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Choral
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Have mercy upon me O God, according to thy loving kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I knowledge my transgressions…(Psalm 51)
But perhaps God needs the longing, wherever else should it dwell, Which with kisses and tears and sighs fills mysterious spaces of air - Which perhaps is invisible soil from which roots of stars grow and swell - And the radiant voice across fields of parting which calls to reunion there?
In this holy darkness, this quiet hour,
the beating heart is heard, a gentle drumbeat of longing.
This night, something so primal shakes the earth,
the Spirit come to us, and rests among us.
child, listen, I am singing
with my ear on the ground and we love you
Wing breaks air, freer and wider over what’s passed and changing, as I weave between two worlds, voice of the skies, winter-love,
entrance into the dark resembles death, resembles life.
How my soul longs for home…for welcoming, warm, grass, earth, green, sounds of country evening, where I belong, follow by heart, and dream my dreams,
Effortlessly, Love flows from God into man. Like a bird, Who rivers the air
Without moving her wings.
John to the seven churches: Grace to you, and peace
from the one being and the one who was and the one coming,
And from the seven spirits which are before the throne of him,
and the ruler of the kings of the earth…
Peace, come down to the world, like sunshine, like rain Awaken us from our ignorant slumber…Created is a magnificent site
A colorful song, Echoing “Dona Nobis Pacem”
In the turning of the season, I see first but a haze,
lime green seeping from bare branches. Can it be?
So accustomed to barrenness am I, having forgotten
anything could be this beautiful.
Behold, even the moon is not bright ...
And the stars are not clean in his sight
Light, my light, the world-filling light, the eye kissing light,
heart-sweetening light!
Love also in love twilight at the hands of moon her lover
stars her eyes wide at his touch
oh-happily she abandons dress and sky
Your face that makes the moon shy, why does it look worried?
Are you not related to me or is this a new relationship?
In previous births I have married you formally –
Are you not my life- my darling why do you fuss so much?
Dear Lord, come into my life and take my pain. I abandon it all to you:
every sorrow and sadness, every hurt, every doubt and every tear.
I hand you my heartache. Fill me with your love.
The Earth lifts its glass to the sun; and light - light is poured
A bird comes and sits on a crystal rim, and from the forest cave
I hear singing…
I cannot close my doors nor fasten my windows- which look out
on the road where the world spins and clamors-
which look out on the road to see death passing by.
The revelation of Jesus Christ, made known by sending his angel
to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God
and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw...
How shall I begin my song in the blue night that is settling?
In the great night my heart will go out. Toward me the darkness
comes rattling. In the great night, my heart will go out...
I have come upon the visage again of crows at four flying across the winter moon…
The beautiful girl dances to the lovely song with the rhythmic syllables “Tadithai, Thaiditai.” She moves her anklets elegantly and they make the sound “Jhanana, Jhanana.”
And God said to the soul: I desired you before the world began
I desire you now as you desire me And where the desire of two come together
there love is perfected.
Within the woodlands, flow’ry gladed, by the oak trees mossy moot,
the shining grass blades, timber-shaded, now do quiver underfoot…
And it happens when evening reaches my heart, bringing in the sea,
I walk out seawards as if summoned to the skirts of heaven...
they walked into a north wind, bitten by despair and frozen rain
each of them looking back, throwing their hearts toward us...