Wind who makes all winds that blow

Wind who makes all winds that blow. Thomas Troeger* (1945-2022). This hymn for Pentecost, based on Acts 2: 1-13, was written for Father Sebastian Falcone of St Bernard’s Institute, Rochester, New York State. It was published in The Christian Ministry (1983), and then in Troeger’s New Hymns for the Lectionary: to Glorify the Maker’s Name (New York and Oxford. 1986), and reprinted in Borrowed Light (1994). It calls for renewal: ‘Raise, renew the life we’ve lost,/ Spirit God of Pentecost’. The tune, like all the others in the book, is by Carol Doran*: it is called FALCONE, in honor of the person for whom the hymn was written. The hymn is found in UMH, in the Canadian VU, and in other recent...