2024 Epiphany and Lent
Choral Anthems
Hosanna to the Son of David
March 24, 2024 • TRC Adult Choir, TRC Teen Choir
Text: Matthew 21:9, Luke 19:28 Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed be He that comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the King of Israel; Blessed be the King that comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens. Hosanna in the highest heavens!
Be Thou My Vision
March 17, 2024 • TRC Treble Choir
Text: Ancient Irish; tr. Mary Byrne, 1927; versified by Eleanor Hull, 1927 1 Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art; Thou my best thought by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. 2 Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word; I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Father, I Thy true son, Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. 3 Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise, Thou mine inheritance, now and always; Thou and Thou only, first in my heart, High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art. 4 High King of heaven, my victory won, May I reach Heav’n’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
Domine, non est exaltatum
March 10, 2024 • TRC Youth Choir
Text: Psalm 131 Domine, non est exaltatum cor meum, neque elati sunt oculi mei, neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me. Si non humiliter sentiebam,sed exaltavi animam meam: sicut ablactatus est super matre sua, ita retributio in anima mea. Speret Israël in Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum. Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty, Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned Of his mother, my soul is even as a weaned child. Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever.
Out of the Depths
March 3, 2024 • TRC Adult Choir
Martin Luther, 1524; from Psalm 130. Tr. composite Out of the depths I cry to Thee, O Lord, now hear my calling! Thy gracious ear now turn to me And hear my pleas undying! If Thou iniquities dost mark, Our sins and evils in the dark, Lord, who could stand before Thee?
Lord, for Thy tender mercy’s sake
February 25, 2024 • TRC Teen Choir
Text: Lidley’s Prayers, 1566 Lord, for Thy tender mercy’s sake, Lay not our sins to our charge, But forgive that is past, And give us grace to amend our sinful lives. To decline from sin and incline to virtue, That we may walk in a perfect heart before thee, Now and evermore. Amen.
Psalm 51
February 14, 2024 • TRC Adult Choir, TRC Teen Choir
Text: ESV 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. 6 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. 9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; 19 then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
John 1
January 21, 2024 • TRC Adult Choir, TRC Teen Choir
Text: John 1:1-4, 14 In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God, and was God. In the beginning He was with God, And all things made were made through Him. And without Him nothing was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, And we beheld His glory, The glory as of the only begotten of the Father.