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I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

The gift of grace and beauty in a Budapest concert hall -- and on the streets of Rome

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Dec 13, 2022
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Last night my friend Anna invited me to join her, her mom, and her brother at a performance of Handel’s Messiah, at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. I love Messiah, and have its highlights committed to heart. Of course I went! And it turned out to be exactly what I needed: a restorative gift of beauty and grace.

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