Something for the weekend. Adagio for Strings (1936) by Samuel Barber. It gets my vote for the most powerful piece of music to come out of the last century. It perfectly mirrors my feelings of anger, despair and hope as I view the current miseries of our poor betrayed Church. We have Christ’s assurance that the Gates of Hell will not prevail, but that does not mean that the Church collectively will not have many crosses to bear, and we are doing so today. Outside enemies we know how to confront; the pain today is the internal enemies that join the money changers of the time of Christ to sell the sacred and the simple believers. May God have mercy on them and us.
Here is the Agnus Dei (1967) rendition:
The September 2001 Symphony
I. Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War
II. Barber: Adagio for Strings
III. Respighi: The Pines of the Appian Way
IV. Orff: O Fortuna
Was it just last Saturday that news of the gentleman Archbishop Vigano and his statement made my heart sing thanks to God for letting the truth of the situation be known?
The crescendo in this piece is good accompaniment for the outrageous takeover of what was the Holy See and the horror of their denying God and chastising Christians for their faith.
The ending soberly describes what you say in the post about the collective church.
In the diocese of Gaylord Michigan, our little humble parish at Holy Rosary accounts for three of the five seminarians.
That’s the Hope, in this trying time. These 3 young men were called from a church which adores Jesus 24/7 in the St. Padre Pio chapel. TLM is still being said at the 11am on Sunday.
There’s Hope. There’s a piece of music that is in harmony with God.
The darkness must give way to The Light.
Beethoven: Fur Elise