Psalm Offering 2 Opus was written for my children, Andy Luke Meg and Beth back in 1985. Andy was 10 years old, Luke was 8 years old, Meg was 4 years old, and Beth was 1 years old. My kids have always been my greatest legacy. The two photos posted are of my kids about 22 years apart.
As for the music, it is based on some music sketches from 1973 that I composed and revised into 1985. The form of the music is in three part form, ABA. The A melody is stated twice followed by the introduction of the B melody. There is a bridge followed by a development of the B melody that segues back into the A melody. It is written more in the manner of the Romantic period of music.
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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.
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