A Call to Blessing

With refrain variants for Ordinary Time, Advent, Lent, and Easter, this versatile gathering song in a lilting 6/8 meter can be used at almost any time during the liturgical year. Set in an overlapping call-and-response style for cantor and assembly, the unison melody is diatonic and accessible to the assembly, while added-note harmonies and occasional surprising chromaticism enlivens the accompaniment. The song can be enriched by a separately downloadable score and parts for flute, horn, percussion, and string quartet.