I didn’t get to this post until this morning. As I listened I noticed that the morning hymn in Magnificat was “When I survey the wondrous cross”. Coincidence?
In your very first sentence you write: "...because it focuses the mind quite sharply on what is most important in this preparatory life of ours." Preparatory, the adjective you used to describe our lives, can be quickly read over without realizing how the true meaning of our lives is wrapped-up in that single word. Nothing else matters in comparison to what we are preparing for, i.e., communion with our Creator Divine. Hopefully.
I didn’t get to this post until this morning. As I listened I noticed that the morning hymn in Magnificat was “When I survey the wondrous cross”. Coincidence?
In your very first sentence you write: "...because it focuses the mind quite sharply on what is most important in this preparatory life of ours." Preparatory, the adjective you used to describe our lives, can be quickly read over without realizing how the true meaning of our lives is wrapped-up in that single word. Nothing else matters in comparison to what we are preparing for, i.e., communion with our Creator Divine. Hopefully.
This is one of my top 10 hymns of all time. And I have more favorites than I can count!
The prose — the descriptions — here are so elevated and beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you for noticing, Frances. I can always tell if Tony wrote an essay by the first sentence. <3