1. This is the day, this is the day
that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made;
we will rejoice, we will rejoice
and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this the day that the Lord has made.
Refrain: This is the day that the Lord has made,
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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I have twin four-year-old daughters who run the show and sing at one volume: fortissimo. They are so in sync with each other that they can start singing without first agreeing on a song or verse. The girls have adapted many tunes to new versions so far removed from the original that I hardly recognize their choice.
They have not yet butchered one of my favorites: "This is the Day." I taught them the refrain, which they sing all the way through together. When I showed them how to sing it as an echo, they were less than impressed: "Mom, if you sing it that way, then there's not enough song for each person. It's over so fast. I want to sing all the words with all my voice."
And they do. They belt that refrain over and over again in fortissimo unison, just the way the psalmist would want it.
Creating God, thank you for this day and the call to rejoice. We are glad for all that you have made! Amen.
Meta Herrick Carlson, '08
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities/Minnetonka Campus Pastor, Minneapolis, Minn.
that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made;
we will rejoice, we will rejoice
and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this the day that the Lord has made.
Refrain: This is the day that the Lord has made,
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
***
I have twin four-year-old daughters who run the show and sing at one volume: fortissimo. They are so in sync with each other that they can start singing without first agreeing on a song or verse. The girls have adapted many tunes to new versions so far removed from the original that I hardly recognize their choice.
They have not yet butchered one of my favorites: "This is the Day." I taught them the refrain, which they sing all the way through together. When I showed them how to sing it as an echo, they were less than impressed: "Mom, if you sing it that way, then there's not enough song for each person. It's over so fast. I want to sing all the words with all my voice."
And they do. They belt that refrain over and over again in fortissimo unison, just the way the psalmist would want it.
Creating God, thank you for this day and the call to rejoice. We are glad for all that you have made! Amen.
Meta Herrick Carlson, '08
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities/Minnetonka Campus Pastor, Minneapolis, Minn.
The Luther Seminary
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