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lutheranhymns) wrote2019-12-30 10:11 pm
lutheranhymns) wrote2019-12-30 10:11 pm
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#402: Eternal Spirit of the Living Christ
This is a plainsong chant from the late 1600s (we'll run across it again later); the text is from 1974. I mean it as a compliment to say that the text actually does seem to "fit" the old-school tune, in that the lyrics feel timeless (Latin-singers back in the day probably said things like "Eternal Spirit") and the stresses flow well together (it's not a translation, which helps).
This is in the "Pentecost/Holy Spirit" section, and begins by addressing the titular entity. By the third verse this has slid into "O Christ, your love in me." Which is (to me) a slightly odd way of going from the third to the second person of the Trinity without lingering on the first. I get that they're all the same, but this section often just talks about the Spirit as its own thing without tying up Jesus and/or the Creator.
This is in the "Pentecost/Holy Spirit" section, and begins by addressing the titular entity. By the third verse this has slid into "O Christ, your love in me." Which is (to me) a slightly odd way of going from the third to the second person of the Trinity without lingering on the first. I get that they're all the same, but this section often just talks about the Spirit as its own thing without tying up Jesus and/or the Creator.