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We gather together

One of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns, though the Eastern Orthodox do not sing it, is “We gather together.” I think it is a hymn that mixes together both the aspect of Thanksgiving and the idea that God does work with us to guide us and to chasten us (for our sins) as necessary. It is not an American hymn. Rather, it is a Dutch hymn written in the 16th century, translated into Latin, translated... [Read more]

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