Original piano improvisation on "Day by Day"

Day By Day

"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" combining two settings for organ...by James Pethel and Victor C. Johnson.

A Mighty Fortress

Mary Wept and Joseph Too (Lyrics by Armando Elizondo)

Mary Wept,
And Joseph too,
As they honoured,
The gift from you.
Because of faith,
They carried through.
To bring the world,
The gift of you.  

Where fires burn, and children pave.
The deeds of man, born yesterday. 
As they honour,
The gift of days.  

Born the king, our Saviours grace. 
Jesus came, to save this place. 
Born to her, on Christmas Day
Jesus came, to give us grace.  

Mary wept,
And Joseph too,
Because of love,
For me and you.  

Because of faith,
They carried through.
To bring the world,
The gift of you.  

Though fires burn, and children cry.
Where evil stands, but good stays true.  
We will honour,
Each gift from you. 

Born this king, our Saviours grace. 
Jesus came, we praise this day.  
Born to her, on Christmas Day,
Joseph held, her hand that day.  
Because of love, 
From him,
We pray.

Mary Wept And Joseph Too

In the Quiet (lyrics by Armando Elizondo)

In The Quiet

An original hymn tune for the poem "A Cheering, Chanting, Dizzy Crowd" by Thomas Troeger.

A cheering, chanting dizzy crowd
had stripped the green trees bare,
and hailing Christ as king aloud,
waved branches in the air.

They laid their garments in the road
and spread his path with palms
and vows of lasting love bestowed
with royal hymns and psalms.

When day had dimmed down to deep’ning dark
the crowd began to fade
‘til only trampled leaves and bark
were left from the parade.

Lest we be fooled because our hearts
have surged with passing praise,
remind us, God, as this week starts
where Christ had fixed his gaze.

Instead of palms a winding sheet
will have to be unrolled,
a carpet much more fit to greet
the king a cross will hold.

– by Thomas H. Troeger (1985)

A Cheering, Chanting, Dizzy Crowd

Geoff Duffy

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