No sooner has the dust settled from All Saints than we arrive at All Souls. For me, the former's exuberant, the latter somber as we recall the souls of the faithful departed who have left this life, leaving a gap in our lives. But where have they gone?
To paradise and the beatific vision, albeit for the most part by way of purgatory, and that's a beautiful thing worth striving for by the grace of God. In light of that, here's this, inspired by LL, Dia de los Muertes:
May they rest in peace and rise in glory,
LSP
Ariba!
ReplyDeleteExactly, LL! I tried to embed your TikTok vid but it wouldn't let me, something about "copyright," ridiculously.
DeleteOur choir had the pleasure of singing the Faure Requiem with members of the DSO yesterday morning at our parish church. I did my best to blend as a tenor, which is cool as it seems that Faure gave us the best lines in the piece.
ReplyDeletePrelude was Lili Boulanger's Pie Jesu and the Communion was Barber's Adagio.
May the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.
DOS, I love Faure's Requiem, how could you not?
DeleteI used to say that Americans don't deal with death very well, and maybe that is still the case. In recent years I've seen more people aware of the facts. Memento Mori is no longer something I need to explain.
ReplyDeleteWhich is good. Life has meaning because it is precious. It only lasts so long, so make the most of it. I think Ricky Gervais said it best in 2020 at the Golden Globes. "Remember, they're just jokes. We're all gonna die soon, and there's no sequel."
My dear Zendo, there are, notoriously, no luggage racks on the back of a hearse.
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