Praise for the rain

This morning was the rainiest we’ve seen in a while, and certainly atypical of a late November day in St. Louis. At the all-school Mass this morning, our gathering song was Marty Haugen’s adaptation of  St. Francis of Assisi’s “Canticle of the Sun”. After the first two verses, our priest and deacons arrived at the chair, so I wrapped up the final refrain.

But then Father leaned into the chair mic: “We’re not going to sing about the rain? We gotta sing about the rain.”

I answered, “Sure, we can sing about the rain.” So, I gave a quick count off, and we launched into the third verse:

Praise for the rain that waters our fields / And blesses our crops so all the earth yields; / From death unto life her myst’ry revealed / Springs forth in joy!