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Celebration and PraiseTo celebrateTo praise To celebrate a personality behind the universe To praise the exact, extravagant, exotic wonder of that universe To celebrate a purposeful creation To praise the beauty of that unfolding To celebrate the divine origin of humankind To praise the excellent diversity of that humanity To celebrate a Holy Word which speaks a Holy Way To praise the excessive love that guides our steps To celebrate a God who becomes a man To praise the compassionate life of that Jesus who liberates and saves To celebrate a cruel death? To praise that love! To celebrate the defeat of death by love To celebrate the rebirth of hope To celebrate the Spirit's wild irruption To praise a God extravagant and excellent and far beyond the writ of human words Hymn of Praise for a Solitary Morning in the Welsh HillsPraise! Do not stintLove! Do not limit Worship of the Gorgeous Spirit! By dint of joy Never cease to celebrate The day which brings the light to play! Come holy creatures dance with me In adoration be made free! Praise SongAnd God made known the Name in all the earthThe Name of the Creator The Name of the Sustainer The Name of the Beginning and the End And every flower bloomed its praise And every mountain raised its praise And every river gushed its praise And great was the praising of the booming bittern And great was the praising of the twittering tit And intricate was the praising of the spinning spider And every creature croaked its praise And every plant and every rock sang its silent song of praise And man emerging raised his head And every woman gazed On the cacophony of praise And knew in their gut the Nameless Name, the Silent God Who was the Silence behind the praising Who was the meaning Who was the feeling Deep in their belly called Love Who began it And sang it And called it into life And never asked but received the praise For in this way the Earth is whole Hangs together Holds And becomes a home for human life Soul musicSing to the Lord a new songLet everything that has life, praise the Lord Mighty baritones and soaring sopranos Husky jazz divas and screeching rock vocals Mongolian throat singers and Gregorian chant Let everything that has life, praise the Lord Solo violinists and cascades of strings Tiny piccolos and blaring trumpets The wailing sax and the weird theremin Let everything that has life, praise the Lord Synthesizers and Hammond organs Electric pickups and drum machines Computer code and pre-recorded tape Let everything that has life, praise the Lord Singing in the bath and a child's rhyme A wheezy hymn and a happy jingle The blackbird's song and the raven's cry Let everything that has life, praise the Lord Thankfulness for the worldFor its beauty all unfurled For swallows in the air For bodies stripped and bare For the kindness of tender care For the spark to risk and dare For life that's free and full and fair For the sun in bright and dazzling glare For gracefulness of field-run hare For mighty grizzly in his lair For leaping stallion and mare For juice of autumn pear For all things hidden, secret, rare For new-weave cloth without a tear For everything and everywhere For the beauty For the glory Oh God, a humble, thankful prayer WorshipTo our words, God of the prophets, give fireTo our music, God of the singing, give beauty To our prayers, God of the wisdom, give love To our silence, God of the listening , give stillness |