Good Friday

 "Choral-improvisation sur le 'Victimae Paschali'" by Charles Tournemire, transcribed by Maurice Duruflé.



I was introduced to this piece long ago by Craig Phillips, then a graduate student at Eastman School of Music, and it has become my personal anthem of Good Friday.  I looked on YouTube to see if I could find a video of him playing it, but unfortunately had no luck.  Fortunately, however, I did find this beautiful choral anthem composed by Craig, so I share that with you as well as another expression of Good Friday truths.

 

"We Walk by Faith, and Not by Sight"     ~ words by Henry Alford; music by Craig Phillips

We walk by faith, and not by sight;
No gracious words we hear
From him who spoke as man ne’er spoke;
But we believe him near.

We may not touch his hands and side,
Nor follow where he trod;
But in his promise we rejoice,
And cry, “My Lord and God!”

Help then, O Lord, our unbelief;
And may our faith abound,
To call on you when you are near,
And seek where you are found.

That, when our life of faith is done,
In realms of clearer light
We may behold you as you are,
With full and endless sight.