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== Spiritual references ==
== Spiritual references ==


Following the passing away of Davide Bowie on January 10th 2016, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi wrote a tribute which was published on The Tablet on Jan 13 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/2947/david-bowie-how-the-man-who-sold-the-world-never-stopped-searching-for-god|title=David Bowie: how the man who sold the world never stopped searching for God}}</ref>.
Following the passing away of Davide Bowie on January 10th 2016, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi wrote a tribute, published on The Tablet on Jan 13 2016, in which he makes references to a number of songs by David Bowie which reveal his spiritual journey in life<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/2947/david-bowie-how-the-man-who-sold-the-world-never-stopped-searching-for-god|title=David Bowie: how the man who sold the world never stopped searching for God}}</ref>.


=== Station to Station ===
=== Station to Station ===
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The title of the song is a reference to the biblical [[w:Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]], a friend of Jesus who Jesus rose from the dead ({{Bible quote|ref=John 11:1-30;11:31-45}}). In the music video, Bowie's face is wrapped in a cloth, as was Lazarus' according to the Gospel account.
The title of the song is a reference to the biblical [[w:Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]], a friend of Jesus who Jesus rose from the dead ({{Bible quote|ref=John 11:1-30;11:31-45}}). In the music video, Bowie's face is wrapped in a cloth, as was Lazarus' according to the Gospel account.
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On the day of David Bowie's passing away, [[w:Gianfranco Ravasi|Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi]] tweeted a quote from the song [[w:Space Oddity|Space Oddity]], released in 1969: "Ground Control to Major Tom /
Commencing countdown, /
engines on /
Check ignition /
and may God's love be with you"<ref>See https://twitter.com/CardRavasi/status/686466465784934400</ref>


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