Music included in this recording:
"Lætetur Cor" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 2)
Entrance Antiphon for the 30th Sunday
Lyrics:
Let the heart that seeks the Lord rejoice,
turn to the Lord and his strength,
constantly seek his face.
“Come Down, O Love Divine” - Bianco da Siena
(tr. Richard Frederick Littledale; tune: Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Lyrics:
Come down, O Love divine,
seek Thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with Thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.
O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let Thy glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
Let holy charity
mine outward vesture be,
and lowliness become mine inner clothing:
true lowliness of heart,
which takes the humbler part,
and o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the pow'r of human telling;
no soul can guess its grace,
till he become the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling.
