Fidelis Est (He Is Faithful)

[Intro – low drone, distant waves against rock] Si nos infideles Ille fidelis manet (2 Timothy 2:13) [Verse 1 – finger-picked, steady as a heartbeat] I have wandered far from every promise I have broken every vow I swore I have cursed the hand that fed me And still You kept the door I have run to every cistern cracked And drunk the mud instead Yet every morning Your mercy found me And raised me from the dead [Pre-chorus – monk choir, rising] Non propter iustitiam nostram Sed propter nomen suum (Ezekiel 36:22) [Chorus – wide, unshakable] FIDELIS EST When I am faithless, He remains FIDELIS EST When every promise I have made collapses in the flames The covenant is not with me It never was, it never will be Fidelis est He cannot deny Himself [Verse 2 – rain on stone, voice softens] Abraham grew old and Sarah laughed Yet Isaac filled her arms Israel bowed to golden calves Yet still He bore the scars The prodigal squandered every gift And came home smelling of the pigs The Father ran and kissed his neck And killed the fatted calf for him [Chorus – heavier, drums like marching] FIDELIS EST When I am faithless, He remains FIDELIS EST Through every failure, every shame His love is not a contract That I can break or He can cancel Fidelis est He cannot deny Himself [Bridge – silence, then single voice] If I climb the heavens, He is there If I make my bed in Sheol, He is there If I take the wings of morning Or settle at the farthest sea Even there His hand will lead me His right hand will never leave (Psalm 139:8–10) [Final Chorus – soaring, cathedral bells] FIDELIS EST Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father Morning by morning new mercies I see (Lamentations 3:22–23) FIDELIS EST All I have needed Thy hand hath provided Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me Fidelis est Forever, amen [Outro – soft waves fading, monk choir] Numquid obliviscetur Deus misereri? Absit (Isaiah 49:15) Amen.