Strengthen for Service

French, Jessica (b. 1984)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
String → Quintet

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → General Ordinary Time

Publication Information:
The French Press — (2022)

Lyrics:

Strengthen for service, O Lord,
hands that holy things have taken;
and let ears that heard your most holy word
to lesser things never awaken.
 
Lord, may tongues which “Holy” sang
be free from all deceiving,
may eyes which saw your love be bright,
heavenly hope perceiving;
 
and may feet that walked along hallowed courts
from your true light never be banished.
May bodies by your Body fed
be with your new life replenished.
 
Amen.
– from the Syro-Malabar Liturgy (5th century)

Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: Apr 9, 2022 Last updated: Apr 11, 2022