I had hoped to share this evening with a friend who is leaving, but it wasn't to be. In fact, none of the people I personally invited came.
I felt so humbled to realize how the prayers and reflections which I was blessed to play a role in writing still continue to resonate even eight or nine years later. I don't remember exactly when we rewrote our service, but I know we did the new version for at least two seasons before our friends Matt and Ellie left.
Several songs really struck me this time. I can't believe I never really paid any attention to the Latin lyrics to Adoramus te Christe, which of course we repeat in English at the beginning of each station: Adoramus te Christe, et benedicimus tibi, quia per santam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
I love singing the Chanticleer Ave Maria, and especially having enough strong men's voices to do it justice.
The pieces that most "hit me where I live" seemed to be Mercy (by Craig Courtney), and Song of Surrender (Hodge, Lantz).
It felt as if I finally reentered into the season of Lent. I'd allowed personal events this season to really knock me off course.
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