The Stranger

2022, SATB, a capella

This piece is set to The Celtic Rune of Hospitality, an anonymous text from Carmina Gadelica, with added prayer interpolations.

It was written for Reverend Cynthia O'Connell, of Glebe Road United Church, on the occasion of her ordination in May 2022. I was delighted to rediscover this Celtic text with its message of radical welcome and inclusivity, the embodiment of Cynthia’s ministry at Glebe.