for SATB voices, accompanied with opt. cello or C-instrument
Words by J. Paul Williams
Music by Patti Drennan
From two indisputable talents - J. Paul Williams and Patti Drennan - comes this moving anthem, an exceptional addition to the Lenten repertoire. The mournful sounds of the optional cello and familiar hymn "O Sacred Head Now Wounded" weave around Drennan's moving melody and Williams' inspired text. Here the Savior of the world, the One who "chose the cross, chose the pain . . . chose to take away our sin and shame" was laid "in a borrowed tomb" where He "was but a guest." Truly an inspired work!