For Baby Wagner

I have just completed 6 Psalm Offerings written for my grandchildren. The first 5 songs were dedicated to all of the grandchildren. However, the 6th and final Psalm Offering I dedicated to “Baby Wagner.” Between the pregnancies of my grandsons, Aidan and Ollie, my daughter-in-law, Olivia, lost a baby due to a miscarriage. This song is for that beautiful baby that I never knew. The composing of this Psalm Offering evoked very powerful and overwhelming emotions within me. Perhaps, I finally was allowing myself the freedom to grieve the death of this little child. The music for me is laden with a profound beauty and sadness. As I completed the music I found myself weeping. Perhaps, you, too, will find yourself moved by the music.

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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

For Baby Wagner

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