Prayers of Intercession (Cornucopia of Heaven)

Prayers of Intercession

After Felix Mendelssohn, “Veni Domine, Op.39”

 

Veni Domine, et noli tardare.

Come, Lord, and do not delay.

(Traditional prayer)

 

With empty horn

      and plaintive voice:

                Veni domine, 

                    we cry.

Sunk in mire,

      sunk in self:

              Et noli tardare.

Our earth is cracked, our reservoirs dry:

            Veni domine, we cry.

With rising anguish, rising hearts:

            Et noli tardare.

Awaiting future harvest, while

the crops are languid in these days

                        O Veni domine,

                        we cry.

The horn of plenty has no sound

            but groans of prayer,

               from Spirit fuelled:

                        O Veni Domine, et Veni

                               Domine, et Veni                                                                                                Domine…

With dread and hope, in mounting cry:

            Veni domine, O Veni

                        Domine –

                               Expectant,

            at the clouds we sit:

                   O Lord –

            Come; do not delay.