Eileen, a fellow writer and a new friend, mentioned Rainer Maria Rilke’s glorious circling leitmotif in one of her shared pieces at our writers’ group yesterday. Some of us were reminded (and moved to be reminded) of the Benedictine Brother David Steindl-Rast’s exquisitely expressive rendition – all the more glorious because of David’s profound understanding of the universality of The Great Song – the circling that embraces all of us, and everything.

How lovely…the love emanates throughout…xx
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I think that Brother David has one of the most peaceful faces and voices imaginable! Delighted you thought so xx
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A wonderful philosophy and character and the simple Romanesque architecture fitted the themes perfectly. Now I must search for the ‘circling’ themes in Rilke. Thank you Simon.
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Thanks Colin. I could listen to this man all day!
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