Holy Darkness

Dan Schutte

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Beth from Southampton, NJ on January 28, 2007
This has been a favorite of mine for several years. I last performed this song when I was able to lead my choir in singing at the United Nations choral festival, held at UNESCO in Paris, France, in January 2002.

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Rebekah from Helena, AL on January 15, 2007
Perhaps the most beautiful song I've ever heard.

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Kathy from Boardman, OH on March 28, 2006
I've loved this song since the first time I heard it, and sing it daily.

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Scott from Dallas on February 23, 2006
This song got me through some of my roughest times. I have the lyrics written in my Bible.

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Refrain
Holy darkness, blessed night,
heaven's answer hidden from our sight.
As we await you, O God of silence,
we embrace your holy night.
1. I have tried you in fires of affliction;
I have taught your soul to grieve.
In the barren soil of your loneliness,
there I will plant my seed.
2. I have taught you the price of compassion;
you have stood before the grave.
Though my love can seem
like a raging storm,
this is the love that saves.
3. Were you there
when I raised up the mountains?
Can you guide the morning star?
Does the hawk take flight
when you give command?
Why do you doubt my pow'r?
4. In your deepest hour of darkness
I will give you wealth untold.
When the silence stills your spirit,
will my riches fill your soul.
5. As the watchman waits for morning,
and the bride awaits her groom,
so we wait to hear your footsteps
as we rest beneath your moon.

Text: Inspired by St. John of the Cross, 1542-1591. Text and music © 1988, 1989, Daniel L. Schutte. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.