Written for the musical
Hair, the song “Age of Aquarius” became an overnight success worldwide. It glamorized and promoted the counterculture of the 1960s. At that time, America was immersed in a tsunami-like social movement that was sweeping away such values as reverence for the flag, patriotism for one’s country, modesty in public and sexual restraint.
Most recently, the Catholic bishops in France have offered a new translation of the Our Father. The way in which they now translate the sixth petition of the Lord’s Prayer (“lead us not into temptation”) caught the attention of Pope Francis and led him to make an impromptu comment on it.