A Light in Darkness

M.D. Ridge's uplifting song, alternating between 6/8 and 3/4 meters, has the lilt of a Renaissance dance tune - formal, yet sprightly - and is full of the composer's characteristic rich and evocative lyrics. It is appropriate during Lent, for communal celebrations of reconciliation, funerals, the Amounting of the Sick, and in times of individual or community hardship, as quiet encouragement and a call to enduring faith.