Jean Ritchie

Peter Seeley: Similar in theme to "one I love" but with a different emphasis

• SamRobertsND +2
• Joseph Harvey +2 — Something about the vibe of this just works. Major Song of Songs vibes
• Claire 0 — Technically not a repeat but this one feels less impressive bc we had another similar song by her in the St Therese round. I feel like I’d have to be really blown away by the submission for it to make my podium given that context
• judd.baker 0 — Personally I’m partial to the “Jesus was unattractive and simple looking” patristic take

• Regina Scime +3
• fionmul +1 — Like it or not, the sound matters a lot to me; it’s the packaging. And this was appealing. But lyrically even without the sound it’s one of the stronger ones. To me, this captures both the entering of Carmel and the misunderstanding from other sisters and the passion in her soul during her religious life.
• ared56 +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Haunting and beautiful. I don’t know how specifically Theresian this is vs. being a general saintly thing, but this is good
• judd.baker +1 — Slightly more genetically about love for Jesus than it is about Therese, but it fits
• Sam Ary +1
• Claire 0 — I really like this. I do feel a little bit like this is “accidentally [insert saint who loves Jesus a lot]” more than it is specifically Therese coded.
• Brad Stalcup 0 — Reading this as being the bridegroom of Jesus is a really good take.