Teaming with Georgie Fame brought new impetus to his live show while Avalon Sunset saw him back in the album and single charts by the decades end. Steering his own course throughout the 80s on albums such as No Guru, No Method, No Teacher he claimed Celtic roots with The Chieftains on Irish Heartbeat. Settling back into life in the UK in 1980 he released Common One an album centring on Summertime In England an extraordinary invocation of literary, sensual and spiritual pleasure the song would often become a thrilling improvised centrepiece to his live shows.
Indeed, borne of his Irish Showband instincts, the magic of the live performance has been a consistent feature of Morrison’s career. Mapping out a richly varied musical course throughout the 70s he shone among an all-star cast including Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters on The Band’s Last Waltz.
Reflecting on new life in America on the joyous Sinatra soul of Moondance (1970) and the country inflected Tupelo Honey (1971) he summoned old spiritual and ancestral life in the epic St Dominic’s Preview (1972) closer track Listen To The Lion.ĭouble live album Too Late To Stop Now (1973) highlighted Morrison’s superlative performing and bandleader skills. Morrison would weave these and myriad other influences into the albums that followed in quick succession. May Van Morrison’s song bring you closer to God through your loved ones as we continue to hurdle the many obstacles and trials ahead in this time of COVID-19.Recorded over 3 days with legendary jazz musicians Astral Weeks (1968) is a still singular album combining street poetry, jazz improvisation, Celtic invocation and Afro Celtic Blues wailing. Though the song has become a staple in many weddings and in many romantic movies covered by various artists, Someone Like You sounds more like a spiritual song longing for God through our loved ones for he is always faithful and loving to us despite our many weaknesses and sins. Someone like you makes it all worth while Van Morrison’s lovely ballad Someone Like You released in 1987 captures this essential desire among us all to seek and forge many relationships.
Jesus Christ is that only companion par excellence we can have for he is meek and humble of heart. Most of the time, our problems need not be solved at all but simply be accepted and shared with someone who loves us, cares for us, and believes in us. Scott Peck insists in his book Road Less Travelled that “life is difficult” – the sooner we realize and accept this, the better for us (see our homily, ).īeing light is having a companion to share with our burdens and woes in life because having these all by ourselves is so difficult and impossible. We all want something that would be lighter in this second half of the heaviest year we have ever had in decades or even a generation.īeing light does not mean being worry-free, no problems nor sufferings. If there is anything we all wish this first Sunday of July 2020, it must be rest from all the worries and burdens in this time of the corona. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart and you will find rest for your selves.
At that time Jesus exclaimed: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
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