We Are The Exiles
John Michael Talbot's Lyrics
Night is our diocese
Silence our ministry
Poverty our love
Helplessness our cry
Beyond the scope of sight or sound
We dwell upon the air
Intercede for this world’s gain
Yet unthinkable to share
Those who vow lie buried
In the cloistered hermitage
The speechless and gray granite
House the quiet barefoot child
Planted deep within the soil
Of contemplation’s light
Sealed within the darkness ever dying ever born
We are exiles in the far end of solitude
We are the exiles living as listeners
With hearts attending to the skies we cannot comprehend
Yet waiting for the first far drums of Christ the coming King
Planted like sentinels upon the world's frontier in exile we sing
Night is our diocese
Silence our ministry
Poverty our love
And helplessness our cry
"We Are The Exiles" From the: "Mediatations from Solitude" Album Not to be confused with: "Meditations in the Spirit" Album These song lyrics are adapted from a small portion of Thomas Merton's Poem: "The Quickening of St. John the Baptist--On the Contemplative Vocation" 1949
2 comments:
My favourite musician and album!
Brother John Michael has been a huge blessing to me over the past 20 years :-)
I love his adaptations of spiritual writings set to his contemplative melodies.
Beautiful to my soul!
..Trish
Oh me too. He is my favorite musician of ALL time. I only listen to his work in my sewing room.
I go through many favorites of his. I think I have around 20 of his albums. I just love his way of taking the Scriptures and setting them to lovely, melodic, simple, beautiful songs.
I like his covers too. Meaning the already well-known songs that he improves.
I like his books too.
I only have a couple of things of his I don't like and that's his jazz and rock---but that's just me. Not his fault, just my leanings.
I like his quiet stuff the best.
Back in '82 I was a new, baby Christian and he was there with his faith-building songs. Very, very helpful to my walk.
He has been one of the most influencial people in my Christian life.
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