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Iona

from Lorica by Chris Koch

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I wrote this song while on three day retreat on the Isle of Iona during an especially low point in my life and faith. I decided upon arrival there that I wasn't going to talk with God at all....I was just going to read books, hike around, and let God speak to me, if God had anything to say. So I spend my days wandering around the island, reading the prayers of St. Columba, and other celtic prayers, while trying my best not to pray. My last night there a friend and I hiked up to Dun I, the highest point of the island, and while looking out at the ocean I just started crying, tears of joy.....God was with me, God's grace encircling me. I didn't need to SAY anything at all.... the creator of the crashing waves was encircling, healing, cleansing, and renewing my faith, as a driving wind, a gentle breeze, a holy fire, a shepard leading me home.

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Driving wind, strip away all that keeps me from you.
Cleansing wind, wash me clean, wash me.
Howling wind, scatter all that I hide behind.

Holy fire, be a bright flame before me.
Be a shepard behind me, a smooth path beneath me, today and evermore.
Bright star, from above you lead me to life.

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Creator of a million stars, master of the universe
Your love’s encircling.
Creator of the endless waves, artist of this holy isle
Your love’s encircling.

Holy fire, be a bright flame before me,
Be a shepard behind me, a smooth path beneath me, today and evermore.
Bright star, from above you lead me to life.

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from Lorica, released June 10, 2008

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