On Good Friday we have No 94 from AOV NG, “Love Never Ends.” This was written by Paul Mason, one of the greats of Australian liturgical music and is based on 1 Corinthians 13. It is therefore ideal for weddings or if that reading is appropriate to a particular mass.
It can purchased for download at Score Exchange.
Mason has put enough variety into the writing that it should be done a simply as possible and I think the version on the CD lets the songwriter down a little in this case.
Verse 1
If I have the gift to speak in tongues,
If I have the faith to move mountains
But do not have love;
If I have the gift of prophecy,
If I comprehend all mystery
But do not have love, I am nothing.
Refrain
Love is patient, love is kind.
Love is not jealous, Love’s not pretentious.
It’s never self-centred, and not easily angered.
Love keeps no record, and love is not rude or proud.
It bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails; love never ends.
Verse 2
If I give the poor all I possess,
If I give my life to holiness
But do not have love;
If I speak in tongues and prophecise,
If I learn the knowledge of the wise
But do not have love, I gain nothing.
Refrain
Love never ends.
© Paul Mason 2007.