I took my stand halfway
between awe and love;
a yearning for Paradise
invited me to explore it,
but awe at its majesty
restrained me from my search.
With wisdom, however,
I reconciled the two;
I revered what lay hidden
and meditated on what was revealed.
The aim of my search was to gain profit,
the aim of my silence was to find help.
St Ephrem the Syrian

Kathleen Pluth, hymn writer and translator, S.T.D. (cand.) student at the Angelicum in Rome | archive

Fr. Christopher Smith, S.T.D., pastor of Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Taylors, SC | archive

Mary Ann Carr Wilson, music director at St. Anne Church in San Diego, home of the summer Chant Camp.

Adam Wood, church musician and writer at Music for Sunday.

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