Look Up and Count the Stars

Latona, Peter (b. 1968)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ → With Instruments

Occasion:

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

Publication Information:
MorningStar Music — MSM-60-8010 (2015)

Lyrics:

"Look up and count the stars if ye may," thus God to Abraham did declare;
"So shall all your descendants be for now and for all eternity."

We are the stars from God's own hand, reflections of his own true love,
the beauty of God's heavenly plan, the eternal gift from heaven above.

Now gaze upon the infant child with Joseph and the Virgin nigh;
may all our families be like them in peace and joy and unity.

Grant Lord, we pray, the grace to be the shining splendor of God's love:
his radiant light of truth and hope from heaven down to earth below.

So gaze upon the stars on high, sing praise to God with single voice,
Accept his gift and guard it well and let his will be our hearts' choice.

Praise God the Father, Christ the Son, and Holy Spirit with them one.
We pray they bless our families now and throughout all eternity. Amen.

Notes: SATB choir and Organ, with opt. C instrument and opt. Congregation. Full score with orchestra: MSM-60-8010A
Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: May 26, 2022 Last updated: Mar 11, 2023