What was the best song you heard at mass this weekend

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A Voice Cries Out, in honor of St. John the Baptist, done at offertory in response to the readings. I have no complaint whatsoever with the hymns selected for our liturgies, as we have a most competent Choir Director who selects according to the season, the readings, and uses appropriate entrance and recessional hymns. She is also in the diocesan choir which recently sang for the pope.

May I also add that we have two hymnals, Worship II which is full of traditional hymns and psalm responses, and Breaking Bread. Between them, we have in excess of 1500 choices for Mass, and I’ll wager we know more hymns in my parish than does the ordinary Church. Since my pastor is elderly and knows both the old and the new from many parishes in which he served, he has led us into unfamiliar hymns at daily mass, expanding our repertoire. Wonderful!

Matthew 13:52
He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
 
Our wonderful choir sang “Tu Es Sacerdos” for our newly ordained priest! 😃
 
Well, I was not at my usual parish, so they do things differently than I am used to. They had to songs with “Canticle” songs (forget the second one, first was “of Zachary” or something). Both times I was expecting “Canticle of the Sun” which is what I usually expect when I hear that term used.
 
NewUlm1976_2000 said:
The “Dance Goes On…” one.
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That would be the Haugen parody

Here are the lyrics St. Francis wrote
Most high, all powerful, all good Lord! All praise is yours, all glory, all honor, and all blessing. To you, alone, Most High, do they belong. No mortal lips are worthy to pronounce your name.
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Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through, my lord, Brother Sun, who brings the day; and you give light through him. And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendor! Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.
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Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens you have made them, precious and beautiful.
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Be praised, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air, and clouds and storms, and all the weather, through which you give your creatures sustenance.
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Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure.
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Be praised, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom you brighten the night. He is beautiful and cheerful, and powerful and strong.
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Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Mother Earth, who feeds us and rules us, and produces various fruits with colored flowers and herbs.
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Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial. Happy those who endure in peace, for by you, Most High, they will be crowned.
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Be praised, my Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death, from whose embrace no living person can escape. Woe to those who die in mortal sin! Happy those she finds doing your most holy will. The second death can do no harm to them.
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Praise and bless my Lord, and give thanks, and serve him with great humility.
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I attend a traditional Mass, so the only “song” I heard was at the end of Mass, unless you count Gregorian chant, but that is usually only done by the priest and the schola.

Anyway, the hymn we sang was traditional and very appropriate (i.e., it actually mentioned the Baptist), but I cannot remember what it was! It definitely wasn’t “Lord of the Dance” though. 🙂
 
lak611 said:
I know that means “you are a priest”. Is there an English version?
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We sing the first part in Latin and then repeat what we sang in English. “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchisidech. God has ordered it, you are a priest. He will not repent, you are a priest forever.”
 
krazykatlady said:
We sing the first part in Latin and then repeat what we sang in English. “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchisidech. God has ordered it, you are a priest. He will not repent, you are a priest forever.”
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Ok. I thought the name of the hymn that you mentioned was in Spanish, not Latin. I took Spanish in high school.
 
This is post number 52 on this thread, and I cannot believe that no parish has sung “On Jordan’s Bank” to celebrate the birth of St. John the Baptist! That is what we sang here in Jerusalem for Mass last Saturday evening. As we were just a few miles from the village of Ein Kerem where John the Baptist was born, and a short drive to the Jordan River itself, our organist could not have picked a more appropriate hymn. It is not necessary to associate this hymn with the season of Advent, as the term “advent” can refer to more than just the season.
 
Marysann said:
This is post number 52 on this thread, and I cannot believe that no parish has sung “On Jordan’s Bank” to celebrate the birth of St. John the Baptist! That is what we sang here in Jerusalem for Mass last Saturday evening. As we were just a few miles from the village of Ein Kerem where John the Baptist was born, and a short drive to the Jordan River itself, our organist could not have picked a more appropriate hymn. It is not necessary to associate this hymn with the season of Advent, as the term “advent” can refer to more than just the season.
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‘On Jordan’s Bank’ has nothing to do with John’s BIRTH though. It’s appropriate for Advent, as well as the feast of the Baptism of Jesus, though of course it’s better than 99% of what is usually played on the Feast of John’s Nativity.

The Canticle of Zachary, which he actually proclaimed AT John’s birth, is the most appropriate, and I note it was used in a few places 👍
 
Marysann said:
This is post number 52 on this thread, and I cannot believe that no parish has sung “On Jordan’s Bank” to celebrate the birth of St. John the Baptist!
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We sang that at our Mass then too. But, since the title of the thread was the “Best Song you heard at Mass”, I put down “Faith of Our Fathers”

Just because it hasn’t been listed, doesn’t mean it wasn’t sung 😉
‘On Jordan’s Bank’ has nothing to do with John’s BIRTH though.
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It is still a song about the ministry of St. John the Baptist as is thus very appropriate. Yesterday was the Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul, and we sang “The Church is One Foundation”, a loose reference to St. Peter being the Rock of the Church. Were we supposed to sing a hymn about Peter’s birth instead 😉 😛
 
Brendan said:
Yesterday was the Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul, and we sang “The Church is One Foundation”, a loose reference to St. Peter being the Rock of the Church. Were we supposed to sing a hymn about Peter’s birth instead 😉 😛
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No because it’s not the Feast of the Nativity (birth) of St Peter - rather it’s simply his feastday, so we celebrate Peter’s whole life, ministry and martyrdom.

St John has his feastday (as opposed to the celebration of his birth) on 29th August. THAT is the date on which it is more appropriate to celebrate his ministry at the Jordan as well as his own martyrdom by Herod.

As another example - June 29th was also the feast of St Paul, of course. You may not know this, but there is a separate feast of the CONVERSION of St Paul (the Road to Damascus incident) which is January 25th. They’re not the same feast, not celebrating the same thing, so the same readings and hymns wouldn’t be equally appropriate for both.
 
paramedicgirl said:
Oh, this is so tough! Let’s see, the opening hymn was “Gather us in” and then we heard, “Though the Mountains may fall,” and then for closing the Mass it was “Lord of the Dance.”

Hmmm… I guess I’d have to say none… None of those songs even belong in a Catholic Mass.
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Hey, sounds like my parish! My sympathies. But, I don’t think I’ve even had to endure all three of those in the same Mass. The only thing that could be worse would be if you added 'Sing a New Church (into being…)" into the mix. Geesh. :banghead:
 
Somebody in the musician’s section of church was playing “Wild Thing…” just before Mass started.

I tried to understand the symbolism behind it, but so far it’s eluded me.
 
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