The Late Romanesque parish church of Pečenice in Slovakia is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and dates from the mid-13th century.
Ag Críost an Síol is composed by Seán O Riada and is sung and played by Julianne Woods on Sunday 27th October 2024 in Pečenice, Slovakia
“Ag Críost an Síol ”Christ’s is the seed”is an Irish poem set to music by Seán Ó Riada and subsequently widely used as a hymn. The poem is said to have been written by Fr. Michael Meehan (Micheál Ó Míocháin) (1810-1878), long time Parish Priest of the parishes of Moyarta and Kilballyowen in County Clare.
Text:
Ag Críost an síol, ag Críost an fómhar;
i n-iothlainn Dé go dtugtar sinn.
Ag Críost an mhuir, ag Críost an t-iasc;
i líonta Dé go gcastar sinn.
Ó fhás go h-aois, is ó aois go bás,
do dhá láimh, a Chríost, anall tharainn.
Ó bhás go críoch, ní críoch ach athfhás,
i bParthas na ngrás go rabhaimid.
English translation
Christ’s is the seed,
Christ’s is the crop,
in the barn of God may we be brought.
Christ’s is the sea,
Christ’s is the fish,
in the nets of God may we be caught.
From growth to age, from age to death,
Thy two arms, O Christ, about us.
From death to end, not end but growth, in blessed Paradise may we be credits
Julianne Woods 