Lent: The Darkness from The Redemption by Gounod

The Darkness from 'The Redemption, a Sacred Trilogy' by Charles Gounod (1818-93)
🔴 The Redemption, a Sacred Trilogy
🎥 Part 1: The March to Calvary • Lent: The March to Cal...
🎥 Part 2: Beside the Cross Remaining • Lent: Beside the Cross...
🎥 Part 3: The Darkness • Lent: The Darkness fro...
🎥 Part 4: From Thy Love as a Father • Easter: From Thy Love ...
🎥 Part 5: Unfold, Ye Portals Everlasting • Ascension: Unfold, Ye ...
🎥 Part 6: Lovely Appear Over the Mountains • Pentecost: Lovely Appe...
🎥 Part 7: Hymn of the Apostles • Hymn of the Apostles f...
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🔴 [Lyrics] The Darkness
Recitative (Narrator-Bass)- And about the ninth hour, Jesus, in bitter anguish, with a loud voice cried out, as if in meeting death, He sought for the compassionate love of His Father;
Solo (Jesus)- My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
Recitative (Narrator-Tenor)- When, at the last, the shadow of death was descending, raising His eyes to heaven with a loud voice He cried:
Solo (Jesus)- My Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit.
Recitative (Narrator-Bass)- Then gave He up the ghost, and all came to an end.
Recitative (The Narrators)- And then the air was filled with a murmur unwonted, as if Nature herself for her Lord were lamenting; and the veil of the temple was rent in twain throughout, and the rocks were rent, and the earth did quake, and the tombs were unclosed; and many of the saints that had fallen asleep rose again with their bodies; and they, after His resurrection coming forth, to the city returned, and by many were seen.
✝️ Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.” And immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink. But the rest of them were saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.” And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. Mathew 27:45-51
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*Image credit:
Francisco de Zurbarán. The Crucifixion, 1627. The Art Institute of Chicago.