A word from Margaret...

"It is more than a year now since Fountain of Life came into being.

I have been so moved by the wonderful response to this first collection from people all over the world. It has shown me that this Spirit of Love who prompted me and inspired me to write these compositions has been very much alive and active, enkindling and uniting us all into this stream of prayer through music.

And so it is very much in a spirit of joy and thanksgiving that I embarked on this second collection: Fire of Love.

All the compositions are again in a simple contemplative vein and are a mixture of chants and choral pieces.

I found it to be a melting pot of struggles and searchings; of fleeting insights where one hovers between two realities; a mixture of darkness and light; of joy, of praise and of thanksgiving."

"There is no doubt that the music is exceptionally beautiful and springs out of a deep and experienced prayer life…Margaret Rizza's music has the same repetitive quality as Taizé's, but it is richer in its musical variety." The Tablet

"Born of prayer and deep-down stillness, Margaret Rizza's hauntingly beautiful music transports the listener into the presence of God. That's why I use it regularly in the retreats I lead as well as in my own times of personal prayer and worship" Joyce Huggett

Contents:

A blessing
Calm me, Lord
Christus natus est
Enfold me in your love
Exaudi nos, Domine
Fire of love
In the Lord is my joy
Jesus is our joy
Prayer of St Patrick
Sanctum nomen
Take my life, Lord
The Grail prayer
The Lord is my light
Thou art all things