This is another Weston Priory song with instructions to be “lively” – it seems to be their watch word. Like the others it was written by Gregory Norbet from the collection “Locusts and Wild Honey” and was sourced from there by the editors of the Praise to God parish hymnal. I’m having difficulty getting my mind around a time when it appears monks singing folk songs with a hint of a background in chant was revolutionary.
The sheet music is available from the priory.
I made a lot of these backings some time ago when I was a little ill and I skipped this one in error. So I made a quick backing that took ten minutes on Band in a Box – it’s a great program.
Refrain:
Today the goodness of God cries out,
and the waters come to life with your saving grace.
- O Father of all you gave us your son
to redeem us from the darkness of sin.- Radiant is your joy O God
and the splendor of your love is alive, alive.- Today you appear O Christ to the world
and your light has shone upon us, O Lord.
Copyright © (1971), from the recording “Locusts and Wild Honey”,
The Benedictine Foundation of the State of Vermont, Inc.,
Weston Priory, Weston, Vermont.