”įor the provision of food, there’s a delightful little song that Kim Gannon and Walter Kent wrote for the 1948 Disney short The Legend of Johnny Appleseed, the American nurseryman, conservationist, and folk hero. the mystic harmony linking sense and sound to sight”) and “the joy of human love. Andrew Laparra’s straightforward rendition is so lovely, even though it does omit two of the verses-on the wonders of the human body (“. “For the Beauty of the Earth,” which opens with gratitude for creation and then expands into other areas of thanks, is one of my all-time favorite hymns. (For you Hopkins lovers, Boudreau also set “My own heart let me more have pity on” and “God’s Grandeur,” the latter appearing on Spotify as “Wb / Bw.”) There are also classics like “This Is My Father’s World” and, retuned and retitled by Ben Thomas, “I Sing the Mighty Power of God”. You’ll want to be sure to check out Alanna Boudreau’s setting of “Pied Beauty” by the poet-priest Gerard Manley Hopkins. Praise be to God, too, for natural wonders large and small. I’ve also included a dedicatory instrumental piece played on kora and oboe for the inauguration and consecration of the abbey.
The French lyrics translate as follows:įriend of mankind, friend of the poor, you draw everything unto yourself through the coming of your beloved Son!
Across the Atlantic, the monks of Keur Moussa Abbey in Senegal sing “Nous Te Louons, Père Invisible” (“We Praise You, Invisible Father”), accompanied by balafon (a gourd-resonated xylophone).
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