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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You Gather in the Outcast |
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Woman of the Light |
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With Empty Hands and Empty Hearts |
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Where Once the Fragrant Cypress Spread |
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Where Briars Grow |
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When Walls of Fear Entomb Us |
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When Signs of This World’s Anguish |
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When Nets and Boats Are Gone, What Then? |
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We Watch for You, O Lord, Till Break of Day |
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Upon Your Holy Mountain |
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Upon the Far Horizon Lies a Cloud |
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Though Martha Served, Complaining |
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The Waves of Fear Reach Heavenward |
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The Caverns of the Heart Are Deep |
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She Knew No Man, She Bore No Child |
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Our Thirst Is Deep, O God |
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On the Day of Your Great Coming |
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O Love That Never Fails |
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O Christ, You Reign In Splendor Robed |
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O Christ, Unshielded and Unspared |
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O Christ upon the Cross of War |
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Mary, Mother, Cup of Peace |
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Mary, Clad in Sun Fire |
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Like Abraham of Old, the Chosen Couple Brings |
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Let Us Boast Not in Foolishness |
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Lady, Queen of Heaven |
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How Lovely Are Your Courts |
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How Long, O Christ, We Seek You |
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How Far beyond the Setting Sun |
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Have Mercy, Lord, We Cry |
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Good Master, We Are Debtors |
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God’s Peace Flows Down in Silent Streams |
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Desert Silence Waits for Word |
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Compassion Walks the City Street |
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Christ Comes, the Promised Peace of God |
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Bright You Break the Bars of Darkness |
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Be Glad of Heart, All You Who Seek |
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As Far As West Lies from the East |
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Around Your Table, Christ, We Sing |
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Arise, Stand on the Height |
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All the Land Lay Barren |
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A Child Is Born for Us |
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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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