Showing posts with label Ecce Cor Meum. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Sir Paul McCartney and the Heart

By John D. O’Brien, S.J.

williamkstidham.com

What do Paul McCartney, St. Ignatius, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. Joseph’s Oratory (Montreal) have in common? An excellent question, posed by a friend of certain multi-media expertise. Upon inquiring, I discovered a remarkable correlation: the former Beatle had composed an oratorio being performed at the great Canadian shrine, a work based upon an inscription he had read on a statue at St. Ignatius Church in New York.