Psalm 137 | Commentary & Music: Let My Tongue Be Silenced

Psalm 137 Music and Reflection. Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you! Commentary at 0:16. Music at 2:42. Johan van Parys explains how Lent is like a mini-Babylonian exile for each of us. Julia Elizabeth and Chris Stroh follow with a haunting organ piece.
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Location: Recorded live at The Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis, MN
Reflection: Johan van Parys
Music: Julia Elizabeth, Chris Stroh
Video: Jonathan Vikesland, Billy Scheremet, and Mike Schwinghammer
Music Credits:
Melody: Kyrie XI
Arrangement: Richard J. Clark
March 11, 2018: 4th Sunday of Lent
PS 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6.
R. (6ab) Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
By the streams of Babylon
we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
On the aspens of that land
we hung up our harps.
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
For there our captors asked of us
the lyrics of our songs,
And our despoilers urged us to be joyous:
“Sing for us the songs of Zion!”
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
How could we sing a song of the LORD
in a foreign land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand be forgotten!
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
May my tongue cleave to my palate
if I remember you not,
If I place not Jerusalem
ahead of my joy.
R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!

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My soul rejoices with this beautiful reflection! Blessed be the ?Lord for ?His glorious Salvation!!!

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WOW! What wonderful, haunting words beautifully sung! I shall keep them close this week. The footage of the Basilica is excellent! The parting shot of leaving the tabernacle took my breath away--I want to go back and stay close to the tabernacle and Jesus! Thank you!

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Couldn't have said it better!