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Be Thou My Vision
03:10
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Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light
Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word,
I ever with Thee, and Thou with me Lord,
Thou my great Father, Thine own may I be,
Thou in me dwelling, and I one with Thee.
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Burnt Norton
02:30
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Time present and time past are both contained in time,
Present and time past are both contained in time,
Present and time past are both contained in time.
And the pool was filled with water out of sunlight,
And the lotus rose quietly, quietly,
They were behind us reflected in the pool.
Footfalls echo in the memory of the passage we did not take,
Towards the door that never opened,
Into the rose garden.
Time present and time past are both contained in time,
Present and time past are both contained in time,
Present and time past are both contained in time.
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Angelus Domini I
04:15
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The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,
-- And she conceived by the Holy Spirit
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
Behold, the handmaid of the Lord
-- Be it done unto me according to thy Word
Ave Maria ...
And the Word was made flesh,
-- And dwelt among us
Ave Maria ...
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Wayfaring Stranger
04:30
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I am a poor, wayfaring stranger,
While journeying through this world of woe,
But there's no sickness, toil, or danger,
In that bright land to which I go.
I'm going there to see my Father,
I'm going there no more to roam,
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over Home.
I know dark clouds will gather o'er me,
I know my way is rough and steep,
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me,
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep.
I'm going there to see my Mother,
She said she'd meet me when I come,
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over Home.
I want to wear a crown of glory,
When I get home to that good land,
I want to shout salvation's story,
In concert with that blood-washed band.
I'm going there to see my Savior,
To sing His praise forever more,
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over Home.
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My Lord, I see your Love being returned to you by my sister, Water.
Useful, humble, and precious and chaste. Alleluia.
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My Lord, I see your Love being returned to You by my brother, Fire.
Alleluia.
Through whom you light the night,
And he is beautiful, playful, robust, and strong.
Alleluia.
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My Lord, I see your love being returned to You by my sister, Death.
From whose decay no man is too long delayed.
She is the enemy of your enemies,
She is the friend of your friends.
The second death will do them no harm.
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
Amen. Alleluia.
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Angelus Domini II
03:29
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The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,
-- And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women and
Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
Now and at the our of our death.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord,
-- Be it done unto me according to thy Word.
Hail Mary ...
And the Word was made flesh,
-- And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary ...
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God
-- That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Let us pray:
Pour forth we beseech you, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts,
That we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, thy Son,
Was made known by the message of an angel,
May by his passion and cross be brought to the glory of his resurrection.
Through the same Christ, our Lord, Amen.
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We play it as an instrumental, but there are lyrics!
Let us break bread together on our knees,
let us break bread together on our knees.
When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on me.
Let us drink wine together on our knees,
let us drink wine together on our knees.
When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on me.
Let us praise God together on our knees,
let us praise God together on our knees.
When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on me.
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This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond -
Invisible, as Music -
But positive, as Sound -
It beckons, and it baffles -
Philosophy, don't know -
And through a Riddle, at the last -
Sagacity, must go -
To guess it, puzzles scholars -
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown -
Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies -
Blushes, if any see -
Plucks at a twig of Evidence -
And asks a Vane, the way -
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit -
Strong Hallelujahs roll -
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul.
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Angelus Domini III
06:08
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The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,
-- And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.
Blessed are you among women, and
Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord,
-- Be it done unto me according to the Word.
Hail Mary ...
And the Word was made flesh
-- And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary ...
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
Now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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The New Rule
06:20
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I:
It’s the old rule that drunks have to argue
and get into fights.
The lover is just as bad. he falls into a hole.
But down in that hole he finds something shining,
worth more than any amount of money or power.
Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street.
I took it as a sign to start singing,
falling up into the bowl of sky.
The bowl breaks. Everywhere is falling everywhere.
Nothing else to do.
Here’s the new rule: break the wineglass,
and fall toward the glassblower’s breath.
II:
Inside this new love, die.
Your way begins on the other side.
Become the sky.
Take an axe to the prison wall.
Escape.
Walk out like someone suddenly born into color.
Do it now.
Your covered with thick cloud.
Slide out the side. Die,
and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign
that you’ve died.
Your old life was a frantic running
from silence.
The speechless full moon
comes out now.
III:
I used to want buyers for my words.
Now I wish someone would buy me away from words.
I’ve made a lot of charmingly profound images,
scenes with Abraham, and Abraham’s father, Azar,
who was also famous for icons.
I’m so tired of what I’ve been doing.
Then one image without form came,
and I quit.
Look for someone else to tend the shop.
I’m out of the image-making business.
Finally I know the freedom
of madness.
A random image arrives. I scream,
“Get out!”
Only love.
Only the holder the flag fits into,
and wind. No flag.
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We do it as an instrumental, but there are lyrics!
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Here there by Thy great help I've come
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let that goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above.
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