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205. Live in Charity (Ubi caritas)

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First Line: Live in charity and steadfast love (Ubi caritas et amor)
Title: Live in Charity (Ubi caritas)
Latin Title: Ubi caritas
Translator (English): Taizé Community (1991)
Meter: Irregular
Language: English; Latin
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday; Christian Year: Good Friday (1 more...)
Source: Latin, 8th cent.
Copyright: © 1979 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.
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Name: UBI CARITAS (Taizé)
Composer: Jacques Berthier (1979)
Meter: Irregular
Key: F Major
Copyright: © 1979 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.


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This refrain comes from a Latin hymn associated with the washing of feet on Maundy Thursday. Whether in English or Latin, it is most effective when sung unaccompanied and in parts. In many ways it is a miniature equivalent of "Will You Let Me Be Your Servant" (see no. 727).


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