I can't help but to notice the increasing use of dancing references in modern hymn writing. Why is this? Will liturgical dancing soon be in vogue again? The following is but one such example. I get the analogy, but would this hymn really work during Mass? When would one use it?
Corrected. I was typing quickly. However the dashes do appear in Gather from which I copied.
The Play of the Godhead
Text: Mary Louise Bringle b. 1953
Tune: BEDFORD PARK, 11 11 11 11 11
© 2002, 2003, GIA Publications, Inc.
The play of the Godhead, the Trinity’s dance,
Embraces the earth in a sacred romance,
With God the Creator, and Christ the true Son,
Entwined with the Spirit, a web daily spun
In spangles of myst’ry, the great Three-in-One.
The warm mist of summer, cool waters that flow,
Turn crystal as ice when the wintry winds blow.
The taproot that nurtures, the shoot growing free,
The life-giving fruit, full and ripe on the tree:
More mystic and wondrous, the great One-in-Three.
In God’s gracious image of co-equal parts,
We gather as dancers, uniting our hearts.
Men, women, and children, and all living things,
We join in the round of bright nature that rings
With rapture and rhythm: Creation now sings!
Corrected. I was typing quickly. However the dashes do appear in Gather from which I copied.