Need help identifying song heard at Mass in Rome

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Hi, I recently returned from a trip to Italy. I was reviewing a video from my GoPro and heard this snippet of a song that was being sung in the church. This was during Mass at the Basilica of St. Peter Outside the Walls. I tried finding it on youtube, but didn’t have any luck. I’m not sure if it is in Italian or latin? Can anyone help I.D. this?

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JoRick said:
Hi, I recently returned from a trip to Italy. I was reviewing a video from my GoPro and heard this snippet of a song that was being sung in the church. This was during Mass at the Basilica of St. Peter Outside the Walls. I tried finding it on youtube, but didn’t have any luck. I’m not sure if it is in Italian or latin? Can anyone help I.D. this?

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I can’t help you unfortunately but it is beautiful sounding. I hope you enjoyed your trip and hope someone can ID it for I’d like to know as well.

Mary.
 
I can’t clearly hear all the words, but just enough to hear that it is in French, as I heard “rendons grâce à Dieu”. I think it might be “Fille de Sion”. (Daughter of Zion).
 
I can only say that musically I’d place it in the latter 20th century. The chord progression at the end sounds 70s-ish to me, but I could be wrong. (As a matter of fact the overall chord progression is similar to Jim Farrell / OCP’s “Save Your People, O Lord,” but the tune is different enough to identify it as something else.)
 
JoRick said:
Hi, I recently returned from a trip to Italy. I was reviewing a video from my GoPro and heard this snippet of a song that was being sung in the church. This was during Mass at the Basilica of St. Peter Outside the Walls. I tried finding it on youtube, but didn’t have any luck. I’m not sure if it is in Italian or Latin? Can anyone help I.D. this?

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It’s Italian; the title of the song is “Tu sei la mia vita” (“You are my life”) . The words of the snippet are from the second verse:

Credo in te, Signore, nato da Maria:
Figlio eterno e santo, uomo come noi.
Morto per amore, vivo in mezzo a noi:

Tu sei la mia vita

1-Tu sei la mia vita, altro io non ho.
Tu sei la mia strada, la mia verità.
Nella tua parola io camminerò
finché avrò respiro, fino a quando tu vorrai.
Non avrò paura, sai, se tu sei con me:
io ti prego, resta con me.

2-Credo in te, Signore, nato da Maria:
Figlio eterno e santo, uomo come noi.
Morto per amore, vivo in mezzo a noi:
una sola cosa con il Padre e con i tuoi,
fino a quando - io lo so - tu ritornerai
per aprirci il regno di Dio.

3-Tu sei la mia forza: altro io non ho.
Tu sei la mia pace, la mia libertà.
Niente nella vita ci separerà:
so che la tua mano forte non mi lascerà.
so che da ogni male tu mi libererai
e nel tuo perdono vivrò.

4-Padre della vita, noi crediamo in te.
Figlio Salvatore, noi speriamo in te.
Spirito d’Amore, vieni in mezzo a noi:
tu da mille strade ci raduni in unità
e per mille strade, poi, dove tu vorrai,
noi saremo il seme di Dio.

A translation in English and more info is here.
 
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It’s Italian; the title of the song is “Tu sei la mia vita” (“You are my life”) . The words of the snippet are from the second verse:

Credo in te, Signore, nato da Maria:
Figlio eterno e santo, uomo come noi.
Morto per amore, vivo in mezzo a noi:

Tu sei la mia vita

1-Tu sei la mia vita, altro io non ho.
Tu sei la mia strada, la mia verità.
Nella tua parola io camminerò
finché avrò respiro, fino a quando tu vorrai.
Non avrò paura, sai, se tu sei con me:
io ti prego, resta con me.

2-Credo in te, Signore, nato da Maria:
Figlio eterno e santo, uomo come noi.
Morto per amore, vivo in mezzo a noi:
una sola cosa con il Padre e con i tuoi,
fino a quando - io lo so - tu ritornerai
per aprirci il regno di Dio.

3-Tu sei la mia forza: altro io non ho.
Tu sei la mia pace, la mia libertà.
Niente nella vita ci separerà:
so che la tua mano forte non mi lascerà.
so che da ogni male tu mi libererai
e nel tuo perdono vivrò.

4-Padre della vita, noi crediamo in te.
Figlio Salvatore, noi speriamo in te.
Spirito d’Amore, vieni in mezzo a noi:
tu da mille strade ci raduni in unità
e per mille strade, poi, dove tu vorrai,
noi saremo il seme di Dio.

A translation in English and more info is here.
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Thanks, you’re right, it’s Italian. I was listening to it on my iPhone but when I played it on my iMac with the sound way up it was much clearer.
 
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