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Wood So Dear

from No Lasting City by Fr. Joseph Gill

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This song is about more than the Cross. It is also about how tragedies in our life can end up becoming salvific, much like the greatest tragedy that ever happened to the tree (it was cut down) became a means of salvation (being made into the wood that saved us). This was written in 2009 at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.

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track 03 – on wood so dear (1 Corinthians 1:18)

a tree so dear stands swaying in the breeze
fullness of life in bloom with brilliant leaves
a sign of hope, a sign of glorious youth
it stands eternal witness to the truth

then the woodsman came, bearing axe and saw
forty well-placed strokes, watched the giant fall

oh wood so dear, so roughly cut and hewn
to make a beam, the fate of all but few
a shadow now, a former tow’r of strength
fit only for the carpenter’s bench

then the Son of Man came, without form or grace,
branch of Jesse’s stem, God in human face

upon the back of Him who would be slain
was laid the wood, a throne from which to reign
the wood received the nails that set us free
the King of Kings, Who died upon that tree

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from No Lasting City, 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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