Ian asked in a comment about the two more modern songs we sang yesterday on Pentecost Sunday.
here's a list of what was sung. Although they are printed in the New English Hymnal, the words to the two from last century must be copyright as I can't find them.
Processional hymn was Sing to him in whom creation..., #142 in that hymnbook. It was written by Micaek Hewlett, who was born in 1916.
That was followed by Come holy Ghost, our souls inspire, translated in 1627 by Jjohn Cosin from the ninth century words.
The offertory was taken to the hymn, Come, Holy Spirit come!, inflame our souls with love, written by Michael Forster, born 1946 and the hymn was sung to Diademata. I found many of the words challenging in this song. It spoke of transformation in the heart and home, the gift of healing wounds of guilt or fear, revealing oppression and exposing lies. We need the gift to speak words of love and grace and to hear others speak similarly to us.
It concluded:
within our hearts today,
our earthborn spirts to entrance,
our mortal fears allay.
And teach us to desire
all other things above,
that self-consuming holy fire,
the perfect gift of love.
The post- communion hymn was come down O love divine quoted in full in the post below.
Lovely words all through these hymns and great music.
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