For Corpus Christi / Pentecost 2

WORDS: Perhaps written in the 5th century, and taken from the Liturgy of St James (The Less), this text was translated and paraphrased by Rugby-born cleric Gerard Moultrie in 1864

MUSIC: ‘Picardy’ is an arrangement of a 17th century French carol, and is particularly associated with this hymn in the UK.

Image: The ‘Six-winged Seraph’ - St Petersburg Cathedral

Played by Peter Christie on the Viscount Envoy FV-350 digital organ as part of the online music programme for St John's Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

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