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Category: Lent

When in the wastes of wild regret

Posted onMarch 19, 2004May 28, 2016Authoradmin

I wrote this to be part of a Lenten sermon for the congregation of St Anne’s Calmore near Southampton. When in the wastes of wild regret.midi

CategoriesConfession, Hymns, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, Lent, Ministry, Out-workings of the Gospel, Personal responses, Saving grace, Suffering love, The Church

O Thou, the breath, the Light of all

Posted onMarch 20, 2001May 31, 2017AuthorDougLeave a comment

*** Written for Passion Sunday, the music of this hymn – VEXILLA NOVA – intentionally echoes the start of the great hymn of this day ‘The royal banners forward go’  to the plainsong ‘Vexilla Regis’. COMMENTARY Passion Sunday: ‘The royal banners forward Read More …

CategoriesCommunity, Hymns, Lent, Out-workings of the Gospel, Repentance, The Church

Disruptive Spirit, do not speak

Posted onFebruary 27, 2001May 31, 2017AuthorDoug

*** This hymn reflects on the call of Abram, and on St Paul’s comment on that call. COMMENTARY Essentially a Lenten hymn, singing it may give the worshiper a sense of struggling for faith. It acknowledges that faith is not an easy Read More …

CategoriesDiscipleship, Hymns, Lent, Personal responses, The Church

Lord, as our public fast begins

Posted onFebruary 9, 2001May 23, 2016AuthorDoug

* Nowadays there is hesitation and confusion over what to do about the Biblical call to fast. This hymn, influenced by George Herbert’s poem ‘Lent’, assumes that we should answer that call. Lord, as our public fast begins.midi COMMENTARY This hymn is Read More …

CategoriesDiscipleship, Hymns, Lent, Personal responses, The Church

There is a gift we cannot grasp

Posted onJanuary 28, 2001May 23, 2016AuthorDoug

*** This meditative hymn recognizes God’s invitation freely to eat of every tree of the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, whose fruit is given by grace alone. There is a gift we cannot grasp.midi We are graciously Read More …

CategoriesHymns, Lent, Repentance, The Church

Shout aloud! Do not hold back!

Posted onJanuary 19, 2001June 2, 2017AuthorDougLeave a comment

*** This hymn echoes a Scriptural call for real, not token, fasting. COMMENTARY This hymn offers an unfolding of the prophetic call to repentance in Isaiah 58.1-12. The prophecy is concerned with social justice and with building communities of mutual Read More …

CategoriesDiscipleship, Hymns, Lent, Out-workings of the Gospel, Personal responses, Prophecy, Repentance, The Church

Doug Constable Hymns

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