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Voices Found: A longing in our hearts, VF 147, Advent, Justice and Peace, healing

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                                                                             Voices Found #147, verses 3 and 4 There is a longing in our hearts, O Lord, for you to reveal yourself to us.  There is a longing in our hearts for love  we only find in you, our God. For healing, for wholeness, for new life: hear our prayer. In sickness, in death:  Be near, hear our prayer, O God.   There is a longing in our hearts, O Lord, for you to reveal yourself to us.  There is a longing in our hearts for love  we only find in you, our God. Lord save us, take pity, light in our darkness. We call you, we wait:   Be near, hear our prayer, O God . Words and Music: Anne Quigley   Anne  Quigley,   a hymn writer in UK and a member of the St. Thomas Moore Group...
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Voices Found: Seeking the ways of Wisdom , VF #60, Proper 27, Advent

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                                                                               The Wisdom Ring, Morikami Gardens, Delray Beach, Florida Voices Found # 60, Verses 1 and 2 Come and seek the ways of Wisdom, she who danced when Earth was new. Follow closely what she teaches,  for her words are right and true. Wisdom clears the path to justice,  showing us what love must do. Listen to the voice of Wisdom, crying in the marketplace. Hear the Word made flesh among us  full of glory, truth, and grace. When the Word takes root and ripens, peace and righteousness embrace. Words: Ruth C. Duck Music:  Julian  David Hurd "Come and seek the ways of Wisdom," beautifully echoes the Wisdom text appointed for Proper 27.  It is also an Advent hymn as it anticipates hearing the Wo...
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Voices Found: Seeking Light and Truth, Proper 26A VF 148, November 1

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  Send out your light, Psalm 43 VF 148 Antiphon :  Send out your light and truth so they may lead me Give judgement for  me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people Deliver me from the deceitful and the wicked For you are the God of my strength Why have you put me from you? Why do I go so heavily while the enemy oppresses me? Antiphon: Send out your light and your truth so they may lead me! That I may go to the alter of God, to the God of my joy and gladness And on the harp I will give thanks to you, O God my God Antiphon :  Send out your light and truth that they may lead me Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? And why are you do disquieted within me? Put your trust in God; for I will yet give thanks to the Most High Who is the help of my countenance and my God. Antiphon:   Send out your light and your truth so they may lead me.   Words: Psalm 43 trans. John L Hooker adapted Lisa Neufeld Thomas  Music: Melody from Hildegard of Bi...
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Voices Found: Singing a new song, VF 150, Indigenous Peoples' Day October 12, Proper 24 A, October 18,

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                                                                                                                                   Chagall, The Sources of Music                                                                                  Voices Found # 150   Antiphon:   Declare his glory among all nations; and his wonders among all people Verse One Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to ghe Lord all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless his name; proc...
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Voice Found: Teresa's Voice, VF #88, Teresa of Avila, October 15, Communion meditation

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                                                                            The Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila, an altarpiece in the Cornero Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Voices Found #88 Nada te turbe, nada te espante:  quien a Dios  tiene nada la falta. Nada te turbe, nada te espante:  solo Dios basta! Let nothing worry or upset you: whoever has God needs fear nothing. Let nothing worry or upset you: God alone is enough. Jacques Berthier (1923-1924) adapt. Teresa of Avila Nada te turbe is a meditative chant, appropriate for Communion, meditational retreats, and to celebrate the ministry of  Teresa of Avila, October 15. Despite many illnesses and setbacks, Teresa founded seventeen convents in sixteenth century Spain. ...
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Voices Found: Thirsting voices, Proper 21, September 21 VF 67, Easter Vigil

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                                                                                                          Marc Chagall, Moses striking water from a rock   Voices Found #67, Verses 2 and 4 Parting waters stood and  trembled as the captives passed on through, washing off the chains of bondage channel to a life made new. Living waters, never ending, quench the thirst and flood the soul. Wellspring, source of life eternal, drench our dryness, make us whole. Words: Sylvia G. Dunstan (1955-1993) Music:  Ellerton, Sharon   Marion Hershey  "Crashing Waters"    is appropriate for  for themes of Creation (verse 1),  Easter Vigil, Freedom ...
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Voices Found: Voices of Freedom, VF 121, September 13, Proper 19

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                                                                                                                                        Marc Chagall, The Crossing of the Red Sea Exodus 14:26-29  Then the   Lord   said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot drivers.’   27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the   Lord   tossed the Egyptians into the sea.   28 The waters returned and covere...
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