"And I saw a new heaven" by Edgar L Bainton

I was a member of the choir at St. Francis of Assisi Church on 31st Street, home to the Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province and to FDNY Chaplain Father Mychal Judge.

This is one of the pieces that we sang for Father Mychal's funeral. It ends with these words:

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes
And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying
neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away.

Juli Borst