These are the words to a choral piece written by John Rutter. I was able to sing it once, and it has been one of my favorites ever since. I think I will be listening to it all day today. I need to maintain that deep peace of Christ, the light of the world, in my heart and mind. I would love to put the song on my blog so that you could listen to it, but I can't find any that are available (ready to share or not copyrighted.) John Rutter's arrangement is phenomenal, and the music adds so much to the words. iTunes has it if you haven't heard it before and would like to get a taste for it.
At any rate, these are the words to A Gaelic Blessing:
Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the gentle night to you;
moon and stars pour their beaming light on you.
Deep peace of Christ, the light of the world, to you.
4 comments:
A Gaelic Blessing by John Rutter,what a peaceful oasis of calm in an unruly world.Just repeating these beautiful words reminds me that we can all take a few minutes out to refresh our hearts and minds before we hurl ourselves back into our busy lives.Why don't you try it too?Better still,listen to a recording of this gentle blessing,it will enrich your day.
Hi Abby,
Loved your comments on Gaelic Blessing. You can find it on YouTube.com Best one in my opinion
is by the Cambridge Singers - and it is identified with a full moon and the title A Gaelic Blessing.
Hope you can access it and enjoy it.
Peace
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
Thank you so much for your blog, stumbled upon it whilst looking for the words to practice for a concert with my choir. All the way from cold and frosty Yorkshire, England.
Bless you and you family at Christmas
K x
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