Eternal Light, Shine in Our Hearts
by Tim Knight
4-Part - Sheet Music

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SKU: C5.5028

Composed by Tim Knight. Text: Alcuin of York. Written as a memorial for 9/11. General. Octavo. Published by CanticaNOVA Publications (C5.5028).

Tim Knight, a composer and choral director in Leeds, England, wrote this anthem in September 2001, just days after the tragic attack on New York City and Washington DC. [See also: The Solemn Organ (including "Prelude for the Fallen" Sept.11, 2001), p. 30]. The text is a beautiful prayer for deliverance: "Eternal light, shine in hearts, Eternal goodness, deliver us, deliver us from evil. Eternal power be our support, Eternal wisdom, scatter the darkness of our ignorance. Eternal pity, have mercy on us, that with our heart and mind and soul and strength we may seek thy face and be brought by thy infinite mercy to thy holy presence. Amen." Of it, Mr. Knight writes: "The text comes from Alcuin of York and is apt since I also come from York. It was a prayer regularly used at morning services when I was a choirboy at the minster - and I can't find anyone having set it." This piece is useful as a general anthem, especially for those occasions, like some Sundays in Lent, in which deliverance from evil is a theme.