Signs of the Times • 18 April 2017 • No. 116
Special theme issue
Earth Day
¶ Processional. “For the Beauty of the Earth,” Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Read more ›Faith [is] a habitual confidence given us by Another in whose hands we can relax…. It means that what causes us to belong is a pattern of desire produced in us by someone we cannot see who is giving… — James Alison
Signs of the Times • 18 April 2017 • No. 116
¶ Processional. “For the Beauty of the Earth,” Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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¶ Processional. “Mother Mary, full of grace, awaken. / All our homes are gone, our loved ones taken. / Taken by the sea - / Mother Mary, calm our fears, have mercy. / Drowning in a sea of tears, have mercy. / Hear our mournful plea. / Our world has been shaken, / we wander our homelands, forsaken.” —Eliza Gilykson, “Requiem,” written after the 26 December 2004 earthquake in the Indian ocean, creating a tsunami which struck Indonesia, killing over 260,000 (Thanks Steve.)
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¶ Processional. “Cavatina,” guitar solo by Ana Vidovic.
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¶ Processional. “Feast of St. Brigid of Kildare,” O’hAnleigh.
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¶ Processional. “The Prayer of the Refugee,” Rise Against.
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¶ Processional. “Create In Me a Clean Heart (Psalm 51),” Thingamakid children’s choir, Jacobs Jewish Summer Camp.
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¶ Processional. “What a Wonderful World,” Playing for Change.
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¶ Processional. “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” John McDermott.
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¶ Processional. Karim Sulayman stood blindfolded on a New York City sidewalk, with a sign saying what his fears were, inviting people to react: “I trust you.” (3:14 video, with Sinead O’Connor’s “In This Heart” song performed by Sulayman)
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