The following is still a work-in-progress (aren't we all?) based on the lectionary texts for the Pentecost Vigil, plus some. Technically speaking, these are lyrics (the "music" is in my head for the moment, and as such, I thought twice about posting it, because part of the meaning is in in the "music," which you can't hear), but here they are regardless.
Prominent are Ezekiel 37, John 17, Psalm 130; there are several other allusions, all Sciptural with the exception of the first line, which refers to a lecture given by C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory.
I am crushed by the weight of your glory.
I am crushed by the weight of my sin.
O LORD, who can stand?
O LORD, who can stand
before You?
My failings rise up like a flood;
the darkness--surely it covers me!
I cannot follow.
I cannot follow
Your Word.
Refrain:
Thus says the Lord:
Rise up My people!
Rise up - out of your graves.
Come to the waters and never be thirsty again.
Recieve My Spirit; recieve My Life:
breathe my Breath in your lungs,
feel my Heart pulsing through you.
Let My Spirit bring you
Resurrection!
We have marred Your Image, O God.
We are but dust and dry bones.
All hope is gone;
we are cut off from
Your Presence.
We spend our time building white-washed sepulchres.
We spend our time chasing wealth, fame, and pow'r...
We spend our time fitting "gospel" into Our lives,
verses letting Your Story shape ours.
We spend our time
spending time
spending time.
O LORD, redeem it!
O LORD, redeem us:
us dry bones.
Refrain.
May we remember: Christ is with Us always,
even until the end of the age.
In the Name of God:
Father, Son, and Spirit,
AMEN.
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