Trinity Song (Father in my Life I See)

This is a folk-style hymn based on the Trinity.

It was written by Australian Roman Catholic priest, folk-composer and liturgist, Frank Andersen MSC.   It was included in his Eagles Wings  collection released in 1979, and has appeared in a many other hymn-books since then, including Celebration Hymnal for Everyone (McCrimmon Publications, 1994 and 2012 editions).  A hymn book is the only known source of sheet music.

Various two-part harmonisations are in common use, and several artists have recorded versions of the song.

The song has a simple three-verse structure, with the subject (Father, Son, Spirit) being the only wording difference between each verse.

Downloads

Sheet music is available in a number of hymn books.

One commonly-used guitar-chord pattern is:

G _ _ _  Am7 A 
D        G
Em       Am
D        G
Em       Am7
D        G

Examples

Original recording:

Solo singer, with organ recorded live in a church:

Solo singer, self-accompanied on guitar:

Small group with backing track:

Instrumental - guitar:

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright, so cannot be displayed here - but they are currently available on this website.  A rough outline is:

1 Father in my life I see ...

2 Jesus in ...

3 Spirit in ...

See more ...

• Hymns about the Trinity
• Folk-style hymns

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Father, in my life I see,
You are God who walks with me.
You hold my life in Your hands.
Close beside You I will stand.
I give all my life to You, help me Father to be true!.

Jesus, in my life I see,
You are God who walks with me.
You hold my life in Your hands.
Close beside You I will stand.
I give all my life to You, help me Jesus to be true!.


Spirit, in my life I see,
You are God who walks with me.
You hold my life in Your hands.
Close beside You I will stand.
I give all my life to You, help me Spirit to be true!.