music to my ears

[theladyrose]

There's nothing like listening to a variation of "Dies Irae" written by a former Catholic jazz musician in the 1960's to wake you up in the morning. Actually, it's The Lion in Winter suite on my John Barry compilation. Very addicting. Mwahahaha.

Random trivia fact: Supposedly the Pope's favorite piece of music is the entire Dances With Wolves soundtrack.

Shamelessly stolen quiz link from lisha-chan

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I found this online

[horosha.livejournal.com]

Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to leave Italy. There was, of course, a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal. He would have a religious debate with a leader of the Jewish community. If the Jewish leader won the debate, the Jews would be permitted to stay in Italy. If the Pope won, the Jews would have to leave.

The Jews realized they had no choice. They looked around for a champion to defend their faith, but no one wanted to volunteer. It was too risky. They finally picked an aged janitor who worked the night shift, Moishe, to represent them in the debate. Moishe, however, had not talked much in years, so he asked for only one condition to the debate. Not being used to saying very much as he cleaned up around the settlement, he asked that neither side be allowed to talk. The Pope agreed.

On the day of the great debate, the Pope and Moishe sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers. Moishe looked back and raised one finger.

Next, the Pope waved his hand around his head. Moishe pointed to the ground where he sat.

The Pope then brought out a communion wafer and chalice of wine. Moishe pulled out an apple.

With that, the Pope stood up and said, "I concede the debate. This man has bested me. The Jews can stay."

Later, the Cardinals gathered around the Pope, asking him what had happened.

The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions. Then I waved my hand around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground to show that God was also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and the wafer to show that God absolves us of our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do?"

Meanwhile, the Jewish community had crowded around Moishe, amazed that this old, almost feeble-minded man had done what all their scholars had insisted was impossible! "Well," said Moishe, "First he said to me, 'You Jews have three days to clear out of Italy.' So I said to him, 'Not one of us is leaving.' Then he tells me, 'The whole city must be cleared of Jews.' So I said to him, 'We’re staying right here!'"

"And then?" asked a woman.

"I don’t know," said Moishe. "He took out his lunch, so I took out mine."