O Beauty Ever Ancient

Words: St. Augustine from the Confessions, adapted by Robert Loretz
Music: Norwegian medieval traditional, arranged by Robert Loretz
This hymn uses a hauntingly beautiful Norwegian folk melody to set words adapted from the Confessions of St. Augustine, from the famous passage "Late have I loved You..." The saint marvels at the presence of God, who was with him even while his heart was far from God. He tells how God relentlessly sought and found him, and continues to draw him into full union through the Eucharist, the 'food of true maturity' that makes us into Christ's Body.

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