yearning across the centuries

[mechaieh]

More often than not, it cheers me up when a Vaughan Williams setting is included among the opening hymns. This morning started with the Down Ampney tune, with verses by Bianco da Siena (died c. 1434), translated by Richard Frederick Littledale (1833-1890) with further alterations by the hymnal editors:

Come down, O Love divine

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[mount_oregano]

I miss having a brick-and-mortar church. I belong to the Church of the Larger Fellowship, which is wonderful and our pastor is a delight, but it's just not the same. If I sing, I sing alone.