This new hymn text for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year C (the Transfiguration), is an attempt to capture what I see as the throughline of the day’s readings: God keeps promises, and God’s ultimate promise is that we shall stand in God’s presence, seeing God face to face, and this encounter will sanctify us.
Eternal is Your Promise
Eternal is Your promise, Lord
And all-consuming is Your grace
You give to us Your Holy Light
And show to us Your holy Face.
Held in the darkness of Your love
We find the greatness of Your light
Have mercy on me, Glorious God
Put all my fears and foes to flight
When we become destruction, Lord
When glory turns to shame and sin
When idols take the place of truth
Transfigure, Lord, our hearts within
Take us unto the mountain, Lord
And show to us the promised land
Help us to scale the heights of love
And firmly in Your presence stand
