Introduction
This has been a most interesting week, and my schedule got pretty much thrown out the window on Monday with mother needing surgery. Thanks to all who’ve been in prayer for her, and a full recover (back to where she was in the Spring) seems likely at this point. We’ve still got a long ways to go, but I do see a light at the end of the tunnel.
So, I’ve not spent as much time in preparation as I’d like to, and we’re going to spend some time looking at the three congregational hymns scheduled for today:
- Processional Hymn #483 Sing Praise to God (Mit freuden zart)
- Recessional Hymn #421 The Church of Christ in Every Age (Wareham)
- Congregational Response #456 Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun (Morning Hymn)
I do have a new toy for part of this. Based on a recommendation over at iPad forums, I got a copy of Symphonix Evolution Player, which will let me play the MIDI files that hymnary.org provides for the tune pages. That’s a neat service that hymnary.org provides and I think that will help us better understand some of the tunes.
I won’t have a lot of discussion on-line for this week, as I’ll mostly simply have links to the hymnary.org pages and other related materials for each of the songs. It will be a bit more free-form.
Lectionary
For September 1st, we are in 17th week of Ordinary (Proper) time and we are in year C of the Revised Common Lectionary[1].
Our scriptures for today are:
- Jeremiah 2:4–13 – which looks at how we should be grateful for what the Lord has done for us.
- Psalm 81:1, 10–16 – which echos this theme and also talks about how we are to seek and follow God.
- Psalm 112 – Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments…
- Hebrews 13:1–8, 15–16 – let mutual love continue, show hospitality to strangers, let marriage be held in honor, keep your lives free from the love of money, trust in God, Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Through Christ, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God. Do not neglect to do good and share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
- Luke 14:1, 7–14 – The story of choosing the lesser place and being elevated, rather than choosing the higher place and being demoted.
Sing Praise to God (Mit freuden zart) #483
- Lyrics: http://www.hymnary.org/text/sing_praise_to_god_who_reigns_above
- Tune: http://www.hymnary.org/tune/mit_freuden_zart
The Church of Christ in Every Age (Wareham) #421
- Lyrics http://www.hymnary.org/text/the_church_of_christ_in_every_age
- Tune: http://www.hymnary.org/tune/wareham_knapp
Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun (Morning Hymn) #456
- Lyrics: http://www.hymnary.org/text/awake_my_soul_and_with_the_sun
- Hymn: http://www.hymnary.org/tune/morning_hymn_barthelemon
An interesting note on this is that these words can be sung to Tallis’ Canon, which many people will recognize, and which I’ve sung many times with the “Go with us, Lord, and guide the way, Through this and every coming day, That in your Spirit strong and true, Our lives may be our gift to you.”
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http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=277 ↩
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