The Love of the Lord - Michael Joncas

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 19 October 2008, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

1. EVERYTHING ME USED-TO THINK BENEFIT,
NOW ME REALIZE LOSS.
EMPTY AND WORTHLESS ME SEE,
NOW LORD HIS-lf LOVE GIFT-TO ME LIGHT.

Refrain: HAPPEN KNOW POWER HIS-lf LIFE, NOT NEED MORE BRING US HOPE.
HAPPEN SHARE HIS-lf SUFFERING AND DEATH, NOT NEED MORE BRING US PEACE.
HAPPEN LIVE FEEL LORD SEND LOVE, NOT NEED WISH OTHERS, THAT'S-ALL.

2. RICH, alt.HONOR-me DISSOLVE WILL.
(2h)#ALL THRILL HERE WORLD WILL GONE.
MAYBE LOOK FINEwg WE STAY WORLD,
BUT LORD HIS-lf LOVE SHOW WORTHLESS WILL. Refrain

3. SILVER AND GOLD ME HAVE-NONE.
NO LAND ME CALL HOME,
BUT STILL ME RICH BEYOND MEASURE.
WHY? THE-rt LORD HIS-lf LOVE SHINE-DOWN. Refrain

4. RICH MEAN ME HAVE FAITH.
EVERYTHING IMPORTANT FROM GOD.
ME HAVE FAITH ABOUT CHRIST HIS-lf PROMISE.
THAT MY LIFE AND WHY ME LOVE THE-rt LORD. Refrain



Notes: ME - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

LOSS - LOSE

GIFT-TO - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, nod downwards at wrist to show that something is given as a gift.

LIGHT - (2h)[O^], POs away, FOs up, open to (2h)[5], while separating. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Light - 1.

THAT'S-ALL - FINISH with the mouthing "that's all".

(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

SILVER - S-GOLD.

HAVE-NONE - (2h)[B], POs > signer move upwards past mouth and swing upwards and apart while mouth blows on hands as they pass.

FAITH - Like THINK TRUST but with elevated hands and eyes to show the trust is spiritual. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Faith.

Lyrics:

1. All that I counted as gain,
now I consider as loss.
Empty and worthless to me,
in the light of the love of the Lord.

Refrain: What more could bring us hope than to know the pow’r of his life?
What more could bring us peace than to share in his suff’ring and death?
What more could be our final wish than to live in the love of the Lord?

2. Riches and honors will fade,
earthly delight disappear.
Fade like the grass of the field,
in the light of the love of the Lord. Refrain

3. Silver and gold have I none,
no land to count as my home.
Yet wealth beyond measure I own,
in the light of the love of the Lord. Refrain

4. Faith is the wealth I possess,
finding its souce in my God.
Faith in the promise of Christ,
is my life and my love of the Lord. Refrain

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to Bob Sorem's Hymn MIDI Sequences, and click on "The Love of the Lord (M. Joncas)".

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