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It was in 1868 that the renowned Episcopal rector of Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, Phillips Brooks, penned the words to “O Little Town of Bethlehem” for a Christmas children’s service. Brooks asked his church musician, Lewis Redner, to compose the tune, which he did at the last moment. Father Brooks visited Palestine in 1865 at the age ofContinue reading “Jesus under the Rubble”

Our Father, based on a haunting Slovak chant of the Lord’s Prayer, memorializes all who have died from violence and tragedy, and includes a word of Jesus from the cross. As we pray for healing, there is no better place to begin than with this prayer.  The performance is by Yale vocal artists.  The BeatitudesContinue reading “Music of Prayer & Devotion”