Seriously, cheer now.
I've decided that, since my aim was to post about once a week about the music I've been singing with my new choir at St. Monica's, I may as well set up a full blog to encourage me to write, instead of defaulting to Google+ and sometimes getting lazy.
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This week was inspiring! The First Sunday of Advent has never struck me as being so full of excitement as it did this year. The music communicated a longing for, an anticipation of Jesus coming to us. Jesus, Come to Us pleads to Christ to be present in our world. The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns is full of exultant anticipation--a song of future-tense triumph.
And then there's Christ, Be Our Light by Bernadette Farrell. It shares a pleading quality with Jesus, Come to Us, but is more specific--in it, we ask Christ to be present, not as a baby in a manger, but in us. And, as usual, Farrell composed a song that can force me to stop singing for a moment when the refrain gets going.
There are a lot of examples to choose from on YT, but I wanted something that showcased some of the harmonies of the hymn....
Wow. I really, really like this one. I've been experiencing a lot of beautiful sacred music lately thanks to the Quakers here in town. I don't know if we have music for this one, but I'm going to keep an eye out for it. Inviting the divine light to dwell within and make you an instrument of compassion is pretty much what lies at the base of my spirituality, so this really spoke to me. Thanks for sharing.
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