May I Be Light
Hymn composed by
Mykal SlackContextual information
"May I Be Light" is a simple chant that has been sung as an opening song at the start of a gathering, or as a song of prayer or preparation leading up to a sermon or reflection. Rev. Mykal Slack wrote the song on the chancel at First Parish in Cambridge right before preaching in February 2014.
"May I Be Light" is a simple chant that has been sung as an opening song at the start of a gathering, or as a song of prayer or preparation leading up to a sermon or reflection. Rev. Mykal Slack wrote the song on the chancel at First Parish in Cambridge right before preaching in February 2014.
Tune Name
[May I Be Light]
Tune Name
Text Meter
Irregular
10.9.10.9
Song Composer
Mykal SlackHymn Arranger
Composer Background information
Rev. Mykal O’Neal Slack is the Community Minister for Worship & Spiritual Care for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism, an organization and growing spiritual community that provides support, resources, and care for Black UUs across the diaspora. He is also one of the co-founders of the Transforming Hearts Collective, an organizing ministry that helps to both co-create spaces of healing and spiritual resiliency for queer and trans/nonbinary folks and resource congregations in the work of radical welcome and culture shift.
Lyricist Background information
Rev. Mykal O’Neal Slack is the Community Minister for Worship & Spiritual Care for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism, an organization and growing spiritual community that provides support, resources, and care for Black UUs across the diaspora. He is also one of the co-founders of the Transforming Hearts Collective, an organizing ministry that helps to both co-create spaces of healing and spiritual resiliency for queer and trans/nonbinary folks and resource congregations in the work of radical welcome and culture shift.
Arranger Background information
Lyrics
May I be Light in You, may you be Light in Me.
Into our hearts, into our souls, let Love abide.
May I be Love in You, may you be Love in Me.
From this place, out to the world, for all time.
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