Carlo Acutis Feast Day Oct 12

Carlo Acutis Feast Day is Saturday Oct 12th.

He wrote of 187 verified Eucharistic Miracles!

Here is a list of some of the countries they occurred in:

As some of you are aware of, I composed the song

EUCHARISTIC FEAST inspired by Carlo Acutis's work on the Eucharistic Miracles.

If you still haven't had a chance to view the official Lyric Video to the song, hope you will take the time now.....

It has over 82, 000 views  and 1,652 likes!

"Trying to help awaken and support the belief in the divinity and the humanity of this special gift."

Here is a link to his website to read about the miracles:

Click for Acutis Website

Each of us needs to find, what God wants us to do.....

Learning about Carlos in inspiring to all.

Till next time,

MarlaneT

Where did your themes come from for your new song?

I have a new single coming out Wednesday, the 21st of August, and thought it might be fun to share a little of how some of the themes came about.

The song is entitled, EUCHARISTIC FEAST

It is about the miracle of the Eucharist.

Composing:

For me, I "hear" the melody in my head.

Sometimes, I hear the melody with words in my mind.

Then I write them, or "score" them on music paper and my work begins.

In this particular piece, I heard:

Five distinct notes ascending in a melody in a minor key.

Each note representing the phrase HUMAN AND DIVINE in an instrumental form.

Listen to the theme:

These five notes appear many places in the piece and are always the "underlying" presence of the Divine in the Eucharist.

A second example are phrases that use a repeated note for each of the words in important phrases like:

In the bread and wine (example on audio below)

Eucharist Divine

The third example shows a strong contrasting theme introduced by a second voice with its long, broad sweeping melody:

"For now and forever, I will always be there for you. For all who believe in me."

Next week you can hear the voices with the melodies and hear the instrumental five note theme as it plays through the piece and gives the presence of the Divine.

Hope you enjoyed a little of the insiight to the piece....

Till next week,

All the best

MarlaneT

The Beauty of a Dandelion

I have always been respectful and admired God's creation of plants and animals.

When our sons were growing up, I used the "Dandelion" flower in the Spring

to teach them love and respect of all creation. Of not being judgmental or putting "labels" on things. Of appreciating what IS. . . not what we think it is or label it as.

As we would be in our front lawn and seeing our "first" dandelions in the Spring, blooming proudly in the grass. I would tell them, some people refer to this lovely flower as a "weed."

"Why"?" They would ask. Good question.

It is not a "weed" it is a flower.

Made and designed by God like all the other

wonderful and unfathomable creations of God in nature and life.

I would tell them the incredible "levels" of life this little flower has.

How resourceful, strong, cunning and simply beautiful they are.

They "close" at night because it wants to be open, when its friend, the life giving Sun

rays are there for them. Even large spectacular flowers don't all close each day to open and "announce " that the sun has come up and is shining on us.

Here is a favorite jpg of mine that shows the strength of this small flower. I took it at Compo Beach where the gray walking deck meets the brick building....underneath is sand.

Just sand. Inches and inches of sand....no soil to grow or put your roots in and yet . . .

here they are smiling in beauty.

I think of this picture often when I face difficult challenges.

It even has this incredible second form that produces seeds that will grow new plants and carried by the wind will color the landscape and surroundings. Children call them "Santa Claus" as they blow them into the wind.

God did not mean or intend that we should be labeling or "judging" a flowers worth or his creations.

Enjoy the bold beautiful Golden Flower that closes to night and opens to day....

When making this video, I wanted to show the beauty of the Dandelion and it made me think of acts of kindness. Seen and unseen. Just like the seen and unseen beauty and dignity of this humble flower that God gave us. This is why I created this short reflective video on acts of kindness using and honoring this wonderful wildflower the "Dandelion."

Take care and all the best. MarlaneT