S4:16 EP58: Praying in Graveyards

This episode is all about the eerie melancholy and beauty of graveyards and why we should go pray, read poetry, and spend time in churchyards among the Dead.  Why graveyards can be peaceful and romantic - the importance of 'memento mori' - and three famous 'graveyard poems.' Ending the episode with some fantastic music from some bluegrass loving Friars.    --- "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." Macabees 12:46   Prayer for Eternal Rest (The Requiem Prayer) Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen ---- www.bornofwonder.com  Leave a review for the podcast on iTunes and leave a star rating on Spotify!   Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bornofwonder?fan_landing=true   -----   Requiem Prayer - Gregorian Chant https://youtu.be/sjWjnhfEto8   Rite for Mass in Graveyards http://www.ibreviary.com/m2/preghiere.php?tipo=Preghiera&id=224   "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44299/elegy-written-in-a-country-churchyard   - Church of St. Giles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Giles,_Stoke_Poges#/media/File:St._Giles_Stoke_Poges_1.jpg    "In a disused graveyard" by Robert Frost https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148651/in-a-disused-graveyard   "The Moon and the Yew Tree" by Sylvia Plath https://www.blueridgejournal.com/poems/sp-moon.htm   "Offering Mass for Sylvia Plath and The Beauty of Allhallowtide" https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/mass-for-sylvia-plath-and-allhallowtide    Music: Blue Dot Sessions   British Countryside on an Autumn Morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IbKYmI_d7g    Recommendation:   Hillbilly Thomists https://www.hillbillythomists.com/about   "Sweet Prospect" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80wyEEAuIk4