a Mother Holds Her Baby Close "Passing Through" Lyrics

Dedication

We join the family of singer Jane H. Saline (1925 – 2002) in honoring the loving retention of their mother and wife. Jane's generosity, grace, and dearest of harmony live on. We are grateful for her family's support, which made this CD possible.

Singing at bedsides is a calling that invites us to exist sacred instruments and empowers our voices to exist kind, courageous and creative. Spirit moves in us and sometimes is galvanized into songs.

We are grateful to Friends of Threshold Choir - Allaudin, Nina, Jack, Marilyn, Becky, Patricia, Dan, and Terry - for their generosity with their songs and their poetry. And we are particularly proud of our choir members' songs.

Some songs are the result of a long nighttime's vigil at a bedside; some are in retentiveness of a loving friend or an inmate waiting on death row; one song arrived in the shower on Thanksgiving forenoon. All are precious to us. Nosotros dearest singing our sisters' songs.

We accolade all the hospice workers, nurses, and caregivers who give so deeply of their precious fourth dimension and their apparently never-ending supply of kindness to comfort the ailing and tend lovingly to the dying. You are our heroes.

We also admit the many women across the state who, from miles away, have felt this calling, have felt the shiver down their backs when they hear about our work. Many of these women take started Threshold Choir chapters in their communities and we are grateful to have such collegial sharing and artful cantankerous-pollination with them.

I want to thank each choir fellow member for your unique souvenir to this ongoing project. Each one of y'all has enriched my road immeasurably.

In gratitude, Kate Munger

Lyrics

ane. If Yous Knew
Lyrics: A Course in Miracles. Music: Kate Munger © September 2004

If you knew who walks abreast you
On the way that you lot have chosen,
Fright would be impossible.

2. My Grateful Center
Laura Fannon © November 2004.
Translation: Vicky Jimenez- Russo and Olivia Leon

My grateful middle, and then filled with years of living.
Memories flow by me similar petals on a stream.
My grateful heart forgives so many sorrows,
Brings peace that lasts forever,
Illuminates the dream.

Mi corazón tan lleno de recuerdos.
Si deslizan suaves, pétalos en el mar.
Mi corazón perdona los dolores,
Ofrece paz eterna,
Iluminación.

3. Concord Me
M.P. Scott © 2003

Oh, agree me in your dear, oh, hold me in your light.
Oh, hold me in your love, O Holy One.
Oh hold me, honey, oh, hold me light.
Oh concur me honey, O Holy One.
Oh, hold me in love, oh, agree me in light.
Oh, hold me in dearest, Holy One.

4. Come with Me
Rebecca Cone © 2005

Come with me, take my hand,
Let u.s. wander through this night together.
You'll be wrapped in the clouds,
And the stars volition rock you in your cradle.

5. You Are Loved
Thou.P. Scott © 2004

Y'all are loved, deeply loved.
You lot are a well-cherished garden.
Yous are loved, deeply loved.
You lot are a treasured kid.
All your life, all your days, from the very first moment of being.
Yous've been loved, profoundly loved. Yous are loved.

Beverage it in, drink it in.
Dear is the life-giving h2o.
Take it in, take information technology in.
Know information technology in every cell.
Soak it into your toes, then the rose that yous are fully blossoms.
You've been loved, greatly loved. You are loved.

Drink it in, drink it in.
This is what nourishes spirit.
Take it in, take information technology in.
This is what opens the heart.
Soak information technology in to our toes and so the roses nosotros are fully blossom.
Nosotros've been loved, greatly loved. We are honey.

six. From My Center to Yours
Maria Culberson © March 2004

From my heart to yours, a vocal without end.
May information technology offer you comfort and healing, my friend.
Though I cannot get with you, your journey goes on.
I can laugh with you, cry with you,
Sing till you've won your freedom from suff'band, release from all fearfulness.
May you lot find all the love that you needed was hither.

vii. Holy Love
Patricia McKernon © 1983

Open up my heart, allow holy love catamenia through me.
Center my soul upon the path of peace;
Make of my life a tune of dearest,
Singing Alleluia, Oh Great One, Alleluia.

8. Canonic Grace
Lyrics: Hazrat Inayat Khan. Music: Allaudin Matthieu © 1988

O 1000, the sustainer of our bodies, hearts, and souls.
Anoint all that we receive in thankfulness,
In thankfulness. Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.

9. Bit by Bit: Song for Edith
Nancy Schimmel © 2004

Bit by tiny chip, the coral makes the reef.
Bit by tiny chip with merely our lives to give.
We build our soil and cities, our stories, our beliefs.
And go out backside a structure
On which our young ones build a place where they may live.

10. Rain Fall Down
Bayla Greenspoon © 1995

Rain autumn down on me, heal my torso.
Rain fall down on me, heal my soul.
Rain fall down on all of creation.
Pelting fall down on me, make me whole.
Rain fall downwardly and feed all the creatures.
Rain fall down feed Mother Globe.
Rain fall down on all the children,
Telling them of life and rebirth.

11. + 12. Passing Time
© foonjoonjoy, T. Garthwaite © 2000

Sopranos:

From this day on, I volition know peace
And bear the fruits of everlasting love.
And as my cares and sorrows end,
I'll fly the heavens like the passing pigeon.

From this twenty-four hour period on I will know remainder,
Equally sweet affection holds my memory.
For I take seen that I am blessed
By all the loving kindness given me.

My soul knows the manner to take me home today.
I know I'k only passing through.
From this day on, I will be free
from all the worldly worries I once knew.
And equally I go, remember me.
With all my heart I requite my dear to you.

Altos:

My time has come.
I'm on my way.
Love is all effectually me on this twenty-four hours.

I'm moving on.
I am released.
Cover me with everlasting peace.
I'm crossing over the open sea.

Come across how fast our precious hours flee.
I'chiliad flying habitation to my true nest.
Freedom lies in heaven'due south wilderness.

I know the manner to take me habitation today.
I know I'm but passing through.
I hear my song, information technology calls to me. I am with you lot.
And as I go, recollect me.
With all my eye I give my honey to you.

thirteen. Celebrate
Sherrin Loyd © 2003

Gloat your heart and your spirit.
Celebrate your life while you live it
Even when it's hard to exercise.
Celebrate the best of yous.

Gloat your dreams and your visions.
Celebrate the dearest you've been given
Even when information technology's hard to do.
Gloat the best of you.

Be True
Terry Garthwaite © 2003

Your centre will never break if
Your life is what y'all make it.
Take it in your hands.
Allow your spirit trip the light fantastic toe.
Your dreams are coming true when
Yous're loving what you're doing.
To yourself exist true.
Your centre is calling you.

14. Beloved Vocal to a Child
Madolin Wells © 2005

When you were born, nosotros danced together.
Your mother'southward artillery embraced the heavens.
She held you high to touch forever
In that starry dreamtime ride we weave together.

Information technology's always love that calls the soul here
To meet once again the ones we longed for.
To see your face, the one I dreamed of,
And to yous I will render, another passing.

And then concur me close to stone together,
The lullabies we sang and treasured,
To slumber again and experience the presence of
A radiant spirit flying nigh on ever.

fifteen. Tenderly Pelting
Helen Greenspan © July 2000

Tenderly rain petals of kindness
Over the aching state of my soul.
Breast-stroke me in streams of deep understanding.
Merciful waters acquit me domicile.

xvi. Fly Away
Elizabeth Weiss © Apr 2005

It hurts to know I'm losing you lot.
Don't want to make you lot stay.
So I volition concord you while you lot fly away.

17. In Breath, Out Breath
Nina Wise (Thich Nhat Hanh)

In breath, out breath, deep jiff, dull breath;
Calm jiff, ease jiff, smile breath, release (breath).
Nowadays moment, wonderful moment.

eighteen. Nosotros Walk Non Into the Night
Lyrics: Dan Olivieri. Music: Tammy Heinsohn © March 2005

Nosotros walk not into the nighttime.
We walk just toward the stars.

19. Resting in Harmony: The Chair Song
Rebecca Cone © March 2005

Breathing, floating resting in harmony.
Animate, floating, resting in dear.

twenty. Eternal Light
Jill Bigwood

May eternal low-cal surround yous.
Everlasting arms exist around you.
Know that dear has bound y'all to our hearts.
Know that dear has bound y'all to our hearts.

21. Healing Light
Kate Munger © April 2005

Healing lite surround yous.
Healing warmth within.
Softness, fragrance, comfort.
Healing at present brainstorm.

22. How Well
Lyrics: Jack Kornfield.
Music: Kate Munger © Apr 2005

In the end what matters most is:
How well do I live?
How well practise I love?
How well do I learn to let go?

23. May You Be Peaceful
Laura Fannon © Apr 2005
Translations by Shirley Chen (Cantonese), Stella Perez (Spanish), Quyen Le (Mandarin), Vinh Nguyen (Vietnamese)

May you exist peaceful.
May you be happy.
May you be free.
May y'all exist gratuitous.

Cantonese:

Sheuurung lei ohn sahm.
Sheuurng lei hoee sahm.
Sheuurng lei baht tong fu.
Sheuurng lei baht tong fu.

Spanish:

Que esté(s) en paz.
Que esté(s) feliz.
Que esté(s) libre.
Que esté(s) libre.

Mandarin:

Xiang ni bu to'ng xin.
Xiang ni bu to'ng xin.
Xiang ni bu to'ng ku.
Xiang ni bu to'ng ku.

Vietnamese:

Chu'c ba.northward du'o'c yen vui.
Chu'c ba.n du'o'c hahn phu'c.
Chu'c ba.due north du'o'c vu'.o't.
Qua mo.i su. kho-kha'north.

24. Continue Scout
Becky Reardon © March 2005

We cannot follow you where you lot are going.
What you are feeling, we cannot know.
But we will keep lookout, lookout through the night,
Sentinel till your journey brings you home.

25. If No Other Misses You lot
Lyrics: Stephan Wayne Anderson.
Music: Helen Greenspan © January 2000

If no other misses you lot, I will.
I volition sense the emptiness
Where once y'all breathed.

26. Think Me
Katherine Osburn © July 2004

Recall me. Remember me.
I am the stars in the heaven,
The eagles that fly,
I'm always nearby.

Remember me. Recollect me.
I am the waves on the sea,
The ancient oak tree,
Attain out and touch me.

I'm in every breath you breathe every bit the wind blows.
I'm in the sunlight dancing on your hair.

Remember me. Remember me.
I am the nighttime of the night,
The moon'due south silver light,
I'1000 belongings you tight.

Remember me. Remember me.

27. Golden Thread
Charlotte Jones © April 2005.
Lyrics inspired by Valerie Walker.

My feet to the road, the road to my feet.
I feel all the love from the people I meet
Who lead me on the path of the Golden Thread.

When we are built-in, our bright ray descends.
We take up the path and the journey begins
Our searching for the path of the Golden Thread.

Accept me home, guide my centre.
From my loved ones I'm never autonomously.
For nosotros're all on the path of the Gold Thread.

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