Even if the current time is challenging, the present is all we have. This work thanks God for the past, present and future, but celebrates the now as the time of our life.
Palissander Chamber Choir (South Africa)
(April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic)
Conductor: Sarita Hauptfleisch
Text: Fred Kaan
Music: Knut Nystedt
The conclusion of Magnificat for a New Millennium
Thank you, o God, for the time that is now,
for all the newness your minutes allow.
Keep us alert with your presence of mind
to fears and longings that move humankind.
Thank you, o God, for the time that is past,
for all the values and thoughts that will last.
May we all stagnant tradition ignore,
leaving behind things that matter no more.
Thank you for hopes of the day that will come,
for all the change that will happen in time.
God! For the future our spirits prepare,
hallow our doubts and redeem us from fear.
Make us afraid of the thoughts that delay,
faithful in all the affairs of today.
Keep us, Creator, from playing it safe.
Thank you that now is the time of our life.
Video and image acknowledgements:
Christian Bodhi, Falco, Asim Alnamat
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8 апр 2020
