oh sisters lets go down.

As I went down in the river to pray 
Studying about that good old way 
And who shall wear the starry crown 
Good Lord, show me the way ! 

O sisters let's go down, 
Let's go down, come on down, 
O sisters let's go down, 
Down in the river to pray. 

As I went down in the river to pray 
Studying about that good old way 
And who shall wear the robe and crown 
Good Lord, show me the way ! 

O brothers let's go down, 
Let's go down, come on down, 
Come on brothers let's go down, 
Down in the river to pray. 

As I went down in the river to pray 
Studying about that good old way 
And who shall wear the starry crown 
Good Lord, show me the way ! 

O fathers let's go down, 
Let's go down, come on down, 
O fathers let's go down, 
Down in the river to pray. 

As I went down in the river to pray 
Studying about that good old way 
And who shall wear the robe and crown 
Good Lord, show me the way ! 

O mothers let's go down, 
Let's go down, don't you want to go down, 
Come on mothers let's go down, 
Down in the river to pray. 

As I went down in the river to pray 
Studying about that good old way 
And who shall wear the starry crown 
Good Lord, show me the way ! 

O sinners let's go down, 
Let's go down, come on down, 
O sinners let's go down, 
Down in the river to pray. 

As I went down in the river to pray 
Studying about that good old way 
And who shall wear the robe and crown 
Good Lord, show me the way !

we sang this song last week at liturgical chapel.

i'd never been before.. and i really enjoyed it.... when i go to seattle in the summer i'm going to meet up with brian to go to Compline... (i'm so incredibly thrilled that he goes because when i went with ariel... i was just like.. in love with the beauty of that entire thing).

then tonight because its ash wednesday kaleo was super low key and shawn just played acoustic with natalie on her penny whistle :)

but it was wonderful because after prayer we chose if we wanted to have ash put on our foreheads.

i think its really beautiful... 

i'm singing and i can smell the burnt scent as it waves about in the air.

obviously i'm not a very ritualistic person...

but theres something about coming into a tradition of piety with a firm relationship with the Lord that causes the silence and repetition, the smells of ash and the humiliation of dirt all over you that just solidifies a lesson.

it makes sense why israel would wear sackcloth and put ashes on themselves...

its humbling.

oh sisters lets go down...

down by the river to pray.