For Remembered Music Sounding

1 For remembered music sounding
when the last note fades away
and our hearts are left abounding
with new confidence to pray,
for the preludes that recenter
each distracted, fussing soul
so the peace of God may enter
and restore and make us whole,

2 for the hymns of adoration
that unite us in one voice
as we join the whole creation
and together we rejoice,
for laments and psalms of sorrow
that release our needed tears
and that help us reach tomorrow
and to look beyond our fears,

3 for the carols waking wonder
at the birth of Christ our Lord,
for a tombstone split asunder
by an alleluia chord,
for the Spirit's sudden coming
when an anthem lifts our heart,
for the angels we hear humming
while we play or sing our part,

4 for the beauty, for the glory,
for the church alive with praise,
for the singing of the story
that redeems our silent days—
God, our thanks are never ending
while our spirits pray and long
to create, as you're intending,
that new world we glimpse through song.

Source: Community of Christ Sings #133