General (Vol. 1)

Unity

  1. The royal theme of saving grace resounds throughout the earth:
    The incarnation of Our Lord in Mary's virgin birth,
    The Word proclaimed, the Eucharist, at Calvary all lost;
    The Resurrection and Ascent, the Spirit's Pentecost.

  2. Through human frailty and love, through accident and zeal,
    The variations we compose ostensibly reveal
    The inner meaning of Our Lord, His life and Sacrifice,
    But simple melodies are spoiled by fracture and device.

  3. In exercising human will as we are bound to do,
    Let us divide what suits our needs from what we know is true;
    And let us play our major theme on trumpets loud and clear
    Not in competing, tiny strains that nobody can hear.