In the Hands of God is a gift from Spirit speaking through me. Spirit uses us in many ways. I was entranced with how Spirit brought the words to me after me sister Pamela made here Transition on July 29th, 2020.
My sister and I were very close and she was a very religious soul. We often talked about life after death and heaven.  So it was not surprising to me that she was able to bring heavenly words to me.
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Father Carel-Piet van Eeden Ph.D., D.Emed, is a friend on facebook and saw that my sister passed and did a mass for her. Then when the words came from my sister he wrote this beautiful music for them.

Next, I was blessed to find Stephen Melillo who worked his magic  and created heavenly orchestrations.
It is rare that music brings one to tears. Yet that happened many times when I listened to the heavenly sounds capturing the sound of Spirit so beautifully.
I fell in love with the way his music brought the  Spirit of God to speak to me.
 
The final piece of the puzzle fell into place when I thought of Darlene Koldenhoven for the vocals. I had heard her albums and felt she could express the feeling of  Spirit coming through her.
 My hope is that you will feel the Spirit that brought this album together. May it uplift those who have also gone though the transition  of their loved ones. May this music  touch your heart. InTheHandsofGod.com

In the Hands of God

2.  In the Hands of God

1.  When Spirit Speaks

Inspiring Instrumentals from Inn the Hands of God. Arranged by Stephen Melillo, with Music by Father Carel-Piet van Eeden. Produced by Cindy Paulos.

In the Hands of God (Instrumental)

When Spirit Speaks (Instrumental)

O Virtus Sapientiae composed by Hildergard von Bingen (1098-1179).

Performed by Catherine Louise Geach (Soprano)
and Loak Kru Ros Samouen (Tro Sau)  @ COPYRIGHT

Location: Khmer Cultural Development Institute - Kampot Traditional Music School for Orphaned and Disabled Children, Cambodia. http://www.kcdi-cambodia.com

Date: 9th february 2015

Recorded by: Rob O'Hara

O Virtus Sapientiae

THE DAY THAT MUSIC DIED...
...In the Meadow

from LAST WORLD STANDING
#935, Musical Haiku #25
STORMWORKS Chapter 13: Whispers on the Wind

The complete 33:33 work is available at iTunes and CDBaby

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stormworks-chapter-13-whispers/id301436931

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/troyuniversity


Words & Music by © STEPHEN MELILLO IGNA 11 November 2005, Veteran's Day
Sung in the voice of a Boy Tenor in the character of a Veteran Spirit...


In the meadow, always green, I wander
Searching for my Life
It was lost on foreign soil far from home, my child and wife
As I think about the price
And I visit all that pain
I would give my Life and
Pay that price again...
Again
If you see the cost
of the Lives all lost
And we Pray that War is no more...
No more...

Instrumental

No more Pipes to call us
Drums to stir us
Hymns to say Good-bye
No more marches, taps or dirges
On the Day that
Music died...
Hear my Prayer, (this song) oh Lord
Child 'n Wife
Let me Live again!
In a Time and Place of Quiet Peace...

In the meadow, never changing 
by the water's edge I see
All the Sacrifice and agony 
and blood that set you free
Hear this Prayer, oh Lord
Child 'n Wife

Let my Life not have been
All in vain
In vain...

No more War... 
never... never...
Again...
never... 

Day That Music Died From LAST WORLD STANDING

This set of sounds from the surface of Mars were recorded by the microphone on the side of NASA’s Perseverance Rover on February 20, 2021. In the first set, sounds from the rover itself dominate. In the second set, the sound was filtered to make sounds from Mars more audible. You can hear a little wind in the second set. 
 
This is the first time a Mars rover has been equipped with a microphone. The images in this video were taken by Perseverance's Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, on the same day as the microphone sounds, Feb. 20, 2021.
 
For more information about Perseverance, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/perseverance
 
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Sounds From Mars: Includes Rover Self-Noise

Lyrics by by Cindy Paulos, Music by Father Carel-Piet Van Eeden.
arrangements by Stephen Melillo, Performed by Darelne Koldenhoven