So Why Ashes - Herrold, Charles M.

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"Prayer for Ash Wednesday. Based on words by Sr. Lou Ella Hickman and Luke 12:49."

◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key B minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range D2 – F#5

¶ Language → English

Measures 68

Texture Homophonic

Parts 6

Instruments Organ

Pages 7

CPDL # 83833

Editor Charles M. Herrold Jr.

Posted 2025-02-13

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – E5

Alto

C#4 – D5

Tenor

C#3 – D4

Bass

F#2 – D4

Organ

D2 – B3

¶Lyrics / Text

I have come to light a fire on the earth You are dust and to dust you shall return, So why ashes, those sooty remains of palm branch holocausts rather than dirt from a fertile field or an empty lot overrun with plants and weeds, to remind us that evil grows among the good. Yet ashes proclaim this day of dust a beginning and a consummation, marking us with His dark, sacred solidarity.