22 Prayer & Praise
01 Festive Singing 02 Childhood Singing 03 Gracious Singing 04 Revived Singing 05 Faithful Singing
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Prayers and praises reach out to heaven
In sweet melody and joyful singing
This is a great day, a blessed event
A festive moment for fine gathering
Whatever godhead or supreme being
Whose name is proclaimed with good intention
It matters not much to those still caring
To worship the truth and its great vision
For what is contained in good devotion
If not kindly love to all humankind
As well as justice, in its true notion Prayer & Praise
By which all races shall be well alligned Soneta 063
When virtues are held for progress and peace Spenseria
The whole world shall sing in its pleasant feast AD 2003
Sing then a love song, my child, sing the hymn
That celebrates life and all its beauty
And pray sincerely for world unity
For it is worthy to keep as a dream
When you grow older do not fail to see
How could the world last without your prayers
Or the song of joy that goes forever
In your gentle heart where you feel so free
Many things in life may turn out better
Some would even seem truly wonderful
Prayer & Praise When your melody continues to rule
Soneta 064 The steps you will take to reach out further
Petrarca Never loose this song of your own childhood
AD42003 For nothing you hear may sound just as good
What a lovely song, and gracious singing
Coming from a place beyond the valley
Its tune fills the air, ever so richly
As if to herald this blessed morning
Although faintly heard, its sound is reaching
Every single heart that has been lonely
To place deep inside the sweetest honey
A source of gladness and happy feeling
This song from afar, a song from heaven
Blends now with the wind to roam everywhere
That all sleepy souls living here on earth Prayer & Praise
May hear the music as they awaken Soneta 065
To behold the One by whom all is cared Petrarca
The power by which this life came to birth AD 2003
Whenever darkness descends all over
To put out the light of heavenly love
A sense of despair will remove from life
The joy of living and its great laughter
The soul may look back to its early years
To mournfully long for past memories
Sadly relishing the lost ecstasies
Of those youthful days when joy was so near
But hear the sweet voice of the soul calling
For great achievements in its vocation
Prayer & Praise Nothing from the past should stall its action
Soneta 066 By seeding inside a sense of dying
Petrarca To songs of gladness must the soul now turn
AD 2003 Thereby invoking great joy to return
From their wandering all men shall return
To sing out a song of great thanksgiving
And gently follow a blessed pattern
That inspires the world with glad rejoicing
A gracious pattern that reflects the heart
And its triune faith, hope and charity
A path that gathers and keeps not apart
All seekers of truth and its unity
Being thus faithful they will not loose hope
In a divine love and its revival
With good charity they manage to cope Prayer & Praise
All the challenges to their survival Soneta 067
With their own prayers and praises of love Anglicia
They will magnify all the gifts of life AD 2003
[Soneta Namaskara] – [Namaskara Sonnets]