This prayer from St. Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises was commissioned by the Church Music Association of America (CMAA) for their 2020 Colloquium in Tampa, FL. That Colloquium did not take place do to the Covid 19 restrictions enforced throughout the country.
Premiered: September 28, 2024, Echoes of the Ancient by The Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine | Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Church, Washington, D.C.
Rehearsal Recording March 5, 2022 St. Francis of Assisi Oratory | Lincoln, NE USA
Mary Dowd (soprano)
Jessica Brauer Echtenkamp (alto)
Patrick McNally (bass)
n.e. lemme (tenor)
Receive, O Lord | 2020 | SATB a cappella | 5' 30''
Receive, O Lord, all my liberty.
Take my memory, my understanding, and my entire will.
Whatever I have or hold, Thou hast given me;
I give it all back to Thee
and surrender it wholly to be governed by Thy will.
Give me only Thy love and Thy grace,
and I am rich enough and ask for nothing more.
~from Spiritual Exercises #234