Voices from the Valley
Hymn Texts with Biblical Reflections
Genevieve Glen, OSB
Each of the 42 original hymn texts includes an inspiring commentary by Sister Genevieve, suggestions for liturgical use, Scripture references, meter and hymn tune suggestions.
Voices from the Valley is the second collection of hymn texts from one of the most gifted poets in the Church today. Sister Genevieve writes from the Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburga in Virginia Dale, Colorado, which sits in a valley where the high plains meet the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
The title of the collection comes from both her beautiful home and her hymn "Upon Your Holy Mountain," whose last stanza reads: "With you, upon your mountain,/ Dwell all your holy ones./ Their brightness, like a mirror''s,/ Outrivals moons and suns./ Our voices from the valley/ Rise up in urgent prayer:/ Come, Christ, and make us holy,/ That we may join them there!"
Each of the 42 original hymn texts includes an inspiring commentary by Sister Genevieve, suggestions for liturgical use, Scripture references, meter and hymn tune suggestions. The second half of the book presents each text set to a traditional hymn tune. There are hymns for Advent, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Ordinary Time, morning, evening and night prayer, penance services, saints'' days, anointing of the sick and general use.
Drawing from the best hymnody of several traditions, Voices from the Valley is a truly catholic resource, providing Christian texts and music that can serve a variety of liturgical and non-liturgical celebrations.
[120 pp, 6 x 9, spiralbound softcover]
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A Child Is Born for Us |
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All the Land Lay Barren |
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Arise, Stand on the Height |
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Around Your Table, Christ, We Sing |
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As Far As West Lies from the East |
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Be Glad of Heart, All You Who Seek |
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Bright You Break the Bars of Darkness |
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Christ Comes, the Promised Peace of God |
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Compassion Walks the City Street |
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Desert Silence Waits for Word |
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God’s Peace Flows Down in Silent Streams |
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Good Master, We Are Debtors |
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Have Mercy, Lord, We Cry |
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How Far beyond the Setting Sun |
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How Long, O Christ, We Seek You |
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How Lovely Are Your Courts |
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Lady, Queen of Heaven |
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Let Us Boast Not in Foolishness |
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Like Abraham of Old, the Chosen Couple Brings |
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Mary, Clad in Sun Fire |
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Mary, Mother, Cup of Peace |
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O Christ upon the Cross of War |
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O Christ, Unshielded and Unspared |
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O Christ, You Reign In Splendor Robed |
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O Love That Never Fails |
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On the Day of Your Great Coming |
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Our Thirst Is Deep, O God |
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She Knew No Man, She Bore No Child |
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The Caverns of the Heart Are Deep |
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The Waves of Fear Reach Heavenward |
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Though Martha Served, Complaining |
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Upon the Far Horizon Lies a Cloud |
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Upon Your Holy Mountain |
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We Watch for You, O Lord, Till Break of Day |
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When Nets and Boats Are Gone, What Then? |
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When Signs of This World’s Anguish |
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When Walls of Fear Entomb Us |
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Where Briars Grow |
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Where Once the Fragrant Cypress Spread |
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With Empty Hands and Empty Hearts |
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Woman of the Light |
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You Gather in the Outcast |
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"Genevieve Glen has a wonderful gift for lifting out metaphors from the scriptures and shaping texts which express the Church''s prayer. Included are texts for the liturgical year, daily prayer, and sacramental rites. Every serious pastoral musician will want a copy of this collection both for their personal prayer and for communal song. Highly recommended."
-- Murray J. Kroetsch, National Bulletin on the Liturgy, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
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