Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee

A recent church-anthem of mine for 4-part men's chorus. "Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee" combines the beautiful Mendelssohn choral writing with the occasional barbershop quartet chords. As is usual with my writing, I wanted to capture the importance of what makes this text important. For example, the very thought of Jesus is sweet, but his face, the very face of perfection, is so important that it must be said repeatedly in a wild crescendo to show just how exciting the thought is as it cannot leave the choir's collective head.