{"id":3870,"date":"2010-11-29T07:32:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T07:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2010\/11\/in-this-night-of-catching-noth\/"},"modified":"2018-11-30T10:39:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T10:39:42","slug":"in-this-night-of-catching-noth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2010\/11\/in-this-night-of-catching-noth\/","title":{"rendered":"In this night of catching nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"54andrew.jpg\"<\/a>A Feastday Gift<\/strong>
\nA number of years ago, I composed music for a French Office hymn for the feast of Saint Andrew. It was a feastday gift for Dom Andr\u00e9 of Rougemont. The text spoke to me very powerfully. A haunting 4th mode melody for it came to me all at once, in a kind of stream of inspiration.<\/p>\n

O Goodly Cross<\/strong>
\nWhy was I so touched by the text of this hymn when I first discovered it? I have long loved the feast of Saint Andrew and meditated the stupendous Magnificat Antiphon: “When blessed Andrew came to the place where the Cross had been prepared, he cried out and said: O goodly Cross, so long desired, and now made ready for my eager spirit; fearless and joyful do I come to you; therefore, receive me also gladly, as the disciple of him who hung upon you.” There was something else too: in the text of the hymn were many things deeply related to my own life experience.<\/p>\n

A Meditatio<\/strong>
\nHere, then, for the readers of Vultus Christi<\/em>, is my translation the hymn. You may want to read it as a kind of meditatio<\/em>, a way of repeating the Word in other words. This hymn has been a gift for many; may it speak to your hearts as compellingly as it first spoke to mine.<\/p>\n

Where then is Thy dwelling,
\nO Lamb of God who invitest us?
\nCould it already be the tenth hour
\nfor the disciple set on seeking Thee?
\nFor who can know the day, and who can know the hour
\nwhen Thou wilt turn to us and say:
\nCome and see!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The joy of meeting Thee
\nis a brightness that transfigures:
\nin this world’s dreary night a flame
\nof Thy Pascha’s dazzling light.
\nShine, then, and overcome our darkness,
\nthat we may hear the inward whisper:
\nJesus is Lord!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Filled now with Thy presence,
\nGod, our every dawn indwelling,
\nto all who seek Thee, we would announce
\na burning joy, an incandescence.
\nThou alone canst tell us
\nhow that cry first pierced the silence:
\nBless\u00e8d those who believe!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How can we follow Thee, O Lord,
\nwith the faith of those fishers of men?
\nIn this night of catching nothing
\nwe would believe that still, for us, Thy hands are full.
\nStand again on this our shore,
\nand cry to us once more:
\nCast the net!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the threshold of Thy dwelling
\nThy Cross will be our sign;
\nfor each apostle will have his hour
\njust as Thou didst have Thine.
\nStay with us, God, our Master,
\nto sing in each of Thy disciples:
\nHail, Cross of Life!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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