In the Day of the Lord

Liturgically appropriate for both Advent and Easter, this song is based on Isaiah 2, 25, and 41 and touches on topics of joy, justice, the power of God, and the Second Coming. It is also well-suited to Confirmation, Penance services, and RCIA. The music itself is upbeat and harmonically straightforward, with snappy syncopations based on the speech-rhythms of the lyrics and occasional interpolated measures of 6/8. It is scored for SAB choir with descant, keyboard, guitar, flute, and B-flat trumpet.