Offertory Anthem This Sunday: John Ireland's,
"Many waters cannot quench love"
This Sunday the choir will be singing a classic anthem by John Ireland echoing this Sunday's Gospel lesson about the unconditional and unending love we experience from God and that Jesus calls us to emulate in our lives. Here is a portion of the text:
Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can the floods drown it.
Love is strong as death. Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life
for his friends. ...
That ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies, a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto to God, which is your reasonable service.
