O EVE! (SATB)

Frank La Rocca

O Eve!

for SATB Choir

O Eve! (2007)

SATB Choir

My mother, my daughter, life‐giving Eve, Do not be ashamed, do not grieve.

The former things have passed away, Our God has brought us to a New Day. See, I am with Child, Through whom all will be reconciled.

O Eve! My sister, my friend, We will rejoice together Forever Life without end.

Text by Sr. Columba Guare, O.C.S.O. Drawing by Sr. Grace Remington, O.C.S.O.

Used by permission, copyright© 2005 Sisters of the Mississippi Abbey

duration ca. 4’30”

for Robert V. Kenny and Coro Nostro

O Eve

duration ca. 4'30"

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