Tenor and Bass voices of VocalEssence Chorus, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and St. Olaf Choir, Eli Baumgartner, tenor solo

sung in French
II. Almighty, most holy, most high and sovereign God;
sovereign, universal and all good; You alone are good;
We offer You all praise, all glory, all gratitude, all honor, all
blessing;
may we always bring to You everything that is good.
Amen.
III. Lord, I beg You, that the burning and gentle force of Your love
pervade my soul
and remove from it all that is beneath Heaven,
That I might die through love of Your love
since You did deign to die through love of my love.
IV. O my very dear brothers and children blessed for all eternity,
Listen to me, to the voice of your Father.
We have promised great things, we have been promised even
greater than them:
let us keep the former and long for the latter.
Pleasure is brief, punishment is eternal. Suffering is light,
glory is infinite.
Many are called, few are chosen. All will receive what they
have merited.
So be it. So be it.
—Saint Francis of Assisi