Skipping lots of Easter songs in Gather Australia already covered gets to to another challenging text from Shirley Erena Murray. GA leaves out a whole verse about new wineskins that while biblical might have been too challenging for us Catholics. Hope Publications provide the text here.
Here it is set by Rosalie Bonighton. This is a lovely intricate and surprising setting but more likely suitable for a choir. There are echoes for the assembly that are doable, but most of the song needs a cantor or choir especially when the 9/8 time is disrupted by the gorgeous timing changes in the last two lines of each verse.
Hope Publications set this text to what appears a much simpler tune that may be preferable for an assembly.
9/8 is a challenge in BIAB.
I have noticed that songs that did not come to frequent church usage in this collection have been disproportionately been written by women. Since I can’t find a video of this song how about this: