Blessing, a prayer for SATB chorus, combines two texts: one by the nineteenth-century Swiss philosopher Henri Frederic Amiel, and the Doxology. 

 

This work is dedicated to the Rev. Elizabeth Kaeton and was premiered by Flower Mound High School Jaguar Chorale (Mark Rohwer, director).

 

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text

 

"Life is short, and we do not have much time 
to gladden the hearts of those

who make this earthly pilgrimage with us. 
So be swift to love, and make haste to do kindness.

 

And the blessing of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit 
be upon you this day, and always. Amen."

 

—Henri Frederic Amiel and the Doxology,

as adapted by the Rev. Elizabeth Kaeton