Favourite Song?

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Cat said:
“Gather Us In.”

Go ahead and laugh.

But I love this song. It makes me grateful that God “gathered me in” to His Church, and it reminds me to pray for of all my Protestant relatives and friends who are still outside the Church.

I also love the haunting melody in 3.
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I like singing that song, the words are amazing. It is in my top ten, but not my number 1. 🙂

~Gabe
 
baltobetsy said:
But I wait *all year *for the First Sunday of Advent to sing these words to the tune, “Helmsley:”

Lo! he comes, with clouds descending,
once for our salvation slain;
thousand thousand saints attending
swell the triumph of his train:
Alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
Christ the Lord returns to reign.

Every eye shall now behold him,
robed in dreadful majesty;
those who set at nought and sold him,
pierced, and nailed him to the tree,
deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
shall the true Messiah see.

Those dear tokens of his passion
still his dazzling body bears,
cause of endless exultation
to his ransomed worshipers;
with what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture
gaze we on those glorious scars!

Now redemption, long expected,
see in solemn pomp appear;
all his saints, by man rejected,
now shall meet him in the air:
Alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
See the day of God appear!

Yea, amen! let all adore thee,
high on thine eternal throne;
Savior, take the power and glory;
claim the kingdom for thine own:
Alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
Thou shalt reign, and thou alone.
Words: John Cennick (1718-1755), 1752;
as altered by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), 1758;
and then altered by Martin Madan (1726-1790), 1760

Betsy
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I’ve never heard that song before, but the lyrics are good!!!🙂
 
:confused:

OK–either I’ve…

a. Fallen into an alternative universe where other Catholics actually like the Haugen/Haas songs as much as I do!

or

b. Aliens have taken over this Board and they’re trying to lull me into a feeling of peacefulness so they can abduct me.

or

c. You all really hate these contemporary songs and this whole thread is a sarcastic joke, but I’m too slow to understand and I’m actually taking you seriously and you’re all laughing at me.

or

d. There are actually Catholics in my real universe who really DO like Haugen/Haas type songs as much as I like them, and these Catholic don’t think Haugen/Haas songs are the scourge of the church and responsible for all the laxness and immorality in the world!

OK–be honest–which is it?! (I’m hoping with all my heart that it’s “d”!)
 
Cat said:
:confused:

OK–either I’ve…

a. Fallen into an alternative universe where other Catholics actually like the Haugen/Haas songs as much as I do!

or

b. Aliens have taken over this Board and they’re trying to lull me into a feeling of peacefulness so they can abduct me.

or

c. You all really hate these contemporary songs and this whole thread is a sarcastic joke, but I’m too slow to understand and I’m actually taking you seriously and you’re all laughing at me.

or

d. There are actually Catholics in my real universe who really DO like Haugen/Haas type songs as much as I like them, and these Catholic don’t think Haugen/Haas songs are the scourge of the church and responsible for all the laxness and immorality in the world!

OK–be honest–which is it?! (I’m hoping with all my heart that it’s “d”!)
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👍
 
One of the things we discovered when Latin was banned from use in my cathedral choir in 1983 was that our Anglican brethren did a fine job of translating the meter and voice of all of our traditional Latin sequences etc. into Victorian English.

While we were at it using the Episcopalian 1947 hymnal we came across my all time favorite hymn - The Lorica of St. Patrick. Ignore the comments on this link, there was no secret garment. Lorica is Latin for body armor - i.e. lorica squamata (scale mail), lorica hamata (chain mail) or lorica segmentata (banded mail of the Roman legions. But here’s a link to the melody:

cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/t/stpatric.htm

We sang/sing it in 4 part harmony but when you come to the “Christ” verses, it was sung by our soprano cantor acappella. Stunning.
 
It’s very strange that I find “Song of the Body of Christ” affecting me so emotionally, almost every time I hear it. It’s not due to the words, nor the melody, so I cannot understand the reason, but I always feel a special anointing spiritually. Some day maybe I’ll understand the reason. 🙂
 
Holy God We Praise Thy Name (It’s traditional, but it gets to the meat of the matter)

Eternal Father, Strong To Save (Because I was in hte Navy)

Holy Is Your Name- I know, the tune is really “Wild Mountain Thyme”.
 
Joysong said:
It’s very strange that I find “Song of the Body of Christ” affecting me so emotionally, almost every time I hear it. It’s not due to the words, nor the melody, so I cannot understand the reason, but I always feel a special anointing spiritually. Some day maybe I’ll understand the reason. 🙂
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Do you mean “How Beautiful” (is the body of Christ)? I get very emotial whenever I hear this song…

** How Beautiful**
How beautiful the hands that served
The wine and the bread and the
sons of the earth.
How beautiful is the feet that walked
The long dusty roads and the hill
to the cross.
How beautiful, how beautiful,
How beautiful is the Body of Christ.
How beautiful the heart that bled.
That took all my sin and bore it instead.
How beautiful the tender eyes
That choose to forgive and never
despise.
How beautiful, how beautiful
How beautiful is the Body of Christ.
And he laid down his life,
We offer this sacrifice
That we will live just as he died:
Willing to pay the price.
Willing to pay the price.
How beautiful the radiant bride,
Who waits for her groom with his
Light in her eyes.
How beautiful when humble
hearts give
The fruit of pure lives so that
others may live.
How beautiful, how beautiful,
How beautiful is the Body of Christ.
How beautiful the feet that bring
The sound of good news and the
love of the King.
How beautiful that hands that serve
The wine and the bread and the
sons of the earth.
How beautiful, how beautiful,
How beautiful is the Body of Christ.
 
Cat said:
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d. There are actually Catholics in my real universe who really DO like Haugen/Haas type songs as much as I like them, and these Catholic don’t think Haugen/Haas songs are the scourge of the church and responsible for all the laxness and immorality in the world!
OK–be honest–which is it?! (I’m hoping with all my heart that it’s “d”!)
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Cat, this is the second thread in a few days…👍 I’m as excited as you are 😃 that there really are Catholics out there that do not hate the music I play at mass that was composed in this century and published by OCP and GIA. There are also people who enjoy guitar music as well. It seems people are actually touched and reached by it!!! Somebody out there likes our music!
We might be making a difference!!!

I have to add though, that I practiced “Let all Mortal flesh” with our pianist this morning before mass before people started to show up
and this older fellow who was serving as a lector started whistling the tune…😃
 
VAC said:
I have to add though, that I practiced “Let all Mortal flesh” with our pianist this morning before mass before people started to show up
and this older fellow who was serving as a lector started whistling the tune…😃
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“Let All Mortal Flesh” is a wonderful hymn! I like that one. It is a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics.🙂 👍
 
brotherhrolf said:
One of the things we discovered when Latin was banned from use in my cathedral choir in 1983 was that our Anglican brethren did a fine job of translating the meter and voice of all of our traditional Latin sequences etc. into Victorian English.

While we were at it using the Episcopalian 1947 hymnal we came across my all time favorite hymn - The Lorica of St. Patrick. Ignore the comments on this link, there was no secret garment. Lorica is Latin for body armor - i.e. lorica squamata (scale mail), lorica hamata (chain mail) or lorica segmentata (banded mail of the Roman legions. But here’s a link to the melody:

cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/t/stpatric.htm

We sang/sing it in 4 part harmony but when you come to the “Christ” verses, it was sung by our soprano cantor acappella. Stunning.
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That is just beautiful! I wish we sang that at my parish.👍
 
lak611 said:
My favourite hymn is “How Great Thou Art.”
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Definitely my favorite. Well, I also like Holy God We Praise thy Name, though I’ve never heard that at Mass, just at Benediction. Would there be any reason not to sing that song during the Mass?
 
Hmmmm. I don’t know if I can name a favorite.

Some I really like… Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus, Bob Hurd’s I Want to Praise Your Name, Palestrina’s As the Deer Longs, and Dan Schutte’s You Are Near.

I like Bob Dufford’s Be Not Afraid but it usually leaves me feeling rather uncharitably toward the cantor and other choir members because they can’t seem to get the rhythm in the first two verses.
 
valient_Lucy said:
Definitely my favorite. Well, I also like Holy God We Praise thy Name, though I’ve never heard that at Mass, just at Benediction. Would there be any reason not to sing that song during the Mass?
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We have sung “Holy God We Praise Thy Name” at Mass. We do not have Benediction at my parish except once a year at the close of 40 hours devotion.
 
Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all,
How can I love Thee as I ought?
And how revere this wond’rous gift,
So far surpassing hope or thought.
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and more!
O make us love Thee more and more!
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Had I but Mary’s sinless heart,
To love Thee with, my dearest King;
O with what bursts of fervent praise,
Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and more!
O make us love Thee more and more!
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O, see, within a creature’s hand,
The vast Creator deigns to be,
Reposing infant-like, as though
On Joseph’s arm, on Mary’s knee.
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and more!
O make us love Thee more and more!
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Thy body, soul, and Godhead, all–
O mystery of love divine!
I cannot compass all I have,
For all Thou hast and art are mine.
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and more!
O make us love Thee more and more!
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Sound, sound His praises higher still,
And come ye Angels to our aid;
'Tis God, 'tis God, the very God,
Whose power both man and angels made.
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore.
O make us love Thee more and more!
O make us love Thee more and more!
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Personally I like:

How Beautiful - T. Paris
Gather Us In - M. Haugen
Christ Be Our Light - B. Farrell
In This Place - T. Thomson
I Am The Bread of Life -
We Are One Body - D. Scallon
Cry the Gospel - T. Booth
Open My Eyes - J. Manibusan
Lord of All Hopefulness - J. Struther

On a slightly related note, I love the chorale from Bach’s cantata Wachet Auf. Is this translated into singable english anywhere? Published for use at Mass?
 
lak611 said:
We have sung “Holy God We Praise Thy Name” at Mass. We do not have Benediction at my parish except once a year at the close of 40 hours devotion.
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Good to know. I love that hymn. Not only beautiful, but a lot of theology in that song. I think beautiful songs with a lot of sound theology can go a long way to educate the faithful.
 
ChemicalBean said:
Personally I like:
Lord of All Hopefulness - J. Struther
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I prefer the original words set to this tune, which is “Be Thou My Vision”. I once started singing “Be Thou My Vision” when the organist played the tune, not bothering to pick up my hymnal to see that he wanted us to sing “Lord of All Hopefulness”. :o :blushing:
 
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