Now the Green Blade Riseth

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord → At the Mass during the Day
Proper of Time → Easter Season → General Easter Season
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Second Sunday of Easter → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Second Sunday of Easter → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Second Sunday of Easter → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Third Sunday of Easter → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Third Sunday of Easter → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Third Sunday of Easter → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Fourth Sunday of Easter → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Fourth Sunday of Easter → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Fourth Sunday of Easter → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Fifth Sunday of Easter → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Fifth Sunday of Easter → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Fifth Sunday of Easter → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Sixth Sunday of Easter → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Sixth Sunday of Easter → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Easter Season → Sixth Sunday of Easter → Cycle C

Publication Information:
Oxford University Press — BC246 (2020)

Lyrics:

Now the green blade riseth, from the buried grain,
Wheat that in dark earth many days has lain;
Love lives again, that with the dead has been:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.

In the grave they laid Him, Love who had been slain,
Thinking that He never would awake again,
Laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.

Forth He came at Easter, like the risen grain,
Jesus who for three days in the grave had lain;
Quick from the dead the risen One is seen:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.

When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain,
Jesus' touch can call us back to life again,
Fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.

Notes: for SATB and organ This Easter anthem sets an evocative text by J. M. C. Crum. Stately, expressive vocal lines are underpinned by a lively organ part, with crisp staccato melismas that pop out of the texture.
Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: Apr 1, 2024