Resurrection

During Easter mass on Sunday, Father Glynn’s sermon was about starting over. He talked about a woman who had had a very tough life who, one day, decided that she was simply going to leave her past behind and begin a new life. Her story, like Jesus’ resurrection, stood as symbols that we are all capable of this.

Today, this was on Yahoo’s home page: Boyle’s Got Talent

It’s about the show Britain’s Got Talent, and about one of its contestants, Susan Boyle. Susan Boyle isn’t pretty or thin or sexy. She grew up with a disability that made her the target of ridicule from bullies. She is 47 years old and lives alone with her cat. She mentions that she has always aspired to be a singer but for one reason or another, never got the chance.

Click on the link below to view the longer, more thorough version of her debut:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

The song that she sang for the show was “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Miserables. Here’s the last verse of the song:

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I’m living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

According to the article, she is currently meeting with Sony BMG to discuss a recording contract.

Another article on Susan Boyle via the Scotsman Newspaper