At dawn, the women made their way

At dawn, the women made their way. Mary Louise Bringle* (1953– ). Bringle is known for being sensitive in her choice of hymn tunes. Though composed initially in four common meter stanzas, the author modified her original plan to two common meter double stanzas 'to take advantage of a complementary mood and key change in the middle of John Bacchus Dykes*’s VOX DILECTI’ (Bringle, 2002, p. 20). The theme of ‘At dawn, the women made their way’ (2002) is the ‘anointing women’ at the tomb on Easter morning (Matt 28:1–10). Rather than retelling the narrative, Bringle offers a reflection suitable for a morning prayer liturgy during Eastertide. She reflects on their experience in stanza 1: But,...