Inspiring Quote for July 22nd, 2014

   “Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.”

― St. Francis of Assisi 

Inspiring Quote for July 20th, 2014: Future

   “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.”

― Jim Rohn 

Inspiring Quote for July 19th, 2014: Happiness

   “Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.”

― Joel Osteen 

Inspiring Quote for July 12th, 2014: Tears

   “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.”

― Washington Irving

Inspiring Quote for July 11th, 2014: Willpower

   “Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.”

― Dan Millman

Inspiring Quote for July 9th, 2014: Greatness

   “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

― Mark Twain

Inspiring Quote for July 3rd, 2014: Family

  “The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.”

― Pope John Paul II 

First recording posted

I sang this for the first Mass of Fr. Daniel Heenan on Sunday, June 25.  I enjoyed it immensely, especially because it is so simple, so I recorded all three parts in Audacity, and posted it on Soundcloud.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
   

Comments and critiques are certainly welcome.  I am always looking for ways to improve.

Inspiring Quote for June 20th, 2014: Adversity

   “All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

― Walt Disney

Inspiring Quote for June 15th, 2014: Fathers

   “Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.”

― Charles F. Kettering

Inspiring Quote for May 12th, 2014: Attitude

   “Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”

― Khalil Gibran

Inspiring Quote for May 11th, 2014

   “If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.”

― Robert Brault

Inspiring Quote for May 8th, 2014: Humility

 “It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.”

― Saint Augustine

Inspiring Quote for April 27th, 2014: Fatherhood

   “Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.”

― William Bennett

Inspiring Quote for April 25th, 2014

Leave No Man Behind...

   “Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.”

― Heraclitus

Inspiring Quote for April 21st, 2014

   “I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.”

― Abraham Lincoln

Inspiring Quote for April 20th, 2014

   “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

― Epicurus

Inspiring Quote for April 14th, 2014

   “It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself

I found this list to be quite fascinating... http://healthybodynow.net/stop-hurting-yourself/

Palm Sunday

Today's a very busy day. I get the privilege of chanting the Passion twice. I'm on route to the first one now. The first one is out in DC; the second one is in Charles Town, WV. Following the second chanting, I'll be attending the rest of Mass. Immediately after that, I go back out to DC for choir rehearsal. I will be home sometime between 6–8 p.m. today

Don't worry, I have my coffee with me. :-)