Hungry for Hymns

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TrueLight said:
You mean this?

It’s pretty.

I have never heard of him. Thanks for introducing me to him. I don’t know any Catholic singers.

This Litany of the Saints is nice too. ProNobis, CAF poster, they are singing about you in that song, LOL.
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Unfortuanely I cannot open youtube. It’s probably a good thing or I would be watching it all of the time.

You are welcome. He is my favorite singer that is Modern but he is doctrinally sound.

Check out these songs too if you got time.
  1. You were on the cross.
  2. Kyrie Elieson
He made some of them you have probably heard before.
  1. The heart of worship.
  2. Better is one day.
I like his version of the Lord’s Prayer. I forget what his title is for it.

He’s got another one, I think it’s called He’s Risen from the grave or something like that.

God Bless.

Little One0307
 
Little_One0307 said:
Unfortuanely I cannot open youtube. It’s probably a good thing or I would be watching it all of the time.

You are welcome. He is my favorite singer that is Modern but he is doctrinally sound.

Check out these songs too if you got time.
  1. You were on the cross.
  2. Kyrie Elieson
He made some of them you have probably heard before.
  1. The heart of worship.
  2. Better is one day.
I like his version of the Lord’s Prayer. I forget what his title is for it.

He’s got another one, I think it’s called He’s Risen from the grave or something like that.

God Bless.

Little One0307
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Thanks! I need more Catholic Christian music on my iPhone.
 
TrueLight said:
The few times I have heard hymns sung, I have had no idea where to find the hymn. Before I’m done looking through the index to find the hymn the hymn is over.

Would it be disruptive for someone to say, such and such hymn on page 225?
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Nope. Numbers are usually said before singing. Or they are posted on a board for the Mass. If they are not announced then I would ask the priest or the Music Director about it.
 
TrueLight said:
I’m referring to all the non-latin hymns you listed. I miss them!

All Creatures of Our God and King is awesome.

Tantum Ergo is not so awesome.
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I wish your were local, I would invite you over. I do not use them exclusively, but they are my favorite and I generously use what you are calling traditional hymns. Next Sunday, I am using four out of five such hymns.
 
When they first came out, the Fanny Crosby Hymns were considered to be horrible by most of the Church structures. It took a LONG time for them to be adopted, and loved by the people.

The same is true of many of the new hymns. I hated the folk music, now i enjoy it (I won’t go so far as to say “Love”). If you truly listen, most of them come right out of the Bible, using a modern translation.

I get such a kick out of people that complain about Guitars, etc. The single most beloved Christmas Hymn that is sung in both Catholic and Protestant churches was WRITTEN FOR GUITAR (Silent Night).

I learned to sing Gregorian Chant, and the old Latin Hymns as a 9 year old child. I was a boy Soprano, and I sang both with the choir and sols for many years. I dearly love that music, but I sincerely hope (and pray) that we NEVER go back to it as the primary music of our church.

The people can NOT understand it. It is sung in a totally dead language, and that should NOT be what our church presents as a general thing.

For special occasions, ABSOLUTELY. I still sing (at the age of 67), and I can and do still do solos in a church with well over 1,000 people at Mass (and i can do it without a mike).

But, if our church went back to only that old music, I would walk away.
 
pnewton said:
I wish your were local, I would invite you over. I do not use them exclusively, but they are my favorite and I generously use what you are calling traditional hymns. Next Sunday, I am using four out of five such hymns.
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Life is unfair. 😦

At what points of the mass do you plan to use the four hymns? At the procession and recession? Where else? Do you have a choir? Do they do Gregorian Chant?
 
The_Old_Medic said:
I learned to sing Gregorian Chant, and the old Latin Hymns as a 9 year old child. I was a boy Soprano, and I sang both with the choir and sols for many years. I dearly love that music, but I sincerely hope (and pray) that we NEVER go back to it as the primary music of our church.

The people can NOT understand it. It is sung in a totally dead language, and that should NOT be what our church presents as a general thing.
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You’re own your own there, brother. I love Gregorian Chant! And some of us still use it as the primary music. I just want some hymns too. Grand, majestic hymns!
For special occasions, ABSOLUTELY. I still sing (at the age of 67), and I can and do still do solos in a church with well over 1,000 people at Mass (and i can do it without a mike).
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Do you still sing Soprano? 😃
 
TrueLight said:
Life is unfair. 😦
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It gets worse. I also have an affintity for the great Protestant hymns (which do not contain heresy). As much of the English-speaking members of my parish are converts, I use a lot of these. If it makes you feel better, I wish I had a choir I could sing with where I could sing the old SATB hymns.
 
pnewton said:
It gets worse. I also have an affintity for the great Protestant hymns (which do not contain heresy). As much of the English-speaking members of my parish are converts, I use a lot of these. If it makes you feel better, I wish I had a choir I could sing with where I could sing the old SATB hymns.
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I think that’s awesome. Protestants have great hymns.

Oh, I edited my original response to ask you at what points do you use the hymns. Procession, recession? Anywhere else? And I guess your parish does not have a choir?
 
TrueLight said:
I think that’s awesome. Protestants have great hymns.

Oh, I edited my original response to ask you at what points do you use the hymns. Procession, recession? Anywhere else? And I guess your parish does not have a choir?
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I use them in all places. This Sunday I am going to process with a Charles Wesley hymn, Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise. Then I will use another Protestant/Catholic hymn Alleluia! Sing to Jesus. For Eucharist, I am using O Sacrament Most Holy and O Lord I am Not Worthy for a meditation. I am going to recess with the Leon Patillo song, Go.

We only have a 3-6 member choir and that is only at one Mass.
 
pnewton said:
I use them in all places. This Sunday I am going to process with a Charles Wesley hymn, Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise. Then I will use another Protestant/Catholic hymn Alleluia! Sing to Jesus. For Eucharist, I am using O Sacrament Most Holy and O Lord I am Not Worthy for a meditation. I am going to recess with the Leon Patillo song, Go.

We only have a 3-6 member choir and that is only at one Mass.
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That’s excellent. Have you ever used Oh God Beyond All Praising?

I was just listening to it on YouTube. It touches me so deeply, it makes me wan to cry.
 
TrueLight said:
That’s excellent. Have you ever used Oh God Beyond All Praising?

I was just listening to it on YouTube. It touches me so deeply, it makes me wan to cry.
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This is one of my favorite hymns. I used it as my processional when I got married, although just as an organ instrumental. It’s so majestic and the words so beautiful and touching. Whenever I sing it at mass, I am always fighting back tears, especially when you hear a great organ and organist playing.

Although I do like many of the traditional Catholic hymns (and I’m in the group where I lump “traditional” hymn through the 19th century and early 20th century), I personally love many of the Anglican hymns, myself. They are simple to sing, rhythmically straightforward and are usually very beautiful both in word and in music. The German in me (especially the Lutheran side of my family) also loves German hymns. They just knew how to write congregational hymns.
 
Anyone listen to John Michael Talbot, especially his Psalms?
How about his Canticle of Simeon from the Gospel of Luke?

At one time he recorded at least one or two CD’s with a Presbyterian choir…beautiful!
 
JamestheOlder said:
Anyone listen to John Michael Talbot, especially his Psalms?
How about his Canticle of Simeon from the Gospel of Luke?

At one time he recorded at least one or two CD’s with a Presbyterian choir…beautiful!
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I don’t particularly care for his music, but I have to admit I did love his Canticle of Simeon.
 
Little_One0307 said:
Check out these songs too if you got time.
  1. You were on the cross.
  2. Kyrie Elieson
He made some of them you have probably heard before.
  1. The heart of worship.
  2. Better is one day.
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These four songs are not by the same person (I don’t know if you were saying they are or not).
 
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