Everything happens: when the show-biz is affected by Marian grace!

August 15 is Marian celebration par excellence. In addition, whose grace can affect the most unexpected personalities, as revealed by the Catholic site Ringcreated in 2012 at the initiative of the Foundation for Evangelization by the Media. Similarly, So we learn that the Virgin Mary is revered by funny parishioners.

From Bruce Springsteen to Mireille Mathieu via Sting…

Bruce Springsteen ? Meanwhile, “The” boss “was raised in his childhood in a fervent Catholic faith. Moreover, “My family lived a stone’s throw from the Catholic Church. Therefore, the Convent and the School of the Sainte-Rose nuns of Lima. Therefore, I really grew up surrounded by God”. In addition, With the album Devils & Dustand in particular his song Jesus Was an Onlyreleased in 2005, Springsteen finds an authentic religious inspiration. Similarly, He talks about Mary. Consequently, the mother of Jesus, the one who walks alongside her everything happens: when show-biz affected son “on the way where his blood spilled”. Furthermore, »»

Sting, the famous singer of the police group? Moreover, Still according to Ring. However, “The singer confides in National Catholic Registeran American Catholic newspaper, on its relation to the Catholic faith. For example, He tells about the “cosmic vertigo” he feels in front of the “concept of eternity”. Therefore, In November 2009. Therefore, during a concert at the Cathedral of Durham, England, the artist interpreted in an admirable way the hymn to the Virgin Mary There Is No Rose of Such Virtue. Meanwhile, This song. Consequently, which dates from the XV^e century, we reached us thanks to Trinity Carol Rollthe oldest English manuscript of preserved polyphonic music. In addition, On this occasion. Furthermore, Sting plays the lute, to reproduce as closely as possible the spirit of the ancient anthem, in reference to the Near and the Middle East, where the everything happens: when show-biz affected history of Christianity began. However, »» Who would have believed it?

We will notice that French artists are not to be outdone. Therefore, such as Mireille Mathieu: “The famous singer in the hundreds of millions of albums sold in the world has never hidden her Catholic faith or devotion to the Virgin Mary. Similarly, The day before August 15. Therefore, 2017, the inhabitants of Saint-Tropez saw him enter the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assumption church to prepare a surprise performance, which will be given during the August 15 mass. Furthermore, “As you know, I am very Catholic. Furthermore, So I took advantage of a stay here to visit this church. Additionally, Furthermore, I could not help singing Handel and my Santa Maria. It was wonderful! ”she said to the local daily Var-Matin.

Tino Rossi. Laurent Voulzy

One of the most discreet, as always, remains Laurent Voulzy, who entrusts The cross : “Entering a cathedral everything happens: when show-biz affected or a small church, hearing the songs, transforms me internally. Faced with the situations of life, I pray to Jesus and Mary every day and in silence. It is the “prayer of the heart” which is my favorite: “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me”. But I also pray to the Virgin without forgetting prayers of my invention. which I have been repeating for many years. »»

Indeed, there are artists who stick to already existing prayers; And the others who prefer to sing theirs. Virgin Maryfor example. recorded in 1941 by Tino Rossi, with these words by his written care: “You who always in my childhood/you who always protected me/on my pain, on my suffering/ […] I put in you my hope/do not abandon me/queen of the heavens. »»

Brassens’ prayer …

And how to ignore Prayer by Georges Brassens, adapted from a poem by Francis Jammes, in 1953? everything happens: when show-biz affected Note that the melody has already been used for the poem by Louis Aragon, There is no happy love. Strange coincidence that this one … In the end. a nugget in the repertoire of this upset mystique, sometimes a bit anticlerical, but later renowned for having defended this mass which “Breed off without Latin”. Let us judge: “By the beaten kids. by the drunkard who returns/by the donkey who receives kicks in the belly/and by the humiliation of the innocent chastised/by the Virgin sold that we undressed/by the son whose mother was insulted/I greet you, Marie. »» Poignant.

Just as upsetting Holy Mothertitle released in 1986. by an Eric Clapton, flamboyant English guitarist nicknamed “God” by his fans of the Sixties. He is at the bottom of the hole when he learns the death by hanging from Richard Manuel. a gifted musician of the band and one of his everything happens: when show-biz affected best friends. In his autobiography. he remembers: “I had bought two six -beer packs, which I bus very quickly, before diving into an abyss of despair. I had a moment of lucidity, when I saw the absolute misery of my life. I started writing a song entitled Holy Motherin which I asked for help from a divine. feminine source, which I could not absolutely identify. »» And today? “Today. I still love this song because I know that it came from the bottom of me and that it was a sincere call to help. »» Which was manifestly heard, the man having since reconciled with himself. Thanks to whom? “God” only knows … but when he interprets it as a duet with the tenor Luciano Pavarotti. the big one is the desire to believe it.

In the same enigmatic register, there is obviously the Let It Be des Beatles, everything happens: when show-biz affected released in 1970. And its lines with prayer: “When I find myself in time of disarray. Mother Marie comes to me/says to me words of wisdom, so be he/and in time of darkness, she stands in front of me, so be he. »» So Marian song or not Marian song? Steve Turner. “Beatlesologist” and author of the scientist Hard Day’s Write : “This song could have been perceived as a nun by her invocations to the Virgin Mary, when she was only a prayer addressed to Mary, the mother of Paul McCartney, dead when he was only fourteen. »» For his part. the main interested party corrects, in his memories: “The words” Mother Mary “make it almost a religious song, so we can take it like that. I have nothing against it. I am rather happy that people use it to assert their faith. »» If it is Paulo who everything happens: when show-biz affected says it.

And Johnny Hallyday, in all of this?

And then, let’s not forget Mariefrom our national Johnny, a tube going back to 2002. Music? Very beautiful, since signed by the excellent Gérald de Palmas. Images? During, because they show a soldier getting ready to go over fire. The lyrics? Simply stunning: “Tomorrow it will be the big day/It will have to be bravery/to go up to the front. on the front line/Oh Marie, please make me a sign/Oh Marie, if you knew/all the evil that I was done/oh Marie, I will wait for the sky/you come to find me. »» Marian inspiration? No one really knows. In the song, the Marie in question is supposed to be her fiancée. But would Johnny speak to another Marie? Doubt remains, as the words seem ambiguous. But let’s not doubt that the man with the crucifix under the Perfecto ™ knew everything happens: when show-biz affected what he sang. So, hymn to the Virgin Mary or not? In doubt, nothing standsas we say to the Vatican …