Monasteries of the Heart

Videos

Prayer Video

Prayer Video: Here’s a short clip from Odyssey network of Sister Joan offering a prayer for troubled times.

Odyssey network

The Great Chinese State Circus performing Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky

The Great Chinese State Circus performing Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky

George Frideric Handel’s “Largo”

Here are five minutes of pure pleasure— George Frideric Handel’s “Largo” from the opera Xerxes performed by the London Symphony

George Frideric Handel’s “Largo”

“Winter”

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer, b. March 4, 1678. Here are “Winter” and “Spring” from Vivaldi’s The 4 Seasons done in sand animation by Ferenc Cakó. Each is 11 minutes long—so, say good-bye to winter or welcome spring a bit early.

“Winter”

“Spring”

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer, b. March 4, 1678. Here are “Winter” and “Spring” from Vivaldi’s The 4 Seasons done in sand animation by Ferenc Cakó. Each is 11 minutes long—so, say good-bye to winter or welcome spring a bit early.

“Spring”

Billy Collins poetry

For the first Collin’s poem, watch this animated version of “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins.

“Forgetfulness”

One Human Planet

One Human Planet

This BBC video reminds us to celebrate the human community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=2HiUMlOz4UQ&vq=large

The Power of Words

Here’s a work of art that will catch your breath.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU

Gasland, now on DVD

The documentary, Gasland by Josh Fox, a 2011 Academy Award nominee for best documentary, gives an overview of fracking or hydraulic fracturing, the method used to extract gas from Marcellus Shale which results in radioactive containments, loosened from the ground, entering the water supply. If you click on this link, it will lead you to other information about the problem and suggest some actions. http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking/

Author or Credit to: 

Josh Fox