I’ve blogged this one many years ago, here, but I’m posting it again in the context of this collection of mantras from Monica Brown, Holy Ground.
This is a lovely song for Confirmation and Pentecost, with the beautiful solo verses over the ostinato refrain being a highlight. You can buy the sheet music for the whole collection for the price of a coffee at Emmaus.
I made a new backing but I’m not sure it’s any better than the old one.
Mantra:
Holy sacred Spirit, breathe Your breathe on us.
Holy sacred Spirit, breathe Your life in us.
Verse 1
Create a new heart in me, oh God,
Enflame my heart with Your love, Your Spirit of love.
Verse 2
Send forth Your Spirit and renew the earth,
The longing earth, the waiting earth, the fragile earth.
© Monica Brown 1991.