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Yeah, for the record the state of the Anglosphere hymnal is why I'm a musical ecumenist. :marseyhearnoevil:

St. Francis' Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon sounds like something you'd hear a hippie say despite being 800 years old and is, fun fact, the first written work in the Italian language with a known author. !linguistics !Catholics

The Prayer of St. Francis is a 20th century pseudonymous work but is quite beautiful:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me bring love.

Where there is offence, let me bring pardon.

Where there is groomercord, let me bring union.

Where there is error, let me bring truth.

Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.

Where there is despair, let me bring hope.

Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.

Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.

O Lord, grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved as to love,

for it is in giving that one receives,

it is in self-sacrifice that one finds,

it is in forgiving that one is forgiven,

it is in dying that one awakens to eternal life.

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I might have confused Francis with another writer.

There is another song whose chorus in Italian starts with "limpido dì qual pace avrem"

And I cannot remember who dun wrote it

It's in 3/4 time

The last line of the chorus is something like "l'eterna luce millennial'"

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Having been a missionary over there you definitely know more Italian than I ever will. :marseywholesome:

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gol dern I have to look at a hymnal later

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@Corinthian I haven't ever heard this one in English. It doesn't seem right, especially with the late modulation.

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God is love.

God is life.

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