MUSIC BOX
Melinda Coffey Armstead, piano
Prelude to Worship
Intermezzo in A major Op. 118 No. 2 . . . Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Andante teneramente
Musical Interlude
For the Beauty of the Earth . . . Conrad Kocher 1838, arr. by Larry Shackley
Postlude
All Things Bright and Beautiful . . . English melody, 17th century
Sonata in G Major L. 84. . . Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Meditation for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Sunday Oct. 4, 2020
“What is it that so many people find enchanting in animals? Their essence – their Being – is not covered up by mind, as it is in most humans. And whenever you feel that essence in another, you also feel it in yourself. Every being is a spark of the Divine. Look into the eyes of the dog and sense that innermost core. When you are present, you can sense the spirit, the one consciousness in every creature and love it as yourself… You are not separate from the whole…
You don’t have a life. You are life.
There is a Christian term which is beautiful…loving the Creator in the creature.”
Eckhart Tolle, from Guardians of Being
