Let this haunting performance of JS Bach's Aria "Have mercy" by Marian Anderson and the pictures of her 1939 performance at the Lincoln Memorial move your heart and the heart of this world.
Powerful stuff! Her pronunciation (and her singing) is impeccable. Truly a grand way to call the iniquities that have separated us from ur God–as Isaiah had it–to mind. Time to pray, and pray hard...
"So we all together can join into a communal lament calling out for Divine mercy for our pained world and our pained hearts." These words describe the sorrow I feel for our world today and with the continued pain we inflict upon one another.
Thank you for your beautiful blessing. May we embrace this blessing everyday. May we in our broken, human way recognize the mercy that is accompanying us always. Letting go of feeling "we" are/can/should be in control and choosing instead to rest in the mystery of not knowing.
I have to trust that God offers something more to those who are trying to survive in all the war-torn places in our world. I know I can't change their situation and as you wrote, I can only choose to change my heart. Perhaps that is where I must begin - by sending love to those who are struggling in unbearable situations.
Blessings to all as we journey along...and thank you Almut for offering us beautiful "footholds" along the way.
Oh Valerie, thank you so much for this. I feel just as you write about the state of this world. Thus my heart needs this lament to not implode. Thank yo for the blessing for our group. Might I use it in tomorrows post?
Powerful stuff! Her pronunciation (and her singing) is impeccable. Truly a grand way to call the iniquities that have separated us from ur God–as Isaiah had it–to mind. Time to pray, and pray hard...
Yes, indeed 🙏
‘Walk together holding our sorrows’ spoke to me. Thank you for this beautiful piece and for this blessing.
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"So we all together can join into a communal lament calling out for Divine mercy for our pained world and our pained hearts." These words describe the sorrow I feel for our world today and with the continued pain we inflict upon one another.
Thank you for your beautiful blessing. May we embrace this blessing everyday. May we in our broken, human way recognize the mercy that is accompanying us always. Letting go of feeling "we" are/can/should be in control and choosing instead to rest in the mystery of not knowing.
I have to trust that God offers something more to those who are trying to survive in all the war-torn places in our world. I know I can't change their situation and as you wrote, I can only choose to change my heart. Perhaps that is where I must begin - by sending love to those who are struggling in unbearable situations.
Blessings to all as we journey along...and thank you Almut for offering us beautiful "footholds" along the way.
“Rest” … the word that jumped out at me! Actually the whole phrase “Rest in the mystery of not knowing” …
Oh Valerie, thank you so much for this. I feel just as you write about the state of this world. Thus my heart needs this lament to not implode. Thank yo for the blessing for our group. Might I use it in tomorrows post?
Most certainly. I would be honored Almut.