Jazz on St. Lucia’s Day
December 13, Saturday, was
the feast day of St. Lucia.
Lauryn Hill
at St. Lucia
Kaleidoscope turning…
Shifting pattern
within unalterable structure…
Was it a mistake?
There is pain with the power…
Time’s friction at the edges…
Center loosens, forms again elsewhere…
— Roger Zelazny, Eye of Cat
Washington Post, Names and Faces,
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003
“A Christmas concert at the Vatican may not be the best place to criticize the Catholic Church for the sexual abuse scandals that have plagued it for the past few years. Or maybe it’s the perfect place.
Musician Lauryn Hill did just that while performing there Saturday night. The Grammy winner read a statement during the concert that scolded the church and its leaders….
La Repubblica newspaper quoted her as saying, ‘I realize some of you may be offended by what I’m saying, but what do you say to the families who were betrayed by the people in whom they believed?’ …
The Vatican said Sunday it had no comment.”
“Now you has jazz.”
– High Society, 1956