Whq
Sinq
I
-Biittanq Blankenship*"Ubi
("Where there Thick silence reigns
like
heavy
is
amor"
cciritas et
genuine affection and love")
air
Before a western rain cloud pours. It
holds us captive, muscles taut.
Just waiting for the cloud to burst
And
silence
blossom
into sound.
Our hearts and mouths and minds together - As flowing fountains gather - sing,
And
tender rain begins to
fall.
"Deus
("God
A
shimmering cloud
Between It's
the voices
is
there")
shaped and formed
and the hands;
stretched and formed, created new,
As once the stars and heavens And even in a thunderstonn. The Lord is always present So let the raindrops gather,
He
ibi est"
is
glories with us
were.
there. fall
-
in the storm.
"Congregavit nos
in iiniim Christi
amor"
("Let us gather together in the unity oj Christ's love
A
cloud of sound
now
rolls
and tumbles
Throughout the church and universe.
Not our voices,
only, sing
But angels join
us. singing too.
"Exsultemus
et in
ipso
("Rejoice exceedingly
A higher note Is
added
jucundemur" one accord")
in
- another praise -
to the ringing bells
Like sparkling snow atop a mount That, reaching, tries to capture God:
Forever upward, onward, more,
")