Gregory Norbet’s gentle song has to cope with a recitation in the middle. I’m never sure how this sort of thing is meant to be timed so good luck. It is a beautiful thought from the story of Ruth and would be a great, if rather intense, wedding song (minus the recitation – stick the vows in there instead!) You can listen to a nice choir sing it here.
Sung
Wherever you go, I shall go.
Wherever you live, so shall I live.
Your people will be my people,
And your God will be my God too.Wherever you die, I shall die.
And there shall I be buried beside you.
We will be together forever;
And our love will be the gift of our lives.Spoken
I want to say something to all of you
Who have become a part
Of the fabric of my life.The color and texture
Which you have brought into my being
Have become a song,
And I want to sing it forever.There is an energy in us
Which makes things happen
When the paths of other persons
touch ours.
And we have to be there
And let it happen.When the time
Of our particular sunset comes
Our thing, our accomplishment
Won’t really matter a great deal.But the clarity and care
With which we have loved others
Will speak with vitality
Of the great gift of life
We have been for each other.Sung
Wherever you go, I shall go.
Wherever you live, so shall I live.
Your people will be my people,
And your God will be my God too.Wherever you die, I shall die.
And there shall I be buried beside you.
We will be together forever;
And our love will be the gift of our lives.We will be together forever;
And our love will be the gift of our lives.
Copyright © 1972
The Benedictine Foundation of the State of Vermont, Inc.,
Weston Priory, Weston, Vermont.
www.westonpriory.org
Soul searching song bout relationship, faithfulness and fidelity and a deep genuine love.
This coming Sunday, we, the choir, will accompany our beloved Sister Georgette, as she
speaks the message in the middle of the song. She has – for 13 years – been an inspiring example of how to live in the joy of God’s love, and how to love all others, whomever they are, and whatever they have done. Her gentle way of expressing the truth of the Catholic Church, her irrepressible spirit, and her ability to convey God’s love to us all will be an example I will do my best to follow, for the rest of my life.