El don de lágrimas (The Gift of Tears)

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Gracias, Señor, por este don (We thank you, Lord, for gift of tears)

Author: Alberto Merubia (1972); Translator: Yolanda E. Pupo-Ortiz (2021)
Tune: MERUBIA
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Alberto Merubia

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Translator: Yolanda E. Pupo-Ortiz

Yolanda Pupo-Ortiz was the first Hispanic/Latina woman received in full connection (1983) into the former Southern New England Conference of the United Methodist Church. Pupo-Ortiz was raised in Cuba in a Quaker family. She converted to Methodism upon her marriage, and is known for her distinctive and prophetic contribution to Hispanic preaching. Go to person page >

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First Line:	Gracias, Señor, por este don (We thank you, Lord, for gift of tears)
Title:	El don de lágrimas (The Gift of Tears)
Author:	Alberto Merubia (1972)
Translator:	Yolanda E. Pupo-Ortiz (2021)
Language:	English; Spanish
Notes:	Words written by Alberto Merubia upon the death of his 23-year old son, Moisés Alberto, from leukemia.
Copyright:	Letra © 1972 Estate of Alberto Merubia