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1. It Is With You That We Journey (SAMPLE)
2. Song Of The Suffering Servant (SAMPLE)
3. O Beautiful One (SAMPLE)
4. Bethany (SAMPLE)
5. Refreshing Our Strength
6. Pax Amor Christi
7. Come Now
8. Your Loving Will
9. Miriam's Lullaby/Lament
10. Song In The Wilderness
11. Now We Follow Jesus
12. The Reproaches
13. O Jesus Joy
14. Hail Cross
These selections draw from the repertoire for Holy Week sung by Schola at the Benedictine Grange. Each song is a station, a contemplative moment of the paschal journey where we find ourselves in the company of familiar icons of passiontide: Simon the Cyrenean, the family at Bethany, the women of Jerusalem, the outlaws of Calvary. We sing with Mary at the foot of the cross as she keens her final lullaby, a mother's lament which paradoxically echoes the empowering song her son first heard at his baptism as Abba God's anointing anthem. We sing the songs of the Suffering Servant, in whose passion we see reflected our own. And we sing the songs of Jesus, the beautiful icon of transformed humanity, who incarnates for us the energy of resurrection at work in all our passionate strivings for being. May these songs be a blessing to enchant us on our paschal journey, so we may bear the cross of our own existence with a deeper sense of its power to raise us up in Christ to fullness of life. Come now, let us be on our way.
Schola Ministries: New Rochelle, New York
Kathleen Deignan, CND is a theologian and sacred songwriter who translates Christian mystical tradition into a vibrant new repertoire of sacred song. She is co-founder and composer in residence of Schola Ministries, a project in service to the liturgical and contemplative arts that has produced her nine CDs to date. She has composed nearly two hundred songs for worship and contemplation based on the mystical texts of the Jewish and Christian traditions and her own prayer poems. Her music has been celebrated by audiences and congregations in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Palestine. She sings with several ensembles, most notably, Anima Schola, the liturgical ensemble she co-founded at the Benedictine Grange in West Redding, CT. Theirs is a unique sound that blends the Celtic lyricism and fluidity of Sister Kathleen's soulful compositions, the multi-layered textures of rich vocal harmonization, and the tribal spirit of Middle Eastern drumming.
A professor of Religious Studies at Iona College, she also writes and lectures on classical and contemporary spirituality, particularly the legacy of Thomas Merton. She is the founder and director of the Iona Spirituality Institute.
Schola Ministries: New Rochelle, New York
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