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Nazareth

from No Lasting City by Fr. Joseph Gill

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This is the newest song on the album, written in 2013 at St. Mary’s in Bethel. The refrain came first and just stuck in my head, so I wrote a poem around it about the Holy Family – and about every family and their awesome calling to transform society by becoming mini-societies of love.

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track 08 – Nazareth (Matthew 2:23)

deep within a simple peasant’s home
a father has his wife and son to call his own
life obscures the grandeur of the truth
that saintly souls do dwell, secure beneath their roof

Nazareth, Nazareth, they will come
you can find the road to life in Nazareth (2x)

holiness between the lathe and plane
salvation being proved in daily joys and pain
nothing are the threesome to the great
yet in their simple house, tranquility their fate

and the man takes his child in his arms,
casts a love-look at his wife
through the dirt-stained streaks of sweat
thanks his God for such a life
every aching day of work
every chair crafted with tears
every mundane trial or joy
a source of grace throughout the years

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from No Lasting City, track released April 20, 2014

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Fr. Joseph Gill Stamford, Connecticut

Born in 1984, Joseph Gill grew up in a musical family. His father taught him piano from a young age, and his mother often sang in the church choir. He began writing songs very young, honing his skill further when he received his first guitar. After his conversion, he dedicated his life and his songwriting to the Lord. Fr. Joseph Gill was ordained a Catholic priest in May, 2013. ... more

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