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1. Countless prayers of faithful people | |||
weighted in a cumbrous world | |||
found an answer as an angel | |||
met an open-hearted girl. | |||
Not a master of a palace | |||
where the airs of empire swirl, | |||
not a young or hardened warrior | |||
but an open-hearted girl. | |||
2. All the years of desperate longing | |||
of a people to be free | |||
found an eloquent expression | |||
in her simple, Let it be. | |||
Not in battle or in barter | |||
for a Caesar's guarantee, | |||
but in prayerful conversation | |||
and a simple, Let it be. | |||
3. What gift, now, and whenever | |||
life feels barren, hope consumed, | |||
to recall that once a woman | |||
welcomed God within her womb. | |||
We see better now, and always, | |||
faith, responsive, making room, | |||
be-cause once a woman, Mary, | |||
welcomed God within her womb | |||
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CPDL #33630:
- Editor: Thurlow Weed (submitted 2014-12-09). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 24 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Countless prayers of faithful people
Composer: Thurlow Weed
Lyricist: Michael Hudson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn, Adven Meter: 87. 87. D
Language: English
Instruments: Unknown
Published: 2014
Description: 4th Sunday of Advent, Year B
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Original text and translations
English text
<poem>
1. Countless prayers of faithful people weighted in a cumbrous world found an answer as an angel met an open-hearted girl. Not a master of a palace where the airs of empire swirl, not a young or hardened warrior but an open-hearted girl.
2. All the years of desperate longing of a people to be free found an eloquent expression in her simple, Let it be. Not in battle or in barter for a Caesar's guarantee, but in prayerful conversation and a simple, Let it be.
3. What gift, now, and whenever life feels barren, hope consumed, to recall that once a woman welcomed God within her womb. We see better now, and always, faith, responsive, making room, be-cause once a woman, Mary, welcomed God within her womb
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