Father’s Day: Sharing an Introit
The self-isolation of the season of COVID19 has led to us worshiping via YouTube.
I share the Introit of this Sunday—The Third Sunday After Pentecost—from the broadcast service of the Washington National Cathedral in DC:
(Incidentally, an “introit”—comes from the Latin verb introire, meaning to enter. Thus, in ecclesiastic language the Introit is the beginning of a service, particularly when the celebrants enter the sanctuary and a hymn or anthem is played or sung.)
The Introit at the cathedral on this Father’s Day was “Come Sunday” from a composition called “Black, Brown and Beige” written in 1943 by Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974).
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COME SUNDAY
Come Sunday, oh come Sunday, that’s the day.
Refrain: Lord, Dear Lord above: God Almighty, God of Love,
Please look down and see my people through.
I believe that God put sun and moon up in the sky.
I don’t mind the gray skies ‘cause they’re just clouds passing by.
Refrain
Heaven is a goodness time, a brighter light on high.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you:
And have a brighter by and by.
Refrain
I believe God is now, was then and always will be.
With God’s blessing we can make it through eternity.
Refrain
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The Lord God be with you all.
