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Back in Melbourne

Sam Mostyn announced as next governor general of Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/03/samantha-mostyn-sam-governor-general-australia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://music.apple.com/au/album/requiem-in-d-minor-k-626-1-introitus-requiem/1452532320?i=1452532601 Mozart's Requiem is one of the things I listen to when I want peace of mind in the face of illness and death, which are inevitabilities. A close friend recently went through a near death experience during the same time as I have had Covid. Sometimes the tried and true Requiem Mass is the best way to recover from illness, shock and death. In particular Dies Irae allows a catharsis to overcome the shock of (for someone out there) everything being over so suddenly. The prayers are timeless, resulting as they do from the Missal and the Vulgate:
Rex tremendæ maiestatis,
Qui salvandos salvas gratis,
Salva me, fons pietatis. Recordare, Iesu pie,
Quod sum causa tuæ viæ:
Ne me perdas illa die.Quærens me, sedisti lassus:
Redemisti Crucem passus:
Tantus labor non sit cassus.

Well, it took a week for finals' results to trickle in but I can confirm my (brilliant) Mrs Cardwell has passed her Uni course with an H1 average. Well done to all those studying in 2022, and all the best for the future!

Protests in Melbourne on Saturday