Musae Performs "Mary Speaks"

Mary Speaks (Daniel E. Gawthrop b. 1949)
Performed by Musae
Text by Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2017)
O you who bear the pain of the whole earth, I bore you.
O you whose tears gave human tears their worth, I laughed with you.
You, who when your hem is touched,
give pow'r, I nourished you.
Who turn the day to night in this dark hour, light comes from you.
O you who hold the world in your embrace, I carried you.
Whose arms encircled the world with your grace, I once held you.
O you who laughed and ate and walked the shore, I played with you.
And I, who with all others, you died for, now I hold you.
May I be faithful to this final test, in this last
time I hold my child, my son;
His body close enfolded to my breast: the holder held, the bearer borne. Mourning to joy, darkness to morn.
Open, my arms; your work is done.
St Mark's Lutheran Church
San Francisco, CA
May 2018
Laney McClain Armstrong, Artistic Director
www.musae.org
Filmed by Nisha Anand
www.ncasfmedia.com

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This piece is so hauntingly beautiful. Spectacular performance.