March 7

PATRIOTISM is touching the nation’s heart by song

Sing hymns and psalms to the LORD with praise in your hearts. 
~ Ephesians 5:19

Irving Berlin, was the most popular American songwriter of the century.  He died in 1989 at the age of 101. 
The Berlin family came to New York as part of the tide of Jewish immigrants from Czarist Russia in 1893.  A keen observer of the western culture, young Irving began his music career as a singing waiter, parodying hit songs.  He went on to write 1,500 tunes and 19 Broadway shows.  His “God Bless America” became the nation’s second national anthem.  His “White Christmas” became history’s top-selling song. 
A fellow songwriter, Harold Arlen, said of Berlin’s songs, “They sound as if they were born that way – God Almighty – not written!”  ~ Mark Link, S.J.

What is your favorite patriotic song?

God respects me when I work, but he loves me when I sing.
~ Rabindranath Tagore

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