A contemporary Advent hymn, Canticle of the Turning, which is a paraphrase of the Magnificat. “Though the nations rage from age to age, we remember who holds us fast. God’s mercy must deliver us from the conqueror’s crushing grasp.”
A contemporary Advent hymn, Canticle of the Turning, which is a paraphrase of the Magnificat. “Though the nations rage from age to age, we remember who holds us fast. God’s mercy must deliver us from the conqueror’s crushing grasp.”
I can recommend reading or hearing the whole thing! YouTube will have it.
It's thirty-some years old now, but I've only known it a couple years, from working at my present church with an old friend of its author Rory Cooney, who wrote it to fit the tune of "The Star of the County Down" (!!)
A contemporary Advent hymn, Canticle of the Turning, which is a paraphrase of the Magnificat. “Though the nations rage from age to age, we remember who holds us fast. God’s mercy must deliver us from the conqueror’s crushing grasp.”
Beautiful!
I can recommend reading or hearing the whole thing! YouTube will have it.
It's thirty-some years old now, but I've only known it a couple years, from working at my present church with an old friend of its author Rory Cooney, who wrote it to fit the tune of "The Star of the County Down" (!!)