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Dear Father Philip (hymn tune Ladywood CM)
Staff Notation • Sacred, Hymns
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Dear Father Philip (hymn tune Ladywood CM) by Oliver Hayes — Lyrics
1. Dear Father Philip, turn your gaze
to us who dwell on earth.
Plead to Our Lord, who shared our state,
that we may prove our worth.
2. God preordained that we should live
in this time, here and now.
Grant that our hearts be open to
the word he sends to sow.
3. Let them not be stony and cold,
and full of empty pride,
but burning with the fire of love
where faith and hope abide.
4. May we not seek the praise of men,
desiring to be shown
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About Dear Father Philip (hymn tune Ladywood CM)
This hymn tune, Ladywood, is set to an English text in SATB voicing. The words express a humble plea for divine guidance and strength in the present time. The singer asks for open hearts, free from pride and stony coldness, instead filled with the fire of love, faith, and hope. There is a call to shun the praise of men and worldly desires, focusing instead on being ready to meet God. The hymn concludes with an entrustment of the past to God’s mercy, praying for readiness to face the future.
