New from Catholic Singer/Songwriter Audrey Assad: Evergreen

A new album from Catholic singer/songwriter Audrey Assad releases tomorrow, February 23. I’ve been listening to Evergreen for the past few weeks, and I’m convinced that its early-Lent timing is perfect. The proof is in the lyrics of each of the twelve tracks:

• God on a cross—who would have thought it? (“Evergreen”)
• You’re my deliverer
  You won’t pass me by. (“Deliverer”)
• In the kingdom of the heavens no suffering is unknown
  Each tear that falls is holy, each breaking heart a throne
  There is a psalm of beauty in every weeping eye
  For there is One who knows me.
  His heart, it breaks with mine. (“Little Things with Great Love”)
• Sorrow may linger and last for the night but I am never alone. (“The Joy of the Lord”)
• Seek good, not evil
  Follow the Lord and live (“River”)
• How do I grieve what I can’t let go? (“Unfolding”)
• I feel so alone in the silence. (“Teresa”)
• All the way my Savior leads me
  To peace that is past understanding (“Irrational Season”)
• God of heaven in flesh and bone
  By your wounds we shall be healed (“Wounded Healer”)
• You have loved me well in a million ways
  But my wounds are all I know (“When I See You”)
• I will not gaze at glory but on my King of grace.
  Not at the crown He gives me
  but on His pierced hand (“Immanuel’s Land”)
• After everything I’ve had
  After everything I’ve lost
  Lord, I know this much is true
  I’m still drawn to you. (“Drawn to You”)

Evergreen is Audrey Assad’s first full original album in four years; she’s released other joint albums during that time, but I particularly enjoy her solo work. The heartache evident in this album is directly related to her faith journey. Assad commented,

Even in my mid-thirties now, after having been Catholic for ten years, the residue of fundamentalism remains. I live in a slow, constant process now of encountering the vestiges of fundamentalist thinking as they present themselves, assessing them, and putting them to the side if I am done with them.

A soundtrack for #Lent from @audreyassad: #Evergreen. Review by @franciscanmom
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Here’s a taste of this album — the final track, “Drawn to You,” co-written with Matt Maher.

Evergreen is available for preorder on Amazon and iTunes.

Copyright 2018 Barb Szyszkiewicz, OFS
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