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Here I Am, Lord
Words & Music by: Fr. Daniel L. Schutte, S.J.
(Composer-in-Residence: University of San
Francisco)
Singers: Andrew Parnell, Barry Rose & The
Boys & Men of the Choir of the Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban
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lyrics
I, the Lord of sea and sky,
All who dwell in dark and sin,
My hand will save.
I who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear My light to them?
Whom shall I send?
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Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go Lord, if You lead me.
I will hold Your people in my heart.
I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have born my peoples pain.
I have wept for love of them,
I will break their hearts of stone,
Give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak My word to them,
Whom shall I send?
Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go Lord, if You lead me.
I will hold Your people in my heart.
I will tend the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them,
My hand will save.
Finest bread I will provide,
Till their hearts be satisfied.
I will give My life to them,
Whom shall I send?
Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go Lord, if You lead me.
I will hold Your people in my heart.
About Dan
It was during his early college years in the
Jesuit seminary that Dan began to experience the connection between music and
communal worship. He learned firsthand how music can move a soul and bring one
into the presence of God. Beauty can touch the human heart in a powerful way
and open a person’s heart to experience the divine.
Along with a fellow seminarian, he began to
write music for the worship of his Jesuit community. Historically it was a time
when the liturgy of the Church was being renewed and adapted to the experience
of people today as they seek for God. Many were asking for more contemporary
musical expressions of their faith.
In 1970 Dan began attending St. Louis
University in the next stage of his Jesuit training. It was there that he first
met and worked with John Foley, Bob Dufford, Roc O’Connor and Tim Manion. They
played and sang for university liturgies and were drawn to write music that
connected with people’s lives of faith. They turned to the Scripture for much
of the inspiration. It was here that they came to know and treasure the images
of God’s relationship with human beings.
Before they left St. Louis in 1973, Dan and
his Jesuit companions talked about compiling a book of the songs they had
written. Word had spread that these young seminarians were writing music that
was having a significant impact on people’s prayer. Dan worked for over a year
hand scribing the large collection of fifty-seven songs. It was nearly a year
later that their music was noticed by a publisher in Cincinnati and their book
of songs distributed now as Neither Silver Nor Gold. The music of these men
spread quickly and was enthusiastically welcomed by many who longed for
scripturally based music for communal worship written in a more contemporary,
yet sacred, style. The music came to be identified with their origin in St.
Louis and their companionship as the St. Louis Jesuits.
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