Is Dan Schutte's hymn "Here I Am, Lord" appropriate for Mass?

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I find it rather sappy and focusing too much on “me” instead of praising God but there’s no law against it being sung in Mass.
 
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Sure that’s the purpose why the hymn was composed in the first place.
 
Absolutely, it’s one of my favorites. I practice singing it when I’m in the shower. I belt it out loudly on street corners when I’m waiting at a crosswalk.
 
Do I like it? not particularly.

is is suitable for Mass? Why wouldn’t it be?
 
It’s a bit cheezy but it reminds me of the Bible story of the little boy in the temple who thought that Elijah was waking him up.
 
I think it was over used at a parish or two I belonged to so I got sick of it.
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ocusing too much on “me” instead of praising God
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How is it focused on “me”? I find City of God to be a better example of that.
 
Uh…How about you kick off the discussion with some reasons why it might not be? Otherwise it’s just a bizarre question completely out of left field
 
Or this?
Schutte’s most famous song, “Here I am, Lord” is the anthem for the gay rights movement within the Catholic Church, as the Los Angeles Tidings’ Brenda Rees reported on February 9, 2001:

"‘Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go Lord if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.’

"The refrain of Dan Schutte’s familiar opening refrain that filled St. Dominic Church in Eagle Rock Feb. 4 set the tone for the warm, almost-summer evening, where more than 400 people gathered to celebrate 15 years of the Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Catholics (MLGC).

"‘Here I am, Lord’ is, in ways, an unofficial motto for the ministry that has grown and found its place within not only the Los Angeles Archdiocese but also the cities and parishes where it has taken root. The MLGC encourages gay and lesbian Catholics to remain (or return to) their parishes to fully participate in the service and life of the church [sic].

"For all those involved in the MLGC - including supportive pastors, religious, lay members and leaders - the evening was indeed a celebration of endurance, strength and commitment. At the end of the Mass, the ministry’s director, Carmelite Father Peter Liuzzi, thundered to the crowds, ‘We have passed through the door. This is our jubilee year!’

“San Pedro Regional Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sartoris presided at the Mass where more than 30 priests concelebrated…”
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Dan Schutte Is Gay

This explains alot about modern church "music": Earlier this year, just before FTM's trusty old computer crashed and died, FTM received a fascinating email (now irretrievable) on that old St. Louis Jesuit, and former priest, Dan Schutte, who is now publicly identified as a partnered gay man. You ...
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I don’t think I’ve heard of City of God song (or are you referring to Augustine’s book?). But by reading the lyrics of Here I Am, Lord you can see that the focus is on God picking “me”. Nothing wrong with that but I think Mass should be more about praising God than anything else.
 
Wow. Pretty sure there will be plenty of fans of version 2 here but put me down for version 1. Without question.

Better yet, scrap the song and give me chant.
 
City of God was also written by Dan Schutte.

I can kind of see what you are seeing in the lyrics but I also see making a promise to God to serve his people.
 
It’s an approved hymn in most Catholic Hymnals.

My group sang it often. It’s an awesome hymn.

Jim
 
“Here I Am, Lord”, also known by its first line, “I, the Lord of sea and sky”, is a Christian hymn written by Dan Schutte in 1981. Its words are based on Isaiah 6:8 and 1 Samuel 3. It is published by OCP Publications.

Jim
 
The headline “Dan Schutte is Gay” seems a bit blunt. I wonder which side of the political spectrum Phatmass is on. The song itself is fine and scriptural. If LGBT Catholics have borrowed it and sing it to express their love of God and the Church, that’s good, right?
 
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I like both. Both have ministered to me at different times in my faith life and I’m at a point where I appreciate both for what they were to me in the past but also what they mean to me now.
 
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