From Mary's Sweet Silence

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This is a setting of an Advent poem by Sr. M. Charlita, I. H. M. for SATB and solo cello. This piece was written for the 2025 Benedictine College Service of Lessons and Carols.

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Text: From Mary's sweet silence,
Come, Word mutely spoken!

Pledge of our real life,
Come, Bread yet unbroken!

Seed of the Golden Wheat,
In us be sown.

Fullness of true Light,
Through us be known.

Secret held tenderly,
Guarded with Love,

Cradled in purity,
Child of the Dove,

COME!

This is a setting of an Advent poem by Sr. M. Charlita, I. H. M. for SATB and solo cello. This piece was written for the 2025 Benedictine College Service of Lessons and Carols.

Click here for a perusal score

Click here for a recording

Text: From Mary's sweet silence,
Come, Word mutely spoken!

Pledge of our real life,
Come, Bread yet unbroken!

Seed of the Golden Wheat,
In us be sown.

Fullness of true Light,
Through us be known.

Secret held tenderly,
Guarded with Love,

Cradled in purity,
Child of the Dove,

COME!