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Text:There Is a Longing in Our Hearts
Author:Anne Quigley
Tune:LONGING
Composer:Anne Quigley
Media:Audio recording

470. There Is a Longing in Our Hearts

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Text Information
First Line: For justice, for freedom, for mercy
Title: There Is a Longing in Our Hearts
Author: Anne Quigley (1992)
Refrain First Line: There is a longing in our hearts, O Lord
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Prayer
Copyright: © 1992 Anne Quigley (Published by OCP)
Tune Information
Name: LONGING
Composer: Anne Quigley (1992)
Meter: Irregular
Key: d minor
Copyright: © 1992 Anne Quigley (Published by OCP)


Text Information:

The refrain that frames this sung prayer describes why we pray, and the stanzas indicate what we pray for. These requests are not for possessions but for qualities and conditions we hope for in the world around us, and they emerge from the changing circumstances of our lives.


Media
Audio recording: Audio (MP3)

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