Month: November 2003

Should he stay or should he go?

According to this article, there are many Democrats who are unhappy with the leadership of Terry McAuliffe as the head of the Democratic National Committee. He was installed by Bill Clinton and his lovely wife Bruno to ensure their continued dominance of the party. McAuliffe is a strident partisan and obnoxiously devoted to the party’s least savory aspects, like homosexual activism, abortion (natch! This is the Abortion Party!), high taxes, etc., etc.
As the top political strategist for the Democrats, McAuliffe has lost the U.S. Senate, the California governorships, and as of this week, the state houses of Kentucky and Mississippi. Let me say that as a Republican, I am perfectly happy with the leadership of Terry McAuliffe, and I hope he keeps his job for the remainder of the decade.

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All Souls

I’m two days late blogging about All Souls – so what you are going to do, give me an F?
We sang the Stanford “Justorum Animae” and in spite of some pitch problems did a great job. We’re having a heat wave here on the east coast, but that doesn’t mean that the central heat gets turned off. Humans who are experiencing discomfort often have pitch problems, among other things.
The piece is part of the great British choral school of the 19th/20th century. It builds on the best of Tallis in terms of form but contains the harmonic drama of the best of Elgar or Vaughan Williams. In that respect it communicates a great deal to our modern sensibilities while still expressing the sacredness of the text and it’s place in the liturgy.
The translation is as follows – it’s take from the first reading on All Soul’s:
The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God;
there shall no torment or malice touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they seem to die,
but they are in peace.
Next week we do the Bruckner “Locus Iste” – which is coming together nicely and is perfect for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica.

How to pray for your website

I’m grateful to the conservative Episcopalians at CaNN, who have been ably keeping tabs on news about the Anglican Communion as their D-Day approached over the weekend. Their site was inaccessible for part of Monday, apparently due to a DDoS attack. However, being devout souls, they turned to God in their adversity and prayed as follows:

Almighty God, who lovest mankind,
we ask you to pour down your blessings
upon the heads of our enemies and
and those who persecute us,
that our Saviour Christ may be glorified;
and according to your will, and the work of your faithful servants,
restore our website that we may once again
contend for the faith once delivered to the saints
and minister to your church and people in this time of need.
Amen.

Very edifying.