In 1867, Matthew Arnold wrote "Dover Beach", a haunting poem evoking the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" of the Sea of Faith. As a boomer who finished Catholic elementary school in 1964 and then watched my Church falter, I've found the roar all too audible. So here I wait, listening for the whispers of that Sea's invincible return.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Last Sunday at St. Thomas
Sung by the St. Ann Choir at St. Thomas Aquinas last Sunday (4/20):
Byrd, O quam suavis est Victoria, Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui