Be Present, Holy Trinity

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Description

A beautiful, modal setting perfect for Trinity Sunday. Mysterious, atmospheric, quasi-medieval with wonderful choral writing. Incorporates the plainsong melody Ave colenda trinitas. SATB with organ.

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Be present, Holy Trinity,
like splendor, and one Deity:
of things above, and things below,
beginning that no end shall know. 

Light, sole and one, we thee confess,
with triple praise we rightly bless;
Alpha and Omega we own,
with ev'ry spirit round thy throne.

To thee, O unbegotten One,
and thee, O sole begotten Son  
and thee, O Holy Ghost, we raise
our equal and eternal praise.