Musings

These are the short articles from the weekly Mount Hope Lutheran School Newsletter. Topics include poems, paintings, great literary works, and the philosophy of classical education. You can browse through past articles here on the website, and you can subscribe to receive new ones in your inbox using the form on this page.

Michael Praetorius on Church Music

There are those who believe it proper and right that, next to theology, the highest place should be accorded to music, since it is a beautiful and splendid gift of God…

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Ambrose of Milan

He went to the church, and there, as he was speaking to the throng, the voice of a small child all at once made itself heard among the people: ‘Ambrose for bishop!’

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Now Rest beneath Night’s Shadow

As the door burst open and a furious soldier rushed in, she spread her hands over the child and cried: “Lord Jesus, since You love me,
Now spread Your wings above me…”

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Columbus Day

“Let Christ rejoice upon earth as he does in heaven, to witness the coming salvation of so many people heretofore given over to perdition.”

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The Quest for Utopia

Man doggedly chases after a fantasy, “driven equally on by hope and despair,” and in the end only makes his life worse.

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“Give Him the Great Things”

“Do not seek how he will live a long life here, but how he will live a boundless and endless life there. Give him the great things, not the little things.”

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