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Posted on 12/24/2015 3:00:54 PM PST by nwrep
Maestro Riccardo Muti laments the decline of the essence of Italy, its savours, its habits and its music. He has a nice way of evoking an image:
The Alps separate the world of frost and suet from the sun and the oil. Our blood circulates differently. And the essence of our spirit is melody. Pavarotti was the greatest of the past half-century not just for voice, but because he sang with a mixture of joy and sadness that is in our nature.
Unfortunately Italy today can no longer either suffer, or smile.
… I remember the first time I went to the Bellini (Theatre). It was 1966, and Catania was filled with the scent of orange blossoms; today you smell only kebab.
Muti: “We must claim absolute respect for our symbols: the crucifix, the manger. For our way of life. And also for the small things, like perfumes.â€
Until Muti is willing to do the unthinkable and humble himself and believe in the Gospel he will fail.
Christ is not an accessory. He is Lord.
ping
Your religion won’t save you Muti—only Christ can do that.
He’s not part of a “religion” either.
“He’s not part of a “religion†either.”
But He did teach one:
James 1:27 (ESV)
27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
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