Sing Vocare!

Sing Vocare! is an invitation to experience the Vocare spiritual practice through music. Choose one song for each of the six words. Examples are found below. You can either sing from one song to the next, medley style, or have a time of quiet reflection in between the songs.

The basic Vocare reflection questions may enhance your experience.

The Vocare Spiritual Practice is designed by Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox as a part of the Nourishing Vocation Project through the Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community at St. Olaf College. Sing Vocare! was first envisioned by Deb Bakke from Trondhjem Lutheran Church, Lonsdale, Minnesota.

Values

What do I value, and how am I living my values?

With What Shall I Come?
Rosephanye Powell

St. Olaf Choir and Charles Gray, Violin
Anton Armstrong, Conductor

Openness

To what am I being asked to be open? How do I respond?

Open Your Ears, O Faithful People (YISRAEL V’ORAITA)
Hasidic Tune

St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, Conductor

Call

What voices are calling to me? Which ones do I listen to, and why?

I, The Lord of Sea and Sky (Here I am, Lord)
Daniel Schutte, arr. Ovid Young

St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, Conductor

Attentiveness

Where am I giving my attention? Does my attention align with my values?

Keep Your Lamps!
African American Spiritual, arr. André J. Thomas

Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College
Christopher Aspass, Conductor

Regret

What are my regrets? What insight do I gain from them?

Psalm 130: Out of the Depths (AUS TIEFER NOT)
Chorale Tune by Martin Luther, arr. John Ferguson

St. Olaf Cantorei
John Ferguson, Conductor

Experience The Sacred

When, where, and how have I encountered the presence of the holy in my everyday life?

He Comes to Us as One Unknown (REPTON)
C. Hubert H. Parry, arr. John Ferguson

Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College and St. Olaf Orchestra
Steven Amundson, Conductor