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COR MEUM EST TEMPLUM SACRUM

(MY HEART IS A HOLY PLACE)

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text and music by

P A T R I C I A V A N N E S S
text translated into Latin by

EDWARD J. VODOKLYS , S.J.

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Cor meum est templum sacrum
Sanctius quam etiam mente concipiam
Sapientius quam etiam mea labra loqui possint
Fons mysterii et gratiae. .
Cor meum primo tu creavisti vero
Et multis cum mirandis complevisti .
Quod fingens cum manibus tuis formasti
Et simul cum spiritu tuo tetigisti.
Cor meum in tempestavistate sua mihi se detegit
Et aurea venustate flumina
Fluentia monstrans
Me ad itinera infiniti splendoris abscondita perducit.
Tranquillitatas tua expectantem tempus eius me tangit.
Et cor meum tuum ut domum ubertim et perplexum fecisti,
Ut aedem sapientiae ultro intelligentiam meam formasti
Ut templum gratiarum et mysteriorum cum tuis manibus finxisti.
My heart is a holy place
Wiser and holier than I know it to be
Wiser than my lips can speak
A spring of mystery and grace.
You have created my heart
And have filled it with things of wonder.
You have sculpted it, shaped it with your hands
Touched it with your breath.
In its own season it reveals itself to me
It shows me rivers of gold
Flowing in elegance
And hidden paths of infinite beauty.
You touch me with your stillness as I await its time.
You have made it a dwelling place of richness and intricicies
Of wisdom beyond my understanding
Of grace and mysteries, from your hands.

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Scored for SSATB

and optional Soprano Solo

Dedicated with thanks to Peter Sykes, Music Director,
and the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (Massaschusetts)

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Text copyright 1993, Patricia Van Ness

Music copyright 2000, Patricia Van Ness
 Dedicated with thanks to Peter Sykes, Music Director,
and the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (Massachusetts)
Cor meum est templum sacrum
Text © 1993 Patricia Van Ness Music ©2001 Patricia Van Ness

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My heart is a holy place Wiser and holier than I know it to be

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Cor me - um est

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Cor me - um est

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Wiser than my lips can speak

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ci -pi-am, sa -pi - en -ti - us quam e - ti -am me -a la - bra lo - qui pos-sint,

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tem - plum sa - crum,

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A spring of mystery and grace. You have created my heart

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Sop. l& l
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Fons my - ste - ri'i

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ll œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ l
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Fons my -ste -ri'i gra - ti - ae cor me -um pri -mo tu cre - a - vi - sti ve - ro

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And have filled it with things of wonder. You have sculpted it, shaped it with your hands

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l ˙ l œœ œœ œœ œœ l ˙ œ œ œ l
12 13 14 15

Sop. l&
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Et mi - ran - dis com -ple - vi - sti ma - ni -bus

Alto. l & b
ll œ _œ _œ œ l ˙ œ œ l œ œ œ œ l œ œ œ œ œ œ œ l
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et mul - tis cum mi - ran - dis com -ple - vi - sti Quod fin-gens cum ma -ni-bus

Ten. l ‡ b l w l w l w l
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ri'i et gra - ti

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l l l l
l ri'i et gra - ti
Touched it with your breath.

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Solo Soprano

Sop. l & b #œ œ œ œ œ
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tu - is for - ma - sti Cor me - um

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for - ma - sti

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ll w
œ œ œ œ
a, Et si - mul cum spi - ri - tu tu - o te - ti

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b w #œ œ ˙ 4œ œ œ œ
l l l l
l a, Et si - mul cum spi - ri - tu tu - o te - ti
In its own season it reveals itself to me

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20 21 Tutti Sop. m. 21 ff.22 23

Sop. l& l l l
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est tem - plum sac -

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gi - sti Cor me -um in tem -pe - sta - vi - sta - te su - a mi - hi

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l l l l
l gi - sti Cor me -um in tem -pe - sta - vi - sta - te su - a mi - hi
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 Cor meum est templum sacrum/Pg.4

It shows me rivers of gold, Flowing in elegance

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24 25 26 27

Sop. l& w l l l l
l
b
rum, au -re - a ve -nu - sta - te flu -mi -na Flu - en - ti - a
Alto. l & b ∑
lw l #w l w l
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au - re - a

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ll œ. œj œ œ œ l œ œ ˙ œ œ l #œ. œj œ œ œ l 4 ˙ œ œ œ l

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se de -te - git et au -re - a ve -nu - sta - te flu -mi -na Flu - en - ti - a

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b œJ œ œ œ 4˙ œ œ œ
l l l l
l se de -te - git et au -re - a ve -nu - sta - te flu -mi -na Flu - en - ti - a
And hidden paths of infinite beauty.

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28 29 30 31

Sop. l& l l
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mon-strans me ad i - ter -na in - fi - ni - ti splen- do - ris ab-scon - di - ta per -

Alto. l & b l w l w lw l
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ve - nu - sta - te

Ten. l ‡ b nœ œ. œj œ œ l 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ l ˙
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b nœ œ. Jœ œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
mon-strans me ad i - ter -na in - fi - ni - ti splen- do - ris ab-scon - di - ta per -

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l l l l
l mon-strans me ad i - ter -na in - fi - ni - ti splen- do - ris ab-scon - di - ta per -

U 33 Solo Sop.
You touch me with your stillness as I await its time.

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32 34 35

Sop. l&
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du - cit, Tran-quil -li - ta - tas tu - a ex -pec-tan - tem tem-pus e'i - us

Alto. l & b l
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l
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l
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l
ll w
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Ten. l ‡ b l w l w lw l
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U Tran w w
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du - cit, - qui - lli -

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l du - cit, Tran - qui - lli -
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 Cor meum est templum sacrum/Pg.5

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You have made it a dwelling place of richness and intricacies,
Tutti sop. beat 3 m. 37 ff.
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36 37 38 39 40

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me tan - git Et cor me - um tu - um ut do - mum u - ber -tim

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l
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ta - tas tu -a e -

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b w w w w
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Of wisdom beyond my understanding

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41 42 43 44

Sop. l& l #˙ l
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Et tan - tem

Alto. l & b œ œ œ œ œ l œ œ œ œ lœ ˙
ll œ œ l œ _˙ œ l
b
et - per - ple - xum fe - ci - sti ut ae - dem sa - pi - en - ti - ae

Ten. l ‡ b w l w lw l w l
ll
w
xpec - tan - tem

Bs. l ? b
b w w w
l l l l
l xpec - tan - tem

bb œœ œœ .. œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
Of grace and mysteries, from your hands.

jœœ œœ œœ œœ .. œj œ ˙˙
l ˙ œ œ l #˙ ˙
45 46 47 48 49

Sop. l& l l l
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ul - tro in -tel -li gen - ti-am me - am for - ma - sti Ut tem-plum gra-ti -

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ll ˙ ˙ l w l œ ˙ œ l œ _˙ œ l œ œ œ œ œ l
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ul - tro me -am for - ma - sti Ut tem-plum gra-ti -

Ten. l ‡ b œ œ œ œ œ l œ œ ˙ l ˙. œ l ˙ l w l
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ul - tro in - tel -li gen - ti - am for - ma - sti, Tu -

Bs. l ? b ˙ ˙
l l l l l
l ul - tro in - tel -li gen - ti - am for - ma - sti, Tu -
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 Cor meum est templum sacrum/Pg.6

bb œœ ˙˙ œœ œœ b œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙ ˙˙ œœ .. jœœ œœ œœ
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Sop. l& l l l
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a - rum et my - ste - ri - o - rum cum tu - is ma - ni - bus fin -
Alto. l & b #œ ˙ œ œ l œ l œ. œj œ œ
ll œ œ œ œ l _˙ _˙ l
b
a - rum et my - ste - ri - o - rum cum tu - is ma - ni - bus fin -

Ten. l ‡ b #w l 4w l nw l 3˙ ˙ l
ll is ma - ni - bus fin -

Bs. l ? b
b #w 4w nw 3˙ ˙
l l l l
l is ma - ni - bus fin -

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54 55 56 57

Sop. l&
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xi - sti, A - men.

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Ten. l ‡ b
xi - sti, A - men.

˙ ˙ l w l w l w
ll
/
b
xi - sit, A - men.

Bs. l ? b ˙ ˙ w w w
l l l
l
/
xi - sit, A - men.

©2001 Patricia Van Ness