Easter Sunday

He is Risen!

Happy Easter.

 

The One
Green, blue, yellow and red-
God is down in the swamps and marshes
Sensational as April and almost incred-
ible the flowering of our catharsis.
A humble scene in a backward place
Where no one important ever looked
The raving flowers looked up in the face
Of the One and the Endless, the Mind that has baulked
The profoundest of mortals. A primrose, a violet,
A violent wild iris – but mostly anonymous performers
Yet an important occasion as the Muse at her toilet
Prepared to inform the local farmers
That beautiful, beautiful, beautiful God
Was breathing His love by a cut-away bog.
Patrick Kavanagh 1904 -1967

 

 

EASTER HYMN – Cavalleria Rusticana – Lesley Garret

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31ssllMOa9c

Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn · Lesley Garrett · Ivor Bolton · Britten Sinfonia · Chorus · Pietro Mascagni A Soprano Inspired ℗ 1997 Conifer Records Ltd. Released on: 1997-03-10 Associated Performer: Britten Sinfonia & Chorus Producer: Phillip Thomas Engineer: Mike Ross-Trevor Assistant Engineer: Dave Clarke Editor, Engineer: Matthew Cocker

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