Ever thought of sending a Valentine to God - who IS love?
The Lord deserves our love on every day of the year but since tomorrow, February 14, is a day for special greetings of love, we might consider the following.
Here is a beautiful musical setting* for St. Augustine's prayer, "Late have I loved thee..." (For those not familiar with Latin, the translation of the first three lines is found in the fourth and fifth.)
Late Have I Loved Thee
translated and composed
by Kathleen Deignan, CND
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Sero te amavi,
pulchritudo tam antiqua et tam nova.
Sero te amavi!
Late have I loved thee,
O Beauty ever ancient, ever new,
late have I loved thee.
I was searching all around me;
pulchritudo tam antiqua et tam nova.
Sero te amavi!
Late have I loved thee,
O Beauty ever ancient, ever new,
late have I loved thee.
I was searching all around me;
you were all within.
I grasped at your beauty everywhere
and longed to have and hold
and longed to have and hold
what can but be beheld.
Sero te amavi!
You attracted, I, distracted, did not see
the Giver of all gifts was gracing me.
Sero te amavi!
You attracted, I, distracted, did not see
the Giver of all gifts was gracing me.
Sero te amavi!
You called, you shouted
You called, you shouted
– piercing through my deafness;
You flashed, you shone
You flashed, you shone
– dispelling all my blindness.
Sero te amavi!
You breathed your fragrance on me,
I drew my breath
Sero te amavi!
You breathed your fragrance on me,
I drew my breath
and now I am breathless for thee.
I tasted your sweetness
I tasted your sweetness
and now I am famished for you –
you touched me;
you touched me;
now I am burning for your peace.
Late have I loved thee,
O Beauty ever ancient, ever new!
I was searching all around me;
I was searching all around me;
you were all within.
Sero te amavi! Vero te amavi…
(Late have I loved Thee!
Sero te amavi! Vero te amavi…
(Late have I loved Thee!
Truly have I loved thee...)
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