Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.
Showing posts with label God Whose Almighty Word. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God Whose Almighty Word. Show all posts

Friday, June 1, 2018

"God, Whose Almighty Word"

I'm still (slowly) working through my back-log of hymn features to write about.  I don't remember the context for this one, but what I noticed about "God, Whose Almighty Word" (Lutheran Worship #317) is fitting for this week, since Sunday was Trinity Sunday.

The tune for the hymn is "Italian Hymn," and this is the second phrase:


In the fourth verse, the text here is "Glorious Trinity," and "Trinity" is sung with a melisma.  The first syllable is sung to three notes, which - to some degree - represents the Trinity.  There are three notes for one syllable, in a similar manner to how the Trinity is "three distinct persons in one divine being" (to quote Luther's Small Catechism).

I'm a bit out of my depth with the theology, though, hence the "to some degree" and "similar."  I don't think this is a perfect representation, but it's something of an illustration.