Kyrie Eleison ( Archived) (5)

There is a church just behind me. My kitchen window from my 4th floor apartment looks down over the rounded, red-tiled roof of this small community church. In Greece, you can't swing a dead cat (that's just an expression that some may not be familiar with) without hitting a church.
Today is not a holiday in Greece and it's way too early for a wedding. It's only a bit after 8am as I write this.
The bells were clanging at 7:30am.
The priest is chanting, as he has been for almost 20 minutes now, and I can hear the sad chant through my closed windows, even though I don't understand much at all.
There is also a clinic next door, and this church is here because of the clinic, I would guess, for otherwise it is not really visible from the street nearby....it's just tucked in behind the clinic and behind me.
So, my guess is that someone died.
I will soon dry my hair, get dressed, and go on about my work day and later my evening at home, yet my day begins with the knowledge that there are people just outside my window who are mourning and crying and who have lost someone they love.
Kyrie Eleison. May he or she rest in peace.

I write this because it's a good reminder for me to embrace life, to not take the joys in my life for granted, and to be thankful for another beautiful day.

Just had to put it in writing.

God bless

Wow, I had forgotten about that song! Thanks for posting it.