Verses can be spoken or chanted.
The three Responsories can sung by all to the tune Truro/ Jesus Shall Reign Wherere The Sun.
The whole cosmos is the Lord's and everything in it:
every particle of matter throughout the universe.
All human beings, the earth’s wild creatures and resources:
and unknown beings who may live on planets far beyond our reach.
(Responsory 1)
Lift Up your heads, you galaxies,
Bright Nova form a dazzling path,
That your great King of Glo-o-o-ory
Through all your realms may nobly pass
It was God commanded the deep realm of space, Come forth:
and it sprang into instant being.
He established light and dark; light to see the wonders of our generous planet:
darkness to invite us to see the vastness of creation.
(Responsory 2)
Who is this great and glorious King?
The Lord, Creator of us all,
It was His Word establish-ed
Prime forces and base particles.
Who shall travel beyond, into the eternal presence of The Lord:
or who shall dare to approach that holy place?
Even those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
who love righteousness and Godly justice, and who despise greed and iniquity.
These will receive blessings from The Lord: and be welcomed into his kingdom of love.
They will be a renewed generation of those who revere God,
who stand in awe at the unfolding of the magnificence of his creation.
Lift Up your heads, you galaxies,
Bright Nova form a dazzling path,
That your great King of Glo-o-o-ory
Through all your realms may nobly pass
(c) March 2023
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