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RNZ News
10-05-2025
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Hymns on Sunday, 11 May 2025
Hymns for the Fourth Sunday of Easter - Good Shepherd Sunday - feature in this week's programme, and there are some hymns to Mary to mark Mother's Day. Detail from a stained glass window by Christopher Webb, in St Alban's Cathedral, UK. Photo: Lawrence OP / Flickr Artist: New Zealand Youth Choir 1996, Karen Grylls (dir) Words/Music: Richard Puanaki Recording: Trust MMT 2016 Maria Ka waiata ki a Maria Hine i whakaae Whakameatia mai Te whare tangata. Hine pūrotu Hine ngākau Hine rangimārie Ko te whaea Ko te whaea O te ao Artist: Festival Singers Words/Music: Shirley Murray/David Dell Recording: Private CD 807 Loving spirit, loving spirit, you have chosen me to be you have drawn me to your wonder, you have set your sign on me. Like a mother you enfold me, hold my life within your own, feed me with your very body, form me of your flesh and bone. Like a father you protect me, teach me the discerning eye, hoist me up upon your shoulder, let me see the world from high. Friend and lover, in your closeness I am known and held and blessed: in your promise is my comfort, in your presence I may rest. Loving spirit, loving spirit, you have chosen me to be you have drawn me to your wonder, you have set your sign on me. Artist: Choirs of the Diocese of Leeds Words/Music: Father John Lingard/Trad Recording: Herald HAVPCD 397 Hail, Queen of Heav'n, the ocean Star, Guide of the wand'rer here below! Thrown on life's surge we claim thy care, Save us from peril and from woe. Mother of Christ, Star of the sea, Pray for the wanderer, pray for me O gentle, chaste, and spotless Maid, We sinners make our prayers through thee Remind thy Son that He has paid The price of our iniquity. Virgin most pure, Star of the sea, Pray for the sinner, pray for me. Sojourners in this vale of tears, O thee, blest Advocate, we cry, Pity our sorrows, calm our fears, And soothe with hope our misery. Refuge in grief, Star of the sea, Pray for the mourner, pray for me. And while to Him who reigns above, In Godhead One, in Persons Three, The source of life, of grace, of love, Homage we pay on bended knee; Do thou, bright Queen, Star of the sea. Pray for thy children, pray for me. Artist: Choir of Wells Cathedral, Malcolm Archer (dir), Rupert Gough (organ) Words/Music: Psalm 23 (Baker)/Dykes / Recording: Griffin GGCD 4010 The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never. I nothing lack if I am his, and he is mine forever. Where streams of living water flow, my ransomed soul he leadeth; and where the verdant pastures grow, with food celestial feedeth. Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed, but yet in love he sought me; and on his shoulder gently laid, and home, rejoicing, brought me. In death's dark vale I fear no ill, with thee, dear Lord, beside me; thy rod and staff my comfort still, thy cross before to guide me. Thou spreadst a table in my sight; thy unction grace bestoweth; and oh, what transport of delight from thy pure chalice floweth! And so through all the length of days, thy goodness faileth never; Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise within thy house forever. Artist: Auckland Anglican Maori Club Recording: RCA VRL2 0483 [Words not available] Artist: St Thomas' Music Group, Margaret Rizza (dir) Words/Music: Trad/Margaret Rizza Recording: Kevin Mayhew Kyrie, eleison Christe, eleison Kyrie, exaudi nos, Domine Kyrie, eleison Christe, eleison Kyrie, eleison Christe, exaudi nos, Domine. [Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy Lord, hear us Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy Lord, have mercy Christ, hear us.] Artist: Scottish Festival Singers Words/Music: Francis Ridley Havergal/James Mountain Recording: Whole World Media Group Like a river glorious is God's perfect peace, over all victorious in its bright increase: perfect, yet it floweth fuller every day; perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way. Refrain: Stayed upon Jehovah Hearts are fully blessed Finding, as He promised, Perfect peace and rest. Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand, Never foe can follow, never traitor stand; Not a surge of worry, not a shade of care, Not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there. Refrain: Every joy or trial falleth from above, Traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love; We may trust Him fully all for us to do; They who trust Him wholly find Him wholly true. Refrain: Artist: Sottish Festival Singers Words/Music: Horatius Bonar/Thomas Haweis Recording: Kingsway KMCD 2277 Fill thou my life, O Lord my God, In ev'ry part with praise, That my whole being may proclaim Thy being and thy ways. Not for the lip of praise alone, Nor e'en the praising heart, I ask, but for a life made up Of praise in ev'ry part; Praise in the common things of life, Its goings out and in, Praise in each duty and each deed, However small and mean. Fill ev'ry part of me with praise; Let all my being speak Of thee and of they love, O Lord, Poor though I be, and weak. So shalt thou, Lord, from me, e'en me, Receive the glory due, And so shall I begin on earth The song for ever new. So shall no part of day or night From sacredness be free: But all my life, in ev'ry step, Be fellowship with thee.
BBC News
07-05-2025
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- BBC News
St Albans falcons lay two new eggs after first clutch destroyed
Falcons lay two eggs after first clutch destroyed 12 minutes ago Share Save Aimee Dexter BBC News, Hertfordshire Share Save Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust Chloë Edwards said nature can "surprise and delight us" Two peregrine falcons nesting on top of a cathedral have laid a second clutch of eggs after their first batch was destroyed. An online video stream captured the moment that an individual broke the eggs on the roof of St Albans Cathedral last month. The Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust said it was "extremely unlikely" the birds of prey would lay new eggs. But against the odds, the pair, named Alban and Boudica, laid a new egg on Sunday and a second on Wednesday. Chloë Edwards, director of nature recovery at the trust, said: "It shows just how resilient nature can be - given the right habitat and conditions species will continue to thrive." Peregrine falcons remain loyal to their nest site and the cathedral is now an established breeding ground. The birds had been expecting chicks from the three eggs that were laid last month. Ms Edwards added: "We weren't expecting more eggs this year but nature can surprise and delight us - welcome indeed, given the loss and sadness many of us felt." Patrick Wainwright The peregrine falcons have nested at St Albans Cathedral since 2022 The peregrine is a species of large crow-sized falcon and can travel at more than 200mph (320 km/h), making it the fastest diving bird in the world. A total of 519,882 people viewed the live feed in 2024, with the most popular day falling on 9 May, when 12,598 tuned in to see three newly hatched chicks. The Reverend Jo Kelly Moore, the Dean of St Albans, added: "We are heartened by their return, and we remain fully committed to their safety and wellbeing." Hertfordshire Police said inquiries were ongoing, having opened an investigation into the incident last month. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
