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Music Monday: Death Be Not Proud

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At the end of this week I’m going to be in Los Angeles for the funeral of my friend Thomas, who died in a motorbike accident last Tuesday. It seems fitting, therefore, that today’s Music Monday song should come from the title track of Audrey Assad’s latest album, “Death, be not proud”:

Death, be not proud, though the whole world fear you:
Mighty and dreadful you may seem,
But death, be not proud, for your pride has failed you.
You will not kill me.

Though you may dwell in plague and poison,
You’re a slave to fate and desperate men,
So death, if your sleep be the gates to Heaven, why your confidence?

When you will be no more, you will be no more,
When you will be no more.
Even death will die… x2

Death, be not proud x3
Cause even death will die.

Want to be humble like me?

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…then pray this prayer!

O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, Jesus.

From the desire of being loved…
From the desire of being extolled …
From the desire of being honored …
From the desire of being praised …
From the desire of being preferred to others…
From the desire of being consulted …
From the desire of being approved …
From the fear of being humiliated …
From the fear of being despised…
From the fear of suffering rebukes …
From the fear of being calumniated …
From the fear of being forgotten …
From the fear of being ridiculed …
From the fear of being wronged …
From the fear of being suspected …

That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I …
That, in the opinion of the world,
others may increase and I may decrease …
That others may be chosen and I set aside …
That others may be praised and I unnoticed …
That others may be preferred to me in everything…
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should…

This prayer comes from Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930). Here it is in musical form, courtesy of the melodious Audrey Assad:

Audrey Assad On-Line Concert Tomorrow!

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Tomorrow there is going to be a free, online concert with Audrey Assad to promote her new album “Fortunate Fall”. As a supporter of her Kickstarter campaign I’ve had the album for a couple of weeks now and pretty much have it on constantly. Trust me, it’s kinda epic…

“Your rod and Your staff are a strange mercy / In a world where I’m not yet home”
– Lead Me On, Audrey Assad

So, if you’d like to tune in and watch Audrey sing three new songs, either click on the above picture or the following link tomorrow at 6pm CST: http://smarturl.com/FortunateStream. Use the hashtag ‪#‎fortunatefall‬ on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and possibly win prizes!

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