Schubert – Ave Maria …. “A Tender Moment in a Time of Pain"

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Inspired by Yo-Yo Ma, YCAT and Concert Artists  Guild, cellist Jamal Aliyev performs his music of comfort. May his heartfelt interpretation of Schubert’s Ave Maria be a comfort during these days of uncertainty.  (Accompaniment on piano:  Maksim Stsura).

Our thanks to Emily for this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqVscSR5Oe0

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We also want to belatedly thank Doris Sheldon for her photo used in Monday’s post, March 30 – “A Time to Pray With and For One Another.”  Many thanks, Doris, and apologies for neglecting to do so earlier.

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  1. JackieApril 2, 2020 at 11:29 AM

    April 2, 2020
    It is a cloudy, rainy day, inside and out..little incentive to get up..
    The news won’t have changed much,
    more illness, more death, more despair….
    such a feeling of helplessness and powerlessness,
    just pray, pray, pray and wait, wait, wait.

    I hate the platitudes spat out at me..
    “what might you learn from this?”
    Sorry!
    I am not in LEARN mode.

    “Use this time to reflect ..”
    I doubt that I will ever shine in the dark..
    “go deeper”..
    I’m not sure what that means; can I can breathe under water?.

    “Try to relax and surrender to Godde’s loving presence and embrace”..
    That would be so great if I could find Her;
    it seems no one has informed her that
    she is exempt from the social distancing mandate.


    Feeling very alone in this weird lap of the journey.
    I am so far behind that I think I’m first,
    which doesn’t really matter, I suppose..
    there is no one in sight in either direction..
    it is safe for me to cry.



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