaining, the heat and humidity thing . . .
Ok, yes I forgot it would make sense you're in the US because of the dedication! Thank you. Oh yes one person I sent this to was praying to the Sacred Heart the very moment I sent it. God is working.
https://x.com/i/status/2067461318093738034 A quarter million women and children have been raped in the UK. 87-95% of the perpetrators are Muslim. The world is silent.
Old churches before the Second Vatican Council are places where heaven meets earth, especially when accompanied by Latin Gregorian chant. It is incredible what kind of acoustics they had. A good friend of mine graduated from the Academy of Music and studied sacred music; he leads several choirs, plays the organ in church, and teaches at a school. The Church Fathers and monks often composed their writings and works after periods of meditation, sometimes dedicating an entire lifetime to a particular piece. I don't know about you, but this sacred music may not captivate people immediately in the way popular Protestant worship music does. However, when you go deeper into the faith, when you participate in the Mass, when you are distracted, burdened, or broken, you truly find in this music a sense of peace, tranquility, depth of faith, and the presence of God. Protestant music, like any other music, often leaves one wanting more. It can feel as though, when it reaches its emotional climax, you are left mentally and physically drained. It lifts you up quickly, but brings you back down even faster. The focus of reflection and praise seems directed more toward ourselves and our emotional experience, and that is always a blind alley. On the other hand, the meditative music of the Church Fathers and monks who composed these melodies gradually leads one toward God. It is as if our prayer and worship become united with theirs from centuries ago, with all the generations that sang the same chants, with all the choirs of angels who participate in the Mass, and with Christ's sacrifice itself. It is something beautiful and beyond full human comprehension. The girl has an angelic voice... A short clip that I wholeheartedly recommend https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H6zswBOzxig
That is sooooo beautiful! I love the acoustics in old churches. Our local church is new and modern. They have the choir in front to the side and the acoustics are AWFUL! They have had sound companies in many times to try and fix it, but it is not good. There is another smaller, older church I will drive to that is an old style with a balcony, and the choir is up there. It sounds so much better. I was in a church years ago that brought in a professor to teach us chant using numes and just voices, it was amazing. I wish we could get back to that . . .the beauty!
From what President Trump said recently things are going to fall apart shortly if the Straits of Hormuz are not opened soon. The USA and others have nearly used their oil reserves. Turkey and others have sold their US treasury bonds and have now started to sell all their gold. We face word wide famine. I am not being a doomsayer but it is a good time for deep prayer.
I take comfort only in living in His will. What is to come must come but my heart goes out to those who do not know Gods love even in my own family and friendship circle. Trump has been begging Iran for a deal for weeks he knows the reality.
The Strait of Hormuz will never return to its pre-war conditions and will be administered by the Islamic Republic of Iran, in accordance with international law," Mr Ghalibaf, the Iranian negotistor said on his return from the talks. Iran won the war.
