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In my parish this weekend we sang Ki Ri Su To No to close the General Intercessions at all four of our Masses. It was a prayerful and moving experience and I'd encourage other parishes to offer this opportunity to pray in the language of the people who are so much in our thoughts and prayers these days.
My parish has a solid tradition as a singing assembly but I was amazed at how easily this unknown song became a part of our prayer. We did not rehearse with the assembly before Mass. Copies of the refrains were in the pews and before we began praying the Intercessions I announced that we'd conclude by singing a simple tune at the cantor's direction. After the last intercession, we heard the refrain on the piano and after the cantor intoned it once she brought in the assembly to repeat the refrain twice. After the cantor sang the "morning" verse of the song, we ended by singing the refrain in English.
Here's the audio from our 11:30 Mass. Our choir is in the mix here but today was their first time with the song, too.
To download the assembly's refrain, the octavo and an mp3 recording, check this link at GIA.
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A simple and beautiful hymn... I was at the 9:30 and was moved to tears.
ReplyDeleteThank you for giving us the opportunity to sing our prayers for the people of Japan, instead of just speaking them in the intercessions.
That was truly beautiful.
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God's peace be with you, Father.
you are always thinking about how to make things better-
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thank you.
That they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me". John 17:21
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