Thoughts from an afternoon chamber concert in this sanctuary.
Thanks be for these.
For sound of bow on string,
Of breath over reed,
Of touch on keyboard,
Thanks be for these:
For rank by rank stately standing above us;
For gleaming sun on pipe,
A glittering feast for ear and eye.
Thanks be for these:
For piccolo sound lilting through towers,
And rumbling thunder from the bowels of earth
Meeting in our ears, and joining in our hearts.
Thanks be for these:
For majestic march in times of joy,
And uplifting melody when sadness engulfs us;
For every time when we are in need.
Thanks be for these:
For pipes played with love
And those who placed them there;
For memories of labor lovingly done,
And anticipation of beauty yet to be.
For all those things in which we are delighted.
Thanks be for these. Amen.
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