The stark reality of this world plague has struck home in the lives of many Americans this past week. As a 6 on the Enneagram, I felt overwhelmed this past Wednesday as the dire news of COVID-19’s impact on human life was revealed. While it is easy to find scapegoats to blame, for instance a political leader blaming others and other nations for the plague, or the lack of a much needed response to produce the tests needed to detect the virus, that is energy uselessly wasted. it neither eliminates nor prevents the spread of the virus, and, as importantly, the spread of anxiety and fear of the virus.
In 2017, I composed six musical prayers for my six grandchildren (one of whom was a miscarriage) as a Christmas present. One of these musical prayers was a Nocturne (music for night). People who listened to this song told me that in listening to the song, they felt a great sense of peace.
I offer this song today to those who may be feeling overwhelmed by the anxiety and fear of this virus that is now spreading throughout our communities. I hope that it can bring a moment of peace to your lives.
Peace,
Deacon Bob Wagner
Nocturne for my Grandchildren, Psalm Offering 4 Opus 8 (c) 2017, Robert Charles Wagner. All rights reserved.
Related
Published by
Deacon Bob
I am a composer, performer, poet, educator, spiritual director, and permanent deacon of the Catholic Church. I just recently retired after 42 years of full-time ministry in the Catholic Church. I continue to serve in the Church part-time. I have been blessed to be united in marriage to my bride, Ruth, since 1974. I am father to four wonderful adult children, and grandfather to five equally wonderful grandchildren. In my lifetime, I have received a B.A. in Music (UST), M.A. in Pastoral Studies (St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, UST), Certified Spiritual Director. Ordained to the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, in 1991. Composer, musician, author, poet, educator. The Gospels drive my political choices, hence, leading me toward a more liberal, other-centered politics rather than conservative politics. The great commandment of Jesus to love one another as he has loved us, as well as the criteria he gives in Matthew 25 by which we are to be judged at the end of time directs my actions and thoughts.
View all posts by Deacon Bob
