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PODCAzT 92: Gregory the Great to bishops on preaching the hard stuff; Harvest Moon
In this audio project, St. Gregory the Great (+604) tells priests about the need to preach also the hard stuff.
Bishops especially must not be afraid to preach the truth, or worry about human respect. They have a duty to the flock, whom they must protect like a wall before the face of the enemy.
A timely message for priests and bishops of today. I rant about that for a bit.
This is taken from the Regula Pastoralis of St. Gregory, used today – the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time – in the Office of Readings in the Liturgia horarum.
I then, in perhaps a melancholy state, pull out some poetry about the Harvest Moon, which falls on this day, 4 October 2009. To help us appreciate the Harvest Moon and change of seasons we bring in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (+1881), Carl Sandberg (+1967) and Wm. Shakespeare (+1616)
http://www.wdtprs.com/podcazt/09_10_04.mp3
09-10-04 Gregory to priests on preaching; Harvest Moon [37:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSome music along the way… and we are all over the place!
Les Brown and His Band of Renown The Capitol Years – Shine On Harvest Moon
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons – Autumn Il Cimento Dell’Armonia ed Invenzione – I Musici – Autumn – 2 – Aria, Andante
Sacerdotes Domini – O Sacrum Convivium
Yue Er Gao (The Moon On High) – China: Music of the Pipa
Autumn – Daniel Hecht – Windham Hill Sampler ‘81
Rosemary Clooney – Shine On Harvest Moon – Rosie Solves The Swinging Riddle
Harvest Moon – Chris & Meredith Thompson – Clearwater
Two Socks at Play – Dances With Wolves
Leon Redbone – Shine Harvest Moon – Double Time
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You didn’t say when it was this month Father, but happy birthday!
Comment by Beau — 3 October 2009 @ 8:37 pmThe Moon Festival (by Su DongPo)
Bright moon, when was your birth?
Winecup in hand, I ask the deep blue sky;
Not knowing what year it is tonight
In those celestial palaces on high. I long to fly back on the wind,
Yet dread those crystal towers, those courts of jade,
Freezing to death among those icy heights!
Instead I rise to dance with my pale shadow;
Better off, after all, in the world of men.
Rounding the red pavilion,
Stooping to look through gauze windows,
She shines on the sleepless.
The moon should know no sadness;
Why, then, is she always full when dear ones are parted?
For men the grief of parting, joy of reunion,
Just as the moon wanes and waxes, is bright or dim:
Always some flaw-and so it has been since of old.
My one wish for you, is long life
And a share in this loveliness far, far away!
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Fr. Z!
Comment by Art — 3 October 2009 @ 10:44 pmOh, excellent podcazt; St. Gregory the Great, Benedict XVI, Longfellow, Sandburg, and Shakespeare with a reference to St. Augustine all in one go, who can beat it?
I grew up less than an hour from Sandburg’s Galesburg birthplace and have never been there, now I live in the Chicago area and know nothing of his life here (I looked; I live less than 10 miles from the site of his house in Elmhurst, 1919-30, which is now a church parking lot), but I’ve been to Connemara in Rocky Flat, NC twice.
Comment by Hans — 6 October 2009 @ 11:35 pmFlat Rock, NC, that is.
Comment by Hans — 7 October 2009 @ 12:51 amI tried downloading it the other night on the iTunes feed but no good, looks like I’ll just have to import it as an mp3. I love all your podCasts Father, they always pick up my day.
Comment by Baron Korf — 8 October 2009 @ 4:07 pmFather. You really are a nerd. What would we do without you?
Comment by Brandon Markey — 8 October 2009 @ 4:32 pmI enjoyed this podcast very much. Thank you for sharing, and happy birthday, Father Z!
Comment by LaudemGloriae — 12 October 2009 @ 8:34 pmLauden: Thanks! The stats on this one have been lower than others. Strange. Nice to get some feedback on it.
Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 12 October 2009 @ 8:50 pmThanks, Father. When I see that you’ve come out with a new podcast, I have the best intentions of coming back and giving it
Comment by Clinton — 19 October 2009 @ 1:05 pman attentive listen. Of course, good intentions are like babies crying in church in that they should be carried out immediately.
I’m very glad I came back for this. Oh, and happy belated birthday!
Clinton: Thanks for the belated greetings… but I assume that was for last year. This year’s hasn’t arrived yet!
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Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 19 October 2009 @ 1:27 pm