Our better prayers begin as love (Thurlow Weed)

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• (Posted 2020-06-09)  CPDL #59155:       

Editor: Thurlow Weed (submitted 2020-06-09).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 22 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND

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General Information

Title: Our better prayers begin as love
Composer: Thurlow Weed
Lyricist: Michael Hudson

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 2020
Description: The tune is named after George Floyd, whose murder at the hands of police sparked protests, riots, and demonstrations across the United States and dozens of countries around the world.

Original text and translations

English text

1. Our better prayers begin as love,
with hearts awake to human need;
compassion, when it has its way,
will find a way to intercede.

2. As Jesus walked from town to town,
he saw more hurt than he could heal;
so love recast itself as prayer
and watched for God to be revealed.

3. Soon others joined with him to pray;
"The need is great, O God, send aid!"
And love sprang up again as these
themselves became the prayers they prayed.

From Songs for the Cycle ©2004 by Michael Hudson.
Church Publishing Incorporated. All rights reserved. Used by permission.