"Listening to the Essence of Things": musings on life

"Listening to the Essence of Things": musings on life

Antiphons

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Tina Beattie
Dec 21, 2023
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Sunrise over Rome, seen from a terrace above Trastevere. The light of a new day lifting the city out of darkness. A city whose history is written in blood, beauty and stone, and the power and glory of the gods. Where pilgrims and tourists come with their burdens of faith and doubt, their yearnings for eternity and their restless quest for novelty. Sight…

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