Sunday, December 11, 2016

Patience, people (John Foley, S.J.)


 Advent is a time for patience.   
This song by John Foley, S.J., is based on our text from James this Sunday. 

Patience, people
Till the Lord is come.

See the farmer await the yield of the soil.
He watches it in winter and in spring rain.

Patience, people,
For the Lord is coming.

You have seen the purpose of the Lord.
You know of his compassion and his mercy.

Patience, people,
For the Lord is coming.

Steady your hearts, for the Lord is close at hand.
And do not grumble, one against the other.

Patience, people,
For the Lord is coming.

To listen to a recording of this song, click on the video below:


Image source:  Vincent Van Gogh, Sower with the Setting Sun (1888)
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