Lord, Send Out Your Spirit

Gospel-inspired, and using the verbatim Lectionary text, this setting of the prescribed responsorial psalm for Pentecost is scored for cantor, SAT chorus, keyboard, and guitar. The motif of the song specifically uses the "Baptist River" style, characterized by a simple I-(vi)-IV-V chord structure, strict 3/4 meter, and occasional sudden stops. This Baptist approach to a Catholic responsorial psalm captures the spirit of ecumenism espoused by the Second Vatican Council.