Peter Mayer's "Holy Now"

I've been listening this morning to some songs by Minnesota-based songwriter-singer Peter Mayer, most widely known I suppose on the folk circuit and --- among the religious --- by Unitarian Universalists. 

His "Holy Now" seems like a good way to begin a Sunday morning, and to look toward the new year when, as always, the environment and climate change will be topics of conversation and debate, often contentious.

Mayer grew up Roman Catholic, even attended seminary, but left that tradition in 1995. That background explains how "Holy Now" is phrased.

I came across his characterization of the song in an article published during 2014 in The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina:

"I would say my most popular song through the years has probably been 'Holy Now.' It describes someone who grows up in the Catholic tradition, where special objects such as the bread and wine at communion time are considered 'Holy.' The person eventually comes to see the whole world as a holy place. The song seems to appeal to a broad diversity of people — both religious and non-religious. I like to think that maybe one reason people like it is that it doesn’t dismiss the idea of the holy, but rather expands it to include the everyday beauty they see all around them."

That outlook seems like a useful one in these troubling times.