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September 5, 2019<\/p>\n
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A Song of Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Can you sing for me a song of Austria?<\/p>\n Sing about papal treasures<\/p>\n and jewels in the golden monstranz<\/p>\n inside Salzburg Cathedral.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remind me of sounds<\/p>\n of bombs that dropped<\/p>\n and blazing fires<\/p>\n when buildings were destroyed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Take me on ancient paths<\/p>\n where Celts and Romans walked.<\/p>\n Let me see signs and wonders along the way<\/p>\n and taste salt inside the mountain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Can you sing of golden angels<\/p>\n carved in dark wooden altars?<\/p>\n or goats on the Alpine hills?<\/p>\n or teams of horses that pull the wagons?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I desire to listen to the waters of Mondsee<\/p>\n sketch the sailboats on the lake<\/p>\n and the silence of absent souls<\/p>\n that rises from ancient bones in Halstatt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I will lay back my head and look at the mountain tops<\/p>\n as you croon of distant roads<\/p>\n that meander through lush green hills<\/p>\n we turn to begin the long walk home \u2013<\/p>\n share our favorite<\/p>\n Psalms for the Pilgrimage.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n