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Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace

Author: Olive W. Spannaus, b. 1916 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Luke 6:27-38 Used With Tune: BEATUS VIR

Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek

Author: Sebastian Temple (1928-1997) Meter: Irregular Appears in 40 hymnals Scripture: Luke 6:37 First Line: Make me a channel of your peace Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship; Compassion; Love for others; Peace Used With Tune: PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS (CHANNEL OF PEACE) Text Sources: Prayer of St. Francis

Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive

Author: Rosamond Eleanor Herklots, 1905-1987 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 67 hymnals Scripture: Luke 6:17-49 Topics: Ash Wednesday; Forgiveness; Lent (season); Penitence Used With Tune: DETROIT

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BEATUS VIR

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 15 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Richard Hillert, b. 1923 Scripture: Luke 6:27-38 Tune Sources: Slovak Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11134 32112 34176 Used With Text: Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace

PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS (CHANNEL OF PEACE)

Meter: Irregular Appears in 45 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sebastian Temple (1928-1997); Betty Jane Pulkingham (b. 1928) Scripture: Luke 6:37 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33333 45353 3333 Used With Text: Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek

HEALER OF OUR EVERY ILL

Meter: 8.8.9 with refrain Appears in 30 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Marty Haugen Scripture: Luke 6:27-35 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 31234 43167 16553 Used With Text: Healer of Our Every Ill

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O sacred head sore wounded

Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76; Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153; James Waddell Alexander, 1804-59 Hymnal: Together in Song #339 (1999) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Scripture: Luke 6:36-49 Lyrics: 1 O sacred head sore wounded, with grief and shame weighed down; O kingly head surrounded with thorns your only crown; death's shadows rise before you, the glow of life decays; yet hosts of heaven adore you and tremble as they gaze. 2 What language shall I borrow to praise you, heavenly friend, for this your dying sorrow, your mercy without end? Such agony and dying! Such love to sinners free! O Christ, all grace supplying, turn now your face on me. 3 In this your bitter Passion, good Shepherd, think of me, look on me with compassion, unworthy though I be: beneath your cross abiding for ever would I rest, in your dear love confiding, and with your presence blessed. 4 Lord, be my consolation, my shield when death is near; remind me of your Passion, be with me when I fear. My eyes shall then behold you, upon your cross shall dwell, my heart by faith enfold you; and who dies thus, dies well. Topics: Good Friday; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross; Passion Sunday Languages: English Tune Title: PASSION CHORALE

Praise, My Soul

Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #381 (1998) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Scripture: Luke 6:17-49 First Line: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Lyrics: 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to his feet your tribute bring; ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, evermore his praises sing: Alleluia, alleluia, praise the everlasting King. 2 Praise him for his grace and favour to our forebears in distress; praise him still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to bless; alleluia, alleluia, glorious in his faithfulness. 3 Father-like he tends and spares us; well our feeble frame he knows; in his hands he gently bears us, rescues us from all our foes: alleluia, alleluia, widely as his mercy flows. 4 Frail as summer's flower we flourish; blows the wind and it is gone; but, while mortals rise and perish, God endures unchanging on: alleluia, alleluia, praise the high eternal one. 5 Angels, help us to adore him; you behold him face to face; sun and moon, bow down before him, dwellers all in time and space. Alleluia, alleluia, praise with us the God of grace. [Alternative version:] 1 Praise, my soul, the God of heaven; glad of heart your carols raise; ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who, like me, should sing God's praise? Alleluia, alleluia, praise the Maker all your days. 2 Praise God for the grace and favour shown our forebears in distress. God is still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to bless; alleluia, alleluia, sing our Maker's faithfulness. 3 Like a loving parent caring, God knows well our feeble frame; gladly all our burdens bearing, still to countless years the same. Alleluia, alleluia, all within me, praise God's name. 4 Frail as summer's flower we flourish; blows the wind and it is gone; but, while mortals rise and perish, God endures unchanging on: alleluia, alleluia, praise the high eternal one. 5 Angels, teach us adoration; you behold God face to face; sun and moon and all creation, dwellers all in time and space. Alleluia, alleluia, praise with us the God of grace. Topics: Praise of God; Psalm 103; Psalm 103 Languages: English Tune Title: PRAISE, MY SOUL

Alleluia with verses

Hymnal: Wonder, Love, and Praise #847 (1997) Scripture: Luke 6:35 First Line: Alleluia, Alleluia Lyrics: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Topics: Service Music Gospel acclamations Languages: English Tune Title: [Alleluia, Alleluia] (Tone 2)

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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John Bell Scripture: Luke 6:31 Author of "Blessed Are You Poor" in Scripture Song Database John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

Olive W. Spannaus

1916 - 2018 Person Name: Olive W. Spannaus, b. 1916 Scripture: Luke 6:27-38 Author of "Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace" in Gather Comprehensive Olive Wise Spannaus died May 10, 2018 in Seattle.

Richard Hillert

1923 - 2010 Person Name: Richard Hillert, b. 1923 Scripture: Luke 6:27-38 Harmonizer of "BEATUS VIR" in Gather Comprehensive Richard Hillert was born in Granton, Clark County, Wis., on March 14, 1923. There he attended parochial and public schools and later enrolled at Concordia Teachers College (now Concordia University Chicago), River Forest, where he received the Bachelor of Science degree in Education. He served as teacher and music director for parishes in St. Louis, Mo., Wausau, Wis., and Chicago and Westchester, Ill. He received both the Master of Music and the Doctor of Music degrees in composition from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. His teachers included Matthew Nathaniel Lundquist, Anthony Donato, Alan Stout, Arrand Parsons, Emil Nolte, and John Ohl. He studied composition with the Italian composer, Goffredo Petrassi, at Aaron Copland’s Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood, Mass. Richard Hillert was a noted Lutheran composer. He was Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus at Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill. He was best known for his work as a composer and teacher of composition. Among his most frequently performed liturgical works for congregation is Worthy Is Christ, with its antiphon, “This is the Feast of Victory” which was written as an alternate Song of Praise for inclusion in Setting One of the Holy Communion in Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and Lutheran Worship (1982). "This is the Feast" is now widely published in more than 20 recent worship books of many denominations, most recently in Lutheran Service Book (2006) and Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006). Other major liturgical works include a setting of Evening Prayer (1984) and a Eucharistic Festival Liturgy (1983), which was first performed at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. He wrote liturgical pieces and hymns and served as music editor for Worship Supplement(1969) and Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). His compositions and publications include an array of pieces of liturgical music for congregation, choral motets, hymns and hymn anthems, psalm settings and organ works, concertatos, and cantatas, including settings of The Christmas Story According to Saint Luke and The Passion According to Saint John. He edited eleven volumes of the Concordia Hymn Prelude Series. Hillert's career as Professor of Music at Concordia (now Concordia University Chicago) spanned four decades, from 1959 to 1993. During this time he taught classes in music theory and composition, music literature, 20th century music, orchestration, keyboard instruction, comparative arts and liturgical worship. He served in various capacities in the music department, as chair in 1964-65 and from 1986–89, as coordinator of the Master of Church Music program, and as associate editor of the journal Church Music (1966–80). Non-liturgical compositions include symphonic works for orchestra (Symphony in Three Movements, Variations for Orchestra, Suite for Strings), chamber works for small orchestra and ensembles (Alternations for Seven Instruments, Divertimento I and II) as well as many works for keyboard, instrumental solos and songs. The latter include Sonata for Piano (1961), a violin sonata, and two sonatas for flute and keyboard. Major organ works include Prelude and Toccata, Ricercata, Passacaglia on Innocent Sounds, Partita on Picardy, and Partita on Atkinson. There are also concert works with sacred texts, such as Five Canticles from the Exodus (1958), Te Deum for two pianos, percussion, and wind instruments (1962), The Alleluiatic Sequence (1980), and Seven Psalms of Grace for baritone solo and chamber orchestra (1998). Extended choral works, many written for Concordia’s Kapelle conducted by Thomas Gieschen, include the Cantata: "May God Bestow on Us His Grace" (1964), "Motet for the Day of Pentecost" for choir, vibraphone, and prepared electronic tape (written for the round-the-world tour in 1969), "Motet for the Time of Easter" for double choir, percussion, and harp (1971), and "Agnus Dei" for three choirs and percussion instruments (1974). Richard Hillert authored numerous scholarly articles and reviews for the periodicals such as Church Music, CrossAccent, and Currents in Theology and Mission, and other professional books and journals. He received an honorary Doctor of Sacred Music degree from Valparaiso University, and honorary Doctor of Letters degrees from Concordia University at Seward, Nebraska, and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He was an honorary life member of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. His former students throughout the land have careers as practicing church musicians, elementary and secondary school teachers, teachers in higher education, music editors and publishers, and composers. Richard Hillert was married to Gloria Bonnin Hillert. They had three children: Kathryn Brewer, Virginia and Jonathan Hillert. --en.wikipedia.org

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