Chanting and Ranting

Quote of the day:
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”
--René Descartes

Quote of the day no. 2:
“By means of all created things, without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us, and molds us. We imagined it as distant and inaccessible, whereas in fact we live steeped in its burning layers.”
--Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

We were probably the only people on our street to begin today by listening to chants from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. What can I say? We be odd and we be proud.

This is not your everyday, garden variety liturgical chant. It has a seriousness and mournfulness to it, yet paradoxically, it is uplifting.

After listening for a while, it’s hard to escape the sense that there is something fundamental and natural that is being expressed. This may sound trite, but it could be that underlying this music is the rhythm of the created order. Or at least someone’s inspired vision of it.

It’s Monday, the beginning of the week. There is life with all its complexities and crises all around us. And there is promise.