This has long been one of my favorite hymns–Be Thou My Vision, an ancient Irish hymn. Sung here by the Lebanon County Youth Chorus.
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‘Be Thou My Vision’
This hymn is one of the oldest hymns we have, going all the way back to the 7th century in Ireland: Be Thou My Vision, sung here by the Lebanon County Youth Chorus.
We’re open for hymn requests, if we can get any.
‘Be Thou My Vision’
This Irish hymn was first sung over a thousand years ago–and it still moves us, doesn’t it? Be Thou My Vision, here performed by a couple of students at Fountainview Academy.
I can’t seem to keep a dry eye.
‘Be Thou My Vision’
I’m sick of us, Patty and me, being sick: in danger of losing heart. Still, I thought it might be nice to post one more hymn before I conk out for the evening. But which one?
Be Thou My Vision, an ancient Irish hymn, 1,500 years old or so, still has power to move us to tears. Sung here by 4Him.
I think of it as a kind of prayer.
‘Be Thou My Vision’
This 13-hundred=year-old Irish hymn is still found in many hymnals today–and still has power to stir our souls: Be Thou My Vision, sung here by Audrey Assad.
I started tearing up…
‘Be Thou My Vision’
This 8th century hymn is still popular today. Older than the Crusades by some 200 years or more, performed here by the Lebanon County Youth Chrous–Be Thou My Vision.
‘Be Thou My Vision’
Yes, yeah, I’m late. One has to buy groceries sometime, and we were two days late for that. Just got back from the store.
The ancient Irish hymn, Be Thou My Vision–worth waiting for, don’t you think? Sung by the Lebanon County Youth Chorus.
By Request, ‘Be Thou My Vision’
This hymn goes back to the 8th Century. “The Irish Hymn,” our hymnal called it.
Requested by Erlene: Be Thou My Vision, sung by the Lebanon County Youth Choir. Background sets by God the Father.
‘Be Thou My Vision’
This hymn has been around since circa 700 A.D.–and here, across the street, they’ve been playing it on the bells of St. Francis’ Church.
Here we have it by The Petersens… with a little bit of a country spin.
‘The Story Behind the Hymn: “Be Thou My Vision”‘
The Irish hymn, Be Thou My Vision, dates back at least to circa 700 A.D. and is one of the Church’s oldest hymns–and still after all these years (our modern version was published in 1912) is one of the most popular hymns we know, world-wide.
I did not know that the origin of this hymn rests with St. Patrick in the 4th century. Patrick defied the powerful, pagan Druid religious establishment in Ireland, and one of his most dramatic sermons was immortalized in a poem that was recast as a hymn some hundreds of years after Patrick preached it. Through this hymn, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, St. Patrick still speaks to us today.
We should listen.