jim henson

This is a special Music Monday because today is the feast day of St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians.

This song, It is Well With my Soul, is a beautiful inspiration in times of trouble, even before you hear the background story, and this video does a great job of explaining how this song came to be written.  The accompanying pictures bring the history to the fore and let us know that the almost unbelievable story of this hymn is indeed true.

My son's high school marching band did a beautiful arrangement of this piece years ago and, ever since then, my husband sings and plays this occasionally at Mass.

Let the message of this hymn soak into your being and let God's eternal love shine in you always.