“Take a moment of silence together to really reflect on the impact that COVID 19 has had on all of us,” offered facilitator Blerim Cukovic of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) as he began our COVID-19 Community Conversation on April 20.
And here in Psalm 23, we are reminded that when the Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want. The word for want, haser, is closer in Hebrew to the word “lack.” The Psalmist impresses on us that, while we may not always have everything we want, God, in God’s tenderness, provides for our needs.
Today for Comfort at One, we share with you a choral meditation: Peace I Leave with You by Amy Beach featuring members of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, led by associate organist Janet Yieh.
"Like you, I’ve just watched through teary eyes as the policeman who murdered George Floyd almost one year ago was given a measure of justice," writes the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, Priest-in-charge of Trinity Church Wall Street.
What is known as Poulenc’s most challenging choral work, Figure Humaine embodies great suffering and oppression, juxtaposed with the hope for freedom from tyranny. This clip contains Movement 16: Le jour m’étonne et la nuit me fait peur.
