The Lord's Prayer

Here's John Sheppard's "Lord's Prayer," English setting. This piece was composed in the 16th century and is performed here by Stile Antico in 2010.

I find it remarkable how fundamental beauty, like truth, is timeless. Maybe that's what John Keat's meant when, in the early 19th century, he wrote:

"When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty— that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'"

Although I do have to admit, as I watch old reruns of MacGyver and am utterly bewildered by the use of shoulder pads, that styles certainly do change. Click here for Keat's complete work "Ode to a Grecian Urn." BTW, John Keats died at the age of 26. For reasons unknown, I've always pictured him as an wizened old man.

Suggested verse to repeat if it's a difficult day is from Psalm 96:6b 

PRC buddies, remember to breathe!

"Strength and beauty -------> 5 count inhale

are in God's sanctuary." -------> 5 count exhale