My wife died young three years ago. I think about her every day. My Grace was as lovely as this song. I will always love you.

@Darkangel112ful

3 жыл бұрын

Meus sentimentos

@emilielescanne6015

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts go with you ❤️

@tommy22richards

3 жыл бұрын

💕

@consuelosulas4705

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody die in our hearts

@arianadesouza766

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry

My son was attacked brutally and contracted sepsis from his wounds and died in ICU after six weeks of suffering. We miss him so much. He was a dear, gentle soul. We are going to play this at his funeral it is so beautiful and the words so fitting.

@pennykloter1614

3 ай бұрын

I am so terribly sorry for your tremendous loss of your beautiful son!! May GOD bless you always.😢

@asheericksson2729

3 ай бұрын

@@pennykloter1614 Thank you so much for your kind words.

@michelledonnanwhodoesntkno5771

3 ай бұрын

❤

@michelledonnanwhodoesntkno5771

3 ай бұрын

Dear God. So sorry for the loss of your son and the way he suffered before he died. Parents are not supposed to bury their children 💔. A blessing? his suffering is over and he knows only joy and love and warmth in heaven 💜🌟. Thank you for sharing this 🙏

@asheericksson2729

2 ай бұрын

@@michelledonnanwhodoesntkno5771 Thank you for your very kind words.

This c.d. belonged to my Son,. this song played at his funeral. He was murdered and I long for his smile, conversation, hugs, so much. Love is forever.

@elizabethmcleod246

Жыл бұрын

Bridget, I can’t imagine losing my son. I send you compassionate love and hope. Hugs to. Bless you.

@stephyfromthetower

Жыл бұрын

A big hug for you, i am so sorry for your loss 🙏💜

@polintigrate6020

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@chrisp.9172

Жыл бұрын

It's a year later, and I hope you feel a little better. The pain will never completely go away, but it lessons with time.. God bless you ♥️🙏👉🇺🇸

@denisecarter652

Жыл бұрын

😭💔💔

Am in awe are I read all these comments. I hope you all find happiness in your life ...

I’ve read lot of comments associating this song to funerals and other sad moments. But I think that the deepest meaning of this song is a very positive one. Dante’s travel to Inferno, Purgatory and Heaven is an ascent from the darkness to the bright light. A travel of the mind that regards more life than death. Dante, after his journey, is ready to live fully and free from the grief of his loss of his beloved Beatrice.

@marymcreynolds8355

6 жыл бұрын

mattiamacgregor Dante's Inferno trip has surely hurt the truth of life and death for centuries. Eternal torments for finite sins? You like this idea? No thank you. I prefer to see a universal God of mercy who takes us all back in and mean ALL.

@AbsentWithoutLeaving

5 жыл бұрын

It seems to me a song of acceptance. The calm after the terrible storm, the silence after the battle. I don't think those wishing it for their final rite mean for it to be sad. It's more of a going to their rest, their peace, and to comfort those who remain in the fray of life. At least that's what the song makes me feel. And I think many people miss that the refrain is meant to be God's response to the prayer of the singer.

@The6zero4

5 жыл бұрын

That actually is the message of a funeral exactly as you articulated. As a Reverend I’m always stunned by the fact that as believers all profess a profound belief in “heaven” and a blissful afterlife with God. We all want to go there apparently but no one wants to die. Is that the result of a profound misperception of the afterlife or a complete misunderstanding of the nature of death?

@aliliving7774

5 жыл бұрын

@@The6zero4 uh. That's insightful. We all want to go but we don't want to die. Seems like a reflection of today's age, no? We want the results without spending the effort for it? Immediate gratification and all that. Cheers.

@lisetteriendeau7662

5 жыл бұрын

@ Mary McReynolds sins are lack of love...and when we can't feel love or simply love...we create our own inferno....May life be good for you!

I sang this song softly to my father as he lay dying.. I hope it was absorbed into his sweet kind soul. He was the best and kindest man I have ever know. Never in all my life did I hear or see him do an unkind thing..Rip Dad..

@anette489

3 жыл бұрын

❤

@UmbraSacratus2023

3 жыл бұрын

wish i had a dad like yours. you are most fortunate.

@deegeraghty3421

3 жыл бұрын

You are very lucky to have had such a wonderful father. I am happy for you. Many people have had extremely abusive fathers & mine was one of those. 💖

@williamcdelamar

3 жыл бұрын

You brought tears to my eyes. I sang to my dying cat that was hit by a car and it is different and the same somehow.

@kathleenmurphy6220

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure he heard you...

It’s been 8 years since I lost the most beautiful woman . Stunning, brilliantly smart, classy and a joy to everyone fortunate enough to have known and loved her. But as they say , the candle which burns twice as bright lasts only half as long. Sometimes those who seem the happiest are fighting unbelievable sadness inside. The day of the funeral while driving to the service, out nowhere the CD player started playing this song, all on its own. Before I realized …. It played this piece 3 times back to back , then stopped… silence. The grief in that moment was overwhelming, I had to pull over. I’m a man , and a bit of a hard ass. We don’t show a lot of emotion. We are supposed to be the source of strength . But that day on the side of a highway I wept, the pain of losing her was too much to bear. Love ya Mel … as much now as that night I proposed to you on the beach in the hurricane. I was only mad because I lost you …. It’s been years … and as much as I wish, no amount of rage or frustration can undo the past. It’s like shouting into the darkness and only hearing the echo of your own voice …. No answers . Just silence. I hope you have peace beautiful girl . I’m a better man for having loved you , and I will be forever grateful for that…….and That’s all there is now. Never forgotten .. just the love.

@susand3668

2 жыл бұрын

My dear brother in pain, she is not lost to you, only hidden. Your car radio knew she was alive on a different plane. And are you not smarter than a radio? Peace be with you

@LYDIACORNELLCOMEDYTHERAPY

2 жыл бұрын

Omg your words are making me cry, Your words are straight from heaven and your loved one's heart. Thank you.

@Cdn0069

2 жыл бұрын

@@LYDIACORNELLCOMEDYTHERAPY God sends his angels in the strangest ways , and sometimes for whatever reason he calls them back far too soon for us. My crime was to fall in love with one of them a lifetime ago… but we move on. We have to . If life is about learning, then learning to love honestly and deeply with every heartbeat and every fibre of your being was worth the price in the end. …… I feel so bad for the kids today growing up in this sexualized instant gratification world where people are reduced to swipe right playing cards, and nobody gives a damn about anybody except for what they can get … sexually or financially or whatever. Different times I guess .

@LYDIACORNELLCOMEDYTHERAPY

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cdn0069 I agree. I want kids to know true love and the innocence of romance, before even thinking about body parts. But there is always hope -- as soon as we align our thoughts with God's love and joy, the fruits of the spirit.

@LYDIACORNELLCOMEDYTHERAPY

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cdn0069 And all my problems are a result of thinking about myself too much. The route to happiness is to give up selfishness. "It is by self-forgetting that we find"

Whoever reading this, may God take away your pain and fill you with joy and happiness 🙏

@LAKME13

3 жыл бұрын

Same to you🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thank you! 💖🤗

@RenHay

3 жыл бұрын

😢😢😢😢🌹

@f.frederickskitty2910

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you friend

@AntonioOliveira-gm9rb

3 жыл бұрын

To you as well ...Thank you

@memduhameteoglu1328

3 жыл бұрын

@@f.frederickskitty2910 p

My mother died last night (12-18-2019) and we were listening to my "Enya" station on Pandora. This song came up when she breathed her last breaths. It felt very appropriate to listen about shedding mortal fears as my mom was passing. Her soul was escorted to the beyond with beautiful music and I have my own bittersweet memory of this song now. RIP mommy.

@chrispafrieddreamaster4085

4 жыл бұрын

A little late but so sorry for the passing of your Mom, I sure wouldn't mind leaving my earthly bonds to this song.. I'm sure you've experienced all the phases of grief by now, don't be surprised if they come back round again... God Bless you always, you'll experience joy again! Prayers for you tonight. Cp

@chrispafrieddreamaster4085

4 жыл бұрын

More prayers...🙏

@seidenweberin

4 жыл бұрын

I am sorry for your loss. May happy memories help you to overcome sad ones, one day, when you are ready.

@pointatopointb1987

4 жыл бұрын

Blessings

@jeanreece1450

4 жыл бұрын

How beautiful and touching your words are. I had the words of Wind Beneath My Wings said at my mother's funeral. They gave me solace.

Like many here. I lost my wife of 12 Years, 3 weeks ago this coming Wednesday. I live each day, one day at a time, the sorrow of her loss comes and goes. I didn't think I could lose a part of myself ever again. ( I lost my first wife of 10 years back in 1989) the irony is they were friends back then. But now having once again lost a wife. I try to live as best as I can. I keep her memory deep in my soul. And will never forget her. Love U Debbie.

@henryostrander6282

Ай бұрын

As a widower I find the hurt does not stop but you learn to survive

@dennisgraham3087

Ай бұрын

I agree ​@@henryostrander6282

It is hard to read all this comments of people who have lost one of their beloved ones... I hope you all have found comfort... be blessed 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

@polintigrate6020

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@dro1956

Жыл бұрын

The comments are simultaneously tragic and absolutely beautiful.

@lianaiagnecz1506

Жыл бұрын

2

@lilithmorgan4632

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤

@annflanders5618

4 ай бұрын

blessings

Not going into the backstop By a miracle from GOD this song stopped me from taking my life

@chrisp.9172

Жыл бұрын

This song came to me at a trying time in my life,, I decided to leave my longtime hangout, and in turn, all my friends, found out I had so very few. Soon after, Covid hit! Turned my life upside down! More isolation! Suddenly, all my hangouts were closed. Coffee shops, libraries, even the beaches for God's sake! But this time, instead of going into despair, seeing that big changes were afoot, I rolled with it. And God began to bless me more and more! With knowledge, ( I had Alot of downtime,, and I didn't spend it watching cat videos) and, as it turns out, being as I ended up in a shelter, a place to live! I try to remember to thank God every day! This song was a part of my journey, and it's about a journey, the roads that life can take you down. It's all in the perspective! She actually wrote it on a long train ride across Europe, I believe the Orient express, It's about life from her perspective, a beautiful piece of music to be sure!.. God bless! ♥️🙏🇺🇸

@christinakaiser1541

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisp.9172 ✨🖤

@polintigrate6020

Жыл бұрын

❤

@czarriggs9247

Жыл бұрын

Thank God brother

@moewicoxd8127

Жыл бұрын

I hope you're still here ❤

This is literally the most beautiful song I have ever heard, and ever will be.

@LYDIACORNELLCOMEDYTHERAPY

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, for me too

@flaviamg1

7 ай бұрын

Yes, same here.

21 years ago i heard this song for the first time. 21 years ago i buried my first son. a woman named Galen helped me work through the pain of his murder. so this is a special song for me.

@boredchannel5912

5 жыл бұрын

Nice story you got there buddy could please tell me which movie did you watch?

@yveeliza

5 жыл бұрын

I weep from within for you, the seed atom of the heart is indestructible. ღ 🌷🌼🌸❀✿ x

@skotwatson9994

4 жыл бұрын

My worst fear.

@cryptodracula9985

4 жыл бұрын

I suggest you to drink #ayahuasca so you can solve this problem! Karmic Regards!

@sch07

4 жыл бұрын

A hug from afar. With love.

I dedicate this to my mom who recently died from cancer. RIP

@jeansantos8355

5 жыл бұрын

F, my dude

@glynisroberts5029

5 жыл бұрын

A beautiful tribute. So sorry for your loss.

@maggiehattie

4 жыл бұрын

Thinking of you I lost my dad to cancer in 2016 my mum passed in 2008 massive heart attack and I miss them so much it hurts just heard this song 10 minutes ago and it’s floored me I can hardly see typing this. I will think of you and pray. I’m struggling at the moment and hoping that it will pass it was hard enough with my mum but then my dad who I looked up to after her death and was my rock I watched him just before he passed he didn’t linger or suffer and I thank the heavens for that i wish that they where here but I guess life has other plans and they’re up there waiting for me when it’s my turn I will remember them until that day and do what my dad asked just before he passed to be happy without him. It was the only thing he ever asked me and I struggle because he didn’t know that he was what made me happy and my mum they where my gold in life. Cherish every moment with loved ones forget hatred try to forgive pasts and make each day as happy as it can be. Life is too short x sending love to everyone 🥰

@abanobfajjour7390

4 жыл бұрын

May her soul rest in peace brother.

@clydegray3341

4 жыл бұрын

Bless you...

"When the dawn seemed forever lost You showed me your love in the light of the stars" I wish that everyone would have the blessing to experience such kind of love,so bright and uplifting to show the way out of the dark night of the soul.

@michelledonnanwhodoesntkno5771

17 күн бұрын

❤️

The first time I heard this song, I was playing the CD in my car. I got so overwhelmed that I had to pull off the road so I could cry. Never had a piece of music do that to me before. I want this played at my funeral.....

@s.eimers16

7 жыл бұрын

Katy D oh my gosh, that's one of the first thoughts I had when I first heard DP all the way through: as I was crying I thought, this is what I want played at my funeral. It's just so beautiful. I first heard part of it when I turned the TV channel to the ice skating events in the Olympics. One of the skaters (I believe it was Michelle Kwan) was using this song to perform to. Just incredible.

@SuperInfinity888

7 жыл бұрын

Katy D I know how you feel, I did the same also, It touches your soul.. 🙏🏻

@enigmacatengel1843

6 жыл бұрын

This song makes me stronger everytime I listen to it when crying.

@Red_Valkyrie975

6 жыл бұрын

Katy D I chose this song when I lost my little girl and I always think of her somewhere warm sunny bright and on a beach with the ocean where she can be happy I'm even crying now such a beautiful song

@beverlyhayshouston2770

6 жыл бұрын

Katy D me too✝️

My dog died yesterday... it was her favorite song... :(

@user-cq1fw2py2m

3 ай бұрын

I am really sorry. I know the pain. My two dogs died recently. I will love them forever, beyond love. And forever. And so , as you will love your doggie too. Too short a love, but it is a love everlasting, forever

@userxyz77

Ай бұрын

I know it's very late, but so sorry for your loss. Pets are family. They are gone but never forgotten. Wish you all the best.

@Tessa-hh1qe

Күн бұрын

💔

For me, this is one of McKennitt's most achingly beautiful songs.

Played this song anchored out of sight of land in the Gulf of Mexico surrounded by more stars than I’ve ever seen before. It was almost overwhelming.

@barb7124

2 жыл бұрын

that sounds so beautiful!!!

@FarmanKhan-ho9hl

2 жыл бұрын

What an experience it must have been!!

I lost the love of my life nine years ago and this song reminded me so much of her I wept.

@annflanders5618

4 ай бұрын

blessings

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I lost my mother one year ago, and 3 friends during the pandemic. My precious younger brother too, years ago. This song makes me think of them, We played this at my wedding. We started at 1:23 with the beautiful cello part. The marriage didn't last but this song has always been my favorite. It makes me cry for the human race, and for anyone who has lost loved ones. I can't stop crying reading the beautiful comments below. Love is all there is.

@annflanders5618

4 ай бұрын

blessings

When my soul needs healing,I listen to Dante's Prayer.

@annflanders5618

4 ай бұрын

me also

This song is a masterpiece composed by a goddess

@ameetlal3313

4 жыл бұрын

So perfectly said Raziel

@stephanieboddington5022

3 жыл бұрын

She is that.

I hadn't heard the song before and put it on. A friend had died and I was looking over my balcony at the shore of the ocean. There two new born fawns were running around in a carefree bliss of pure unbound life. Loreena's voice came on and it was the hardest thing to contain the sorrow, the joy and the beauty. I broke and let it all flow through me like nectar through a cloth of fine gold.

My Mom passed this past Saturday morning the 5th of November though my heart is sad she will live in me and all our wonderful memories we spent together. This song will be played at her memorial. God's speed Mom we'll see each other on the great day of our Lords Glory ... I will never forget your lessons nor your love for your family ❤️

@marsyl12

Жыл бұрын

May God give you peace and hope. I lost a sister, a brother and my maman these past 3 years. I still yearn for them. Only God gives comfort.

@polintigrate6020

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@annflanders5618

4 ай бұрын

blessings

Not to sound too sad, but being of Irish and Scandinavian descent, I want this song to play when I pass away. It is so beautiful and resonates with me, heart and soul. I love the coast, no matter where it may be located. Lorena McKennot sings like a true angel. God Bless everyone. Love and light.

@jackvolta3489

10 ай бұрын

God bless your compassionate heart, May your wish be granted by your loving survivors. This song was also my fiance's send-off song and I play it every time I visit her. My sweetheart passed away in 09 2 days after I proposed to her from a brain aneurysm, and her ashes were scattered into the sea.

This is stunningly beautiful. At the beginning is a Russian Orthodox choir singing "Behold, the Bridegroom comes at Midnight." It's a beautiful, solemn hymn which we sing in the Orthodox Church during Holy Week. Many people who don't consider themselves religious or Christian can feel the calling deep in their souls hearing the Ancient chants of the Orthodox church. It's surreal. Behold, the Bridegroom comes at midnight, and blessed is the servant whom he shall find watching, and again unworthy is the servant whom he shall find heedless. Beware, O my soul, do not be weighed down with sleep, lest you be given up to death, and lest you be shut out of the Kingdom. But rouse yourself, singing, Holy, Holy, Holy art Thou, O our God. Through the Theotokos, have mercy on us. ♥ ☦ ♥

@ptanyuh

5 жыл бұрын

You do understand the juxtaposition, right? Imagine for a moment the situation: at that time, it was four years since the fall of the Soviet Union. Siberia was an inhospitable place in which many people had died during the Stalinist deportations. In Siberia many fields of the Gulag were installed, which made it a hell for hundreds of thousands of human beings, with episodes as frightening as that of the Road of the Bones. My relatives were some of the people in those gulags. 17 motherfucking years my grandfather spent there. Fuck Russia, and Fuck the Orthodox Church. Do you know how they treated Jews throughout history? Fucking monstrous organization.

@Mary-wy5cl

5 жыл бұрын

@@ptanyuh I'm so sorry your family went through this. I cannot account for any of those atrocities, but I can say that mistreatment of other people is not something Orthodox Christians, or the Church, do or support. Many people were thrown into the Gulags simply for being Christian, just as the Jewish people were persecuted for their faith by Hitler during WWII. This is not faith, nor the work of the church, it's Godlessness at the hands of power hungry men. People who truly believe in God, whether Jewish or Christian, don't seek to harm others. The gulags were horrific, and unfortunately seemingly forgotten by much of Western Society, especially here in America. Many remember of the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis, but seem to have a short memory when it comes to the way the Communists treated Christian people, or anyone who spoke against the government. It was truly terrible.

@whatroads4x4

4 жыл бұрын

amen!

@ainemistig

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining this! Added a whole new depth for me and I've been listening to this song for over 20 years!

@jessefulton8841

4 жыл бұрын

Kitty Letko yes! I think in this perspective, the sorrow comes from the experience in hell, the descent.. to know the darkness well and then to rise into the light is a sorrow so great because it causes regret.. at least for me. This song is almost a kind of love song to god from a mournful heart. It’s so beautiful.. gods love is mercy in a dark world unmatched by the love any man could give you. Mans love falters where gods love never could

Danke für dieses Lied. Danke für diese Stimme. Danke für den Trost. Ich weine vor Dankbarkeit bei diesem Lied ❤️

Cast your eyes on the ocean Cast your soul to the sea When the dark night seems endless Please remember me

@WillOfXiaZynexia

5 жыл бұрын

Ive spoken to her over 10 years ago over aim back when it was a thing...lorrena mckennet is a really sweet lady...and not at all what i expected when i started talking to her

@marjavanbekkum3448

5 жыл бұрын

❣

@rubenlucero4120

5 жыл бұрын

One of the most magical song!

@rubenlucero4120

5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful....swett....magic....

My son Dante died of covid during the peak of the pandemic. I've been in a deep dark depression ever since. My stepdaughter and I were by the bonfire celebrating the upcoming solstice and decided to play some Irish folk music and this popped up. It was an answer to my prayers.

I fell in love with a man with cancer. love had no boundaries or conditions. Love with everything in you for as long as you can. I love this song, it speaks of so much.

@Laura-go7eq

6 жыл бұрын

Dear Jeanette, I pray for both of you. Please keep strong and fight with hope. I lost an important person to me for cancer. Never regret to love someone, life is hard but can give you so much joy, in the little things of days. My best wishes...I send you a big hug, my dear strong Woman.

@leatherheart7081

5 жыл бұрын

Jeanette Degiulio "Love with everything in you for as long as you can." 😥😌😇

@glynisroberts5029

5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful words Jeanette

@marcerodriguez141

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, I'd like that someone be brave like you, to be capable of see through my body and see how deep could love... thanks for let me know that people as I imagine exist.

@kdescossa

4 жыл бұрын

What a wise loving soul you are.

3:44 gets me every time . This song saved my life , I must have listened to it over a hundred times & cried a river of healing in the process . Just got back from seeing her and her entourage at The Royal Albert Hall, Thank You Loreena , I am eternally grateful.

@gregcampbell4315

4 жыл бұрын

I envy you! Would love to see her here in the states.

@LYDIACORNELLCOMEDYTHERAPY

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, your comment on how this song saved your life really touched me. It saved my life too. Thank you.

when the dark wood fell before me. And all the paths were overgrown. When the priests of pride say there is no other way. I tilled the sorrows of stone. I did not believe because I could not see. Though you came to me in the night. When the dawn seemed forever lost. You showed me your love in the light of the stars. Cast your eyes on the ocean. Cast your soul to the sea. When the dark night seems endless. Please, remember me. Then the mountain rose before me. By the deep well of desire. From the fountain of forgiveness. Beyond the ice and the fire. out.stream powered by ADITION Cast your eyes on the ocean. Cast your soul to the sea. When the dark night seems endless. Please, remember me. Though we share this humble path, alone. How fragile is the heart. Oh give these clay feet wings to fly. To touch the face of the stars. Breathe life into this feeble heart. Lift this mortal veil of fear. Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears. We'll rise above these earthly cares. Cast your eyes on the ocean. Cast your soul to the sea. When the dark night seems endless. Please, remember me... Please, remember me...

@gisinchrist577

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the lyrics.

@randymiller3949

3 жыл бұрын

Simply put...AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL & AMAZING SONG!!! I could listen to her CD over & over. Much love from Mobile Alabama.

I dedicate this to my husband of 18 years who passed away 4 years ago who will always be my soulmate till we meet again in heaven.

"When the dark night seems endless please remember me..."

When I first listened this song I was in bed, tenderly embraced to my girlfriend. This song made that moment special, nearly divine, difficult to explain. But, at the same time, it made me think about the precariousness if this life, in which, every thing, bad or good, ends inavoidably to disappear. bittersweet would be the taste of this song, like bittersweet is the life. Amen

@lolaispure4296

5 жыл бұрын

So true

@sTIGERTIGER

4 жыл бұрын

to much information dear

@ritacouchcooper2842

3 жыл бұрын

Precarious, indeed. "This, too, shall pass" applies to both the good and the difficult. My fourth husband was the love of my life. It was both wonderful and difficult. I lost him just before the pandemic shutdown. Yesterday would have been our fourth anniversary.

@patrickscott3620

3 жыл бұрын

@@ritacouchcooper2842 So sorry to read of your loss Many of the posts relating to this song are very moving and it awakes ones awareness of how precious life is

I played this song at my brothers wake..it will stay with me forever... You are in my heart forever my dear brother..RIP

@polintigrate6020

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@annflanders5618

4 ай бұрын

blessings

Five minutes after it ended and I'm still saying wow Edit: Three months later, still saying wow.

@ameetlal3313

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@chrispafrieddreams9118

3 жыл бұрын

Hits me like a ton of bricks, every freaking time..👍👍 "I tilled at the sorrows of stone"

I have played this song at two different memorial services. It is profoundly & deeply spiritual and touches everyone present at the very core of their soul. "Please remember me." At the end of our days, it is the essence of our final request to our loved ones. Loreena captures it all in this bittersweet draught of final farewell. Another masterpiece by this incomparable musician...

Remember, how precious 💞 our lives are🎉

This song goes right through my heart. So haunting and beautiful words which speak to me. ❤

There is magical, transportive power in a song. --Combinations of notes played or sung that can reduce us to something utterly guileless and vulnerable. I listened to Dante's Prayer on my drive back home to Apple Valley, CA, from the Bay Area in January of 2004, where I had gone 4 days earlier to comfort my step-mom and to grieve with her following my father's death 4 days before. I was southbound on Tehachapi Pass, enshrouded in literal and emotional fog when Dante’s Prayer came on my car's sound system. As the chorus began to sing, the fog cleared just a little and mid-morning sunrays sliced through onto a spot on the green hills flanking the freeway. I was struck by the reality that my father was gone, and he was gone forever. I continued driving through a flood of my tears, trying to conceive how to live with gone forever, then felt a measure of relief, of grace, to think that he was now that light slicing through the fog on my journey home. I learned something about grieving after my father's passing. It took my breath away, and I don't mean that in a metaphorical sense. I forgot how to breathe and set about with breath-counting exercises, to keep the machinery working until my new normal kicked in and breathing became automatic again. I learned that I could never grieve like that again, which helped me when my son, Calvin, died in 2012. Because sometimes you just know. Grieving must be managed to be survived, sometimes. --Music as emotional memory dredge, this song is for me.

@benjipamkaplan796

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your thoughts. Such a long journey this life we have I appreciate you sharing your perspective. Keep grieving, my step mom didn’t and it’s seriously harmed several lives

@tinamcknight7384

3 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss.

@robertzimberg

2 жыл бұрын

Jana - May you find comfort and strength in good memories and faith.

@grammybeck8493

2 жыл бұрын

I lost my soul mate one September years ago and my youngest son just 6 months later…pained to breathless it took a long while before I finally realized…nothing can remove them from my past or future…I’m living in the present until I get to go Home too! I hope you will look for joy in the present too🙏🏼

@kaanjel

2 жыл бұрын

Those are the most touching words I've ever heard...

All those people through history. People the same as us. Where did they go? Where do we go? 'Please remember me'

I was given this song by a beautiful close friend, she said "this is you Dante, you'll never know how bright you shine in the darkness, guiding others through the night, giving away hope like it's Christmas. You can't see your own light, I wish you did, I pray for you, one day Dante." I get it, but so often I don't see it. I feel the fool, stumbling in the dark searching for the light, trapped in a hell of my own creation, for what is hell, but our own construct? Forever seeking the light of hope, to find the path.

Every time I listen to this I transform into a sea of tears....

Loreena is a fantastic artist. Her voice is amazing and the music she write comes from Heaven...

@tautau1a

5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes by way of old poetry?

when i'm listening to this song I feel the soul of my father behind my shoulder, I feel him.

This amazingly beautiful song reminds me of a painful moment in my personal life, which happened to coincide with the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. I'd listen to it often in search of inner peace. I'm listening to again today, twenty years later, with tears in my eyes, thinking of the people who lost their lives on that day and how my life also took a sharp turn from that moment on. Blessing and best wishes to everyone 🙏🏿💪🏿

@sn8323

2 жыл бұрын

#InsideJob911

One of the most incredible songs I have EVER heard. And I am a hard rock / metal fan and guitar player.

@pineapplepenumbra

6 жыл бұрын

I love heavy metal, too, but have very eclectic musical tastes, and Loreena McKennitt has sung some of the best songs I've ever heard, such as "Beneath a Phyrgian Sky" and "The Mystics' Dream".

@Birder100

5 жыл бұрын

Amen, Parker. So am I, and this song never stops bringing my heart to a standstill to listen in awe. I am a flute player though...

@kathleenmurphy6220

5 жыл бұрын

This song transcends any musical genre. It is true emotion at its purest.

@lorenzinipatrizia7560

5 жыл бұрын

so what! nobody's perfect! Nice year 2019.....

@dallymoo7816

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome I know right?

Every time I hear this song, my body freezes up. I can feel my heart racing and then I cry. This song haunts me. It's like traveling on a spiritual journey just to be face to face with GOD. So difficult to explain. It's like a birth.....something you want to touch for the first time and hold it forever. Someone you loved but never want to lose. Treasured the moments guys......

N'est il pas un trésor musical avec Loreena, j'avoue je plonge avec délectation d'une écoute et rêvons avec ce qu'elle nous offre, une voix, des paroles, comment ne pas aimer ☺️🙏❤️

"We are not our bodies; we are that which gives life to the body. What we truly are never dies." Alverto Taxo, Taita Iachak, Ecuador. Chief Seattle: "There is no death; there is only a change of worlds."

Saw Loreena in person Butler University. Had an amazing time when someone introduced me to Loreena’s music. I have never been the same. The ache is still with me with no one to share this side of life with me. Have a couple of college degrees but my Bachelor of Music is my favorite. Have written some music, studied conducting for a while with a Russian conductor, am a pilot. But, nothing has filled that void that passion introduced me to so long ago. Passion is still alive but the flame is flickering… waiting… Love your music Loreena. ❤

Ömrüm boyu unutmayacağım bir sevginin en büyük hatırasıdır bu şarkı.

Loreena Her Vocal Beauty Her Timing Her Melodic Magic MYSTICAL AND MAGICAL !!! Remember Me 🧡🙏🧡

En dépit de sa diversité stylistique, Loreena McKennitt est avant tout une compositrice d'esthétique expressionniste, toujours proche du drame, de la profondeur, de l'angoisse et la vision profonde et tourmentée de la vie qui semble émaner de la métaphysique de l'homme comme de sa même nature profonde 🎉🎊

I am attempting to rebuild my life after covid. My prayers go out. Please, but, only if you feel it... pray for US

There is something truly special about this song compared to all other Loreena McKennit songs. It's like it touched a core part of my soul, something beyond my realm of thought.

Loreena's MASTERPIECE - spirituality pure : inspired by Dante's "Paradise" (Il Paradiso - La Divina Commedia). Just wonderful : what a great musician, singer and poet she is - this is real ART !

I dedicate this to my lovely grandmother who passed away a few days ago, from phenumonia. She used to love this song so much, and so do I now also. Xx RIP ❤️

@JK-mh7uo

3 жыл бұрын

I feel you

This song breaks my heart

@9thedreaming9

7 жыл бұрын

Mine too. It always gets me in a way very few other songs can.

@longingheart77

5 жыл бұрын

Same here :(

@kathleenmurphy6220

5 жыл бұрын

Me too.... but for a very good reason...

This song has such a powerful impact on my heart and soul. Such a powerful song to release grief when it needs to come. Sending love to all dear hearts grieving over lost loves. For me, it is archetypal...it feels like the masculine aspect of consciousness walking through time and space in his struggle and then the divine feminine reaching back to him from her place of infinite love in the cosmos also, the holy divine mother reaching out to her human child who, on this fallen Earth, has had to walk alone here. But this is all changing as the veil between Earth and heaven are Dissolving! Love to all!!!

@agelainoa

Жыл бұрын

i've always thought Adam and Eve were in this together.

quite possibly the greatest song ever made

I want this played at my memorial someday I plan to be cremated and my ashes scattered at sea, the ocean was my favorite place to visit so many happy memories there. My husband and I use to take our beloved dog to the store with us before his untimely passing. I believe in spirit I will walk with him again someday and my husband too when we're both old and feeble We will be restored to our youthful selfs.

Overwhelming, powerful and I didn't believe anyone could produce music like this. Sublime.

Such a beautiful song, sends chills every time I hear it.

I have been in a dark place a bit too long. This hits home

My father gave me one of his cds to listen to in 1993 while we went on a long trip to ignore my brothers he said I would like McKinnett. He passed away a month ago. Music was our special thing we shared from my earliest memory of dancing on his feet to Lynyrd Skynyrd Tuesdays gone to Loreena McKinnett. Never thought this song would hold so much pain and love than it does right now.

This song always makes me cry. When the dawn seemed forever lost you showed your love in the light of the stars

Love song Dantes Prayer love Loreena McKennit

Songs this graceful and emotion-laden are uncommon...but they're Loreena McKennitt's special province. She's a unique talent.

I lost the love of my life long ago - most of my blood kin are gone as well - and I never had any children - so when I am gone , No One will Remember Me

@peterlittle123

5 ай бұрын

I will remember you Mike ! I have taken a screenshot of your KZread comment . Peace be with you ...

@mikeyates7931

5 ай бұрын

@@peterlittle123 Thank you , my friend

@peterlittle123

5 ай бұрын

We are like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle of someone elses life . We may never know where we fit , but others will fill holes in their lives with pieces of us . Greetings from South Australia

@mikeyates7931

5 ай бұрын

@@peterlittle123 That's very poetic - thank you - greetings from America 🇺🇸

@peterlittle123

5 ай бұрын

Hi Mike , should you be reading this again , I was actually looking for a nice song to be played at my funeral . I had originally picked out I'll find my way home by Jon & Vangelis and Bird of Paradise by Snowy White . Dante's Prayer is the best song I have heard , so this will be number 1 . If it hadn't been found on it on KZread I wouldn't have had a chat with you . I am not in the best of health at the moment . Hope to chat with you again . Very Kind Regards

It is my late husband’s birthday this week. He passed in 2012 of stage 4 cancer after our 8 year healing journey, leaving me in debts with 8 children. I move into a cheaper area and rental house this week but feel blessed by being near our children and granddaughter. And more pristine nature, Berkshires…empty nester finally. Better jobs for me as an art educator up there near several lovely museums. ❤

Nada más extraordinario, que escuchar a Lorena Makenitt, una de las más grandes exponentes en la música Celta. Saludos desde Ecuador 🇪🇨

I heard this when Michelle Kwan used this wonderful song as part of her skating program. This song always calm me and uplifted my spirits. Thank you for such a wonderful song.

I feel so touched that I could not hold my tears, its like an Angel singing sweet melody to me telling me about life and love in the face of difficulties and disappointment

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO , BRILLIANT VOICE and GREAT IDEA!!!💎💎💎😇😇😇 LORENA IS VERY INSPIRING!! BRINGING THE BEST IN ALL of US!!! VERY RARE SINGER of ALL THE TIMES.

I asked my son to play this at my funeral. I want to be buried at sea. He said that he hopes that it will be many many years before he has to play it.

@carlschleg5822

Ай бұрын

AMEN

It made me think of my most beloved dog Mini that died last year. Still have an aching heart and now fresh tears.

Loreena is the most complete woman. Nobody did better. Only a ANGEL like her can reach the PERFECTION, the INSUPERABLE. LOREENA is IMMORTAL. She belongs to the PARADISE.LOREENA is a CELESTIAL MUSE. She is the music QUEEN. GODESS of the human heart. GODESS of sensivity. LOREENA forever, for the eternity. Ever and ever. Oh, beloved GODDESS.

@eirikrhinnraui4098

8 жыл бұрын

+licoli I speak in CAPS at specific parts to make my STATEMENT mean more than it really is.

@licoli

8 жыл бұрын

The Old Ways Beneath a Phrigian Sky Caravanserai Full Circle Dirk Night of The Soul ''Lullaby'' Greensleeves Night Ride Across the Caucasus The Mystic's Dream Penelope Song Never ending Road Breaking The Silence Stolen Child Marrakesh Night Market Bonny Portemore Cymbeline Ragland Road And so on... and so on... and so on....

Most people don’t know this, but the hymn being sung is a Russian Orthodox chant called “Behold the bridegroom” One of the chants that led me down the rabbit to accepting Orthodox Christianity

I absolutely LOVE this song and singer~

Solo un alma bella pudo concebir esa melodía tan profunda y crear está canción de música y palabras casi irreal de tanto sentimiento. Mi total admiración por esta mujer que hace tan humana está vida que tenemos. Gracias

I myself am not as such a Christian as I have my own belief. But this song is soothing for all who believe or want to believe in a higher spiritual reality and/or who are strugling in life (aren't we all?) After having studied Christianity and other religions I have found that none of them seem perfect but most of them have much good in them. For me love for both yourself and other living beings, spirituality, higher realities, prayers/meditation and good deeds are important. Bless you all.

@amarantheinwhite

5 жыл бұрын

Loreena isnt even christian either. Shes apart of OBAD, the order of ovates, bards, and druids, a pagan organization, lol 😛 shes just very versatile in her music

@joaopires3605

5 жыл бұрын

I was telling the same: Loreena is Pagan and not Christian. Good taste in music and beauty is not only a Christian characteristic! 😉

@amarantheinwhite

5 жыл бұрын

@@joaopires3605 correct! From my personal experience, pagans have great taste in music! ;)

@grahampaice5696

5 жыл бұрын

Windamor-Ask God for a "Born Again " experience. John 3:7

It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in my life! It doesn't make me sad, but it always thrills me when I hear it! Touch the deep ... Wonderful!❤❤👏🙏

I love this song cos part of this song reminds me of my little girl that past away 3 years ago

@jamesbates7457

6 жыл бұрын

May God be with her and may you're grief someday turn to joy when you see her next.

@makarovpm5832

5 жыл бұрын

Eduardo Almendares Im so sorry for your loss.

@abanobfajjour7390

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbates7457 amen

@revmarcell6449

4 жыл бұрын

My deepest condolences. I too know that unbearable pain of losing my daughter. I would gladly take her place as her love for the world was endless.

Thoughts and prayers my friend, she watches over you!🍀

While teaching English in Korea I used to play this song a lot. I would put it on repeat and listen to it over and over. I thought about the ocean nearby and about my friends and family across the ocean, on the other side.

I am not a religious individual but find immense beauty in its meaning, as put into context by Loreena herself.

You know, until 3 months ago, I thought Loreena McKennit was a good singer and musician. I obviously wasn't paying attention. Now I realize she reaches into your soul.

This is the song of my life. It describes a dream I had with Jesus. I can't hear without cry. Flávia, from Brazil.

@carolinaricci9663

3 жыл бұрын

lindo relato

It was by this piece of music I got hooked to Loreena McKennit. I have not been able to get unhooked since. It is from 1997 and I still get tears in my eyes, everytime I listen to it.

The imagery of this video fits perfectly with the beauty of this haunting song. Amazing.

This song tugs at all that makes us human and what we leave behind

to the ones i love who are no longer here and to my grandma who is slowly fading away

Breathe life into this feeble heart Lift this mortal veil of fear Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears We'll rise above these earthly cares

@AbsentWithoutLeaving

5 жыл бұрын

And God answers - Cast your eyes on the ocean Cast your soul to the seas When the dark night seems endless Please remember me.

Beautiful. Close death near; this offers consolation.....we do loose loved ones but their souls live on through us. Makes me cry...... mother, son , loved ones, holly are thou names

when I listen to that, I feel my dad soul next to me, when I feel down and I need him i always listen this prayer...

Death is not an end , but a new beginning . You all will understand when it becomes your time to go HOME

@jacquelineleahmorris474

3 ай бұрын

I remember being surprised and in awww thinking how quickly it all went by. I couldn’t believe it was over. How short my entire life was. Here then gone A blink of an eye in comparison to a lifetime. It felt like being away on summer camp. Those were my exact thoughts and reaction after I left the human experience situation. But when you’re here…in the moment In the now .. It’s painstakingly slow. And dreadfully long. Here again ..oh how I Iong for nature and the out doors B

@donaldwolozanski6857

3 ай бұрын

@@jacquelineleahmorris474 I died back in 1991 but was sent back from Heaven , I was told , that my work here wasn't finished here. You won't be leave me, but I am here to observe the Humans. Yea it sounds crazy but it's true. I was sitting in my office last week when there occurred a bright spot and everything all of this reality was sucked into it. I found myself in a black void , just my being and nothing else. A bright spot appeared , I reached out for it and everything came back into existence. In this life I have been so close to death , so many times that it's like an old friend to me. I have these guardians that watch over me. Just last week when trying to enter the grocery store in my power chair I was warned to wait, just in time , for a pickup truck sped through the crossing. If I hadn't halted just in time , I would have been crushed like an egg. So go ahead and think I'm Krazy, sometimes I wonder my self. I just had my 77th. birthday but look like i'm 57.