Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace for SAB Choir and Piano

Keane Southard

Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace for

SAB choir and Piano

(2018) (Duration: c. 4 min.)

Program notes: Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace for SAB Choir and Piano was begun in early 2018 and finished in late May of the same year. It was written for the First Congregational Church of Walpole, NH for my final service as their music director and is dedicated to the memory of Judy Spinella and Joan Swett, both of whom were great contributors to the music program of the church and passed away in early 2018.

This is a setting of the so-called “Prayer of Saint Francis” although there seems to be no evidence that St. Francis wrote it. The earliest the prayer has been traced back to is 1912 where it was published in a French spiritual magazine called “La Clochette” (“The Little Bell”) and may have been written by its editor Father Esther Bouquerel. As many others have been, I was attracted to this prayer because it does not ask God to do things on behalf of us but instead through us as active participants in creating heaven on earth. Rather than a passive plea, it asks for the power and courage to do more in the service of others.

Keane Southard 2018

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For the First Congregational Church of Walpole, NH In memory of Judy Spinella and Joan Swett

Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace for SAB Choir and Piano Text from "La Clochette" Published 1912 (Public Domain)

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                                                         

 

             

  

     

7 35

  





q = 54

poco rit.

 

f    



f



O

 



 



     O



 



                       

       

                                                  

  

 

                   38

let me

not

seek

as

much

to be



con -



                 



let me

let me

not

not

   f                         

  f 

seek

seek



as

as

 

to be

much

to be

con -

con -

  

 

              



much

  

     

            

soled

   

   

     

soled

              

    

q = 54

poco rit.

as

to

as

to



as

 

  

   

  

 

  

to

    f

           

   

Mas- ter,

    

      

 

to be un - der -

     to be un - der -



con - sole,

 



    

con - sole,

       

soled

O

con - sole,

   

Mas- ter,

f

 



Mas- ter,

   

to be un - der -

         

         

8 42

   

     

stood

as



to un - der - stand,

         stood

as

               

as



46

giv - ing

 



  

     

 

  

    

    

       

      

to

to un - der - stand,

  

     

be

   



         

to

to un - der - stand,

           stood

  

be

ff

 



loved

as

love,

ff

 loved

as



to

loved

as

          







love,

mf



to

love,

           



  









mf



      





mp

     

  



     that

one





finds,



    mp

it

     



 

p

   



       

      



in



       

it is in self - for - gett - ing



to

ff

  

for it is



         

     

mf

 

ff

mp

that one re - ceives,



 

to

 

   be

mf



 

   

 

     

 

   

 

is

in

q = 40

rit.

50

 



       



it is in





dy



       



that one is

-

dy

ing that one

is raised to e - ter - nal

life.

ff

-

            ing that one

is raised to e - ter - nal

     

par - doned, it is in





 

 

   

dy

             -

ing that one

is raised to e - ter - nal

 

 

 



p

 



Lord,





p

 





     

p

     

Lord,

  p

   

    

mp

 

make me an

make me an

      

Tempo I q = 54



in

 

 

make me an



mp

Lord,



   

mp

mf

 

 

in

life.

                                       







ff

 



     





p

 

- stru ment



 

p



- stru ment

mp

 

in

- stru ment

   

 

Lord,

p

 



mp





 

   



   

Lord,





 

 

mp

Lord,

 

 

 

make me an

mp

                         p mp  



q = 40

Tempo I q = 54 54



life.

rit.

   



ff

      

par - don - ing

             

mp

it is in

   

ff

mp

9

make me an

make me an

                 mf

 

 

 

10

 mf    in

in

-

-

      

 

    

       

stru - ment

Lord,



 

stru - ment

-

make me an

mf



 

 

Lord,

make me an

mf

 

in

-

-

f

make me an



 

in

f

mp

 

in

-



stru ment

 



 





stru ment



stru ment

 

 



f

 

 

 

  e = 54 p

molto rit.

 

61

  



                                      

                             



 

f

Lord,

mp

  in

     

stru - ment

mp

mf



      

mf

 

mf

  

     

mp

58





of

your

peace.

 p

 







of



 







 





your



of

peace.

p



 

your

peace.

e = 54

molto rit.

                                               

p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  