Monday, February 10, 2014

"The Beatles never entirely shook off the Catholicism of their youth
...melody) of all their songs, Let It Be: a title
and refrain which surely in context can only
be a reference to the Angelus response “let
it be to me according to your word”, which
they must all have repeated hundreds of
times. And if this song isn’t a most touching
and powerful Marian hymn, I don’t know
what else it could possibly be. It’s surely
quite explicit:
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness..."
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2010/07/19/john-lennon-never-entirely-shook-off-the-catholicism-of-his-youth/