As each day awakens the opportunity to live the Gospel anew, Franciscan Sisters invite you to download Jan Krist’s Blessed Are They this month of May.
Our Most High God, made it clear to Saint Francis that he and his followers ‘should live according to the pattern of the Holy Gospel’. Our song of the month begs further contemplation on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, the beatitudes, a summary of how we are called to be lovers of God and neighbor today.
Comment from Jan Krist
I wrote the song basically to say-there are forces in the world which are driven by greed, forces driven by negative motives. As God’s people it’s important that we be driven by love.
About Jan Krist
With 13 nominations and 4 Detroit Metro Music Awards under her belt, Krist has proven herself to be a Detroit area favorite. She can also claim the honor of being a finalist at the Kerrville song writing competition, in Kerrville TX, an annual event which helped to launch the careers of Lyle Lovett and Nancy Griffith. Krist takes her ordinary, plain Jane demeanor and all the elements we.ve learned to take for granted (6 strings and common time) and lets us know, this is not your ordinary woman with a guitar, even if it is.
Fallow Ground, Jan Krist’s highly anticipated new CD is available now at shows and through cdbaby.com.
This CD was a long time coming and includes the songs : Flew Away, Burn Down Love, Never Was Enough, Fallow Ground, Jesus Saves, So Sweet that it Burns, Guilt and Shame, Charcoal Sky, Mama was a Beauty, Auld Langsine, The Moon’s an Orange Boat, In God’s Name (what did we do in..), Sunday Morning & A Song for Hard Times.
Fallow Ground is a thoughtful mapping of the past six years +, with the kind of lyrical power we have come to expect from this acclaimed singer-songwriter.
Tracks feature performances by many of Krist’s favorite collaborators; Annie Capps & Jim Bizer of the Yellow Room Gang, Alan Finkbeiner and Kenny Meeks. There are also a number of newcomers to the mix; Rod Capps, Joel Gragg, Lauren Bittinger, Jason Dennie, Michael “Bear” Clare and Warsaw Symphony Cellist, Dan Zombrano.
Lyrics
Blessed are the powerless
Blessed are the poor
Blessed are the ignorant who never know the score
And blessed are the preyed-upon
Whose bodies bear the scars,
Whose memories are nightmares
and whose ways have all been barbed
Blessed are they
Who need help along the way
Blessed are they
Blessed are the missing
Blessed are the lame
Blessed are the ones we lost the day the locust came
Blessed is the hole that’s left and blessed are the souls
Of all the numb and grieving that will not be consoled
Blessed are they
Who need help along the way
Blessed are they
Blessed are the peacemakers sifting for the lost
And blessed are the gracious who anchor all the tossed
And blessed are the generous who give with every breath
Who see the broken everywhere just waiting to be blessed
