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Learn how to sing psalms in Spanish! Free download of guitar lead sheet and audio demo: Responsorial Psalm 30 in Spanish for Good Friday: Viernes Santa C – Padre, en tus manos encomiendo mi espíritu.

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Viernes Santa de la Pasión del Señor

Salmo Responsorial
Salmo 30, 2 y 6. 12-13. 15-16. 17 y 25; R. Lc 23, 46

 (Simin)(Mimin)(Simin)(Mimin)(Re)(La7)(Re)
   Bm    Em      Bm   Em      D  A7    D
R. Padre, en tus manos  encomiendo mi espíritu.

Aclamación antes del Evangelio
Flp 2, 8-9

  (Re)                  (Sol)(La7)(Re)
   D                      G   A7 D
R. Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús.

SONGS FOR LENT AND HOLY WEEK

from the Liturgical Index of Gather Comprehensive Second Edition by GIA Music.

All songs below are in this hymnal: Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition - Guitar Spiral edition

Previews of sheet music for many of these songs can be seen at Hymnary.com: https://hymnary.org/hymnal/GC2

Find these songs in other hymnals by using this chart: GIA hymnals comparative listing of songs. Also see our Liturgical Music Resources page.

LENT
400 - Adoramus Te Christe
407 - Again We Keep This Solemn Fast
597 - All That We Have
586 - Amazing Grace
852 - Ashes
413 - At the Cross Her Station Keeping
573 - By the Waters of Babylon
414 - Change Our Hearts
642 - Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
502 - Come to the Water
419 - Deep Within
392 - Dust and Ashes ... Read Full Story >>>

Learn how to sing psalms in Spanish! Free download of guitar lead sheet and audio demo: Responsorial Psalm 21 in Spanish for Palm Sunday. Domingo de Ramos C - Salmo 21 - Dios mío, ¿por qué me has abandonado?

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Domingo de Ramos de la Pasión de la Señor (Ciclo C)

Salmo Responsorial
Sal 21, 8-9. 17-18a. 19-20. 23-24; R. 2a

  (Simin)                       (Mimin)(Sol)(Simin)
   Bm                              Em   G    Bm
R. Dios mío, Dios mío, ¿por qué me has abandonado?

Learn how to sing psalms in Spanish! Free download of guitar lead sheet and audio demo: Responsorial Psalm 125 in Spanish for 5th Sunday of Lent (C). Domingo 5 Cuaresma C - Salmo 125 - Grandes cosas ha hecho por nosotros, Señor

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Learn how to sing psalms in Spanish! Free download of guitar lead sheet and audio demo: Responsorial Psalm 102 in Spanish for 4th Sunday of Lent (C). Domingo 4 Cuaresma C – Salmo 33 – Haz la prueba y verás qué bueno es el Señor

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ckovackop wrote: 

I plan the Funeral liturgies for the sisters of our congregation. We have a license (One License) that is printed on our music booklet but in planning I explore a variety of sources before deciding on a specific song.

I wrote back to Carla to welcome her input on funeral music planning. I am webmaster and cantor at the Church of St. Matthew and we have put together a funeral planning page with some music suggestions. It still needs more work.

st-matts.org/funeral-ministry/funeral-music/

I thought it might be helpful to copy over the above list of hymns to a new story here at TCS. I welcome everyone's suggestions for hymns to add to this list!

God's peace,

Richard Schletty
TCS owner/editor
 

FUNERAL MUSIC SUGGESTIONS

Numbered selections are from the GIA hymnal "Gather Comprehensive, 2nd Edition"

Prelude
Ave Maria - Schubert
Ave Maria - Gounod
May the Road Rise to Meet You - Lori True
Take Me Home - Haas (Gather #760)

(Many songs listed in other sections are also effective as prelude music. Instrumental music is acceptable also.)

Gathering/Sending Forth
Amazing Grace/Newton/NEW BRITAIN (Gather #586)
Be Not Afraid/Schutte (Gather #596)
Blest Are They/Haas (Gather #636)...  Read Full Story >>>

Text: Psalm 16:1–2, 7–11. Refrain, Paul Inwood, b. 1947, © 1985, Paul Inwood. Published by OCP. All rights reserved. Verses, alt., © 1963, The Grail (England).

Music: Paul Inwood, © 1985, Paul Inwood. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

The lyrics are Jack's poem "Covered" (inspired by a terrible nightmare). The guitar track was recorded by Jack Miller in a separate "moment" with his Zoom H2 digital recorder (with no intention of marrying his poem to his guitar track). 

I took it upon myself to crisp up Jack's guitar track and overlay my baritone register, singing his words in a free-form manner.

I thank Jack and Roxylee for their ongoing inspiration in things related both to heaven and earth.

COVERED
[inspired by Romans 3:21-31]

The blood of Christ
It covers me

The blood of Christ
He died for me...  Read Full Story >>>

Tale of Two Prodigal Sons
Lyrics and music ©2007 Jack Miller
Guitar: Scott Carmichael. Vocals: Richard Schletty
A MacJams.com collaboration

Am                                G 
  The younger of the sons, he was leavin'
Am                                         G
  Told his wealthy dad "Give me all that's mine"
Am                                     G 
  So he gathered all his riches and he journeyed
     F                         Am 
To a land to see what he would find
     F                         C
To a land to see what he would find

In that land he wasted all his bounty
Living only for the pleasures of each day...   Read Full Story >>>

Here is the book that I took the Catechesis 101 class.  It might be helpful to find the key points in this book Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Also, if anyone interest in taking the online class, this is a helpful link
https://formation.archdpdx.org/institute-for-catholic-life-and-leadership
 

SONG LYRIC:  Christocentric
by:  Dan Vi Nguyen

Chorus:  
In communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
We receive a divine mercy of Christ to be the center of our life.
Christocentric of the suffering, death, resurrection and accession.
To hold the church in Body of Christ that brought to life in Holy Spirit.

Verse
Center our life with the direction of Christocentric
Experience the life of Christ in his suffering, death, resurrection and accession.
In human flesh that he know humanity in weakness and sinful.
Forth, seek his forgiveness in the Lord, Jesus Christ.
To be purify as in Christ's image and likeness of God.

Verse
Live out our faith in the Holy Spirit
Listen to the inner peace of our heart and mind
Speak of our heart and mind to prayer with Holy Spirit
Our voices will be heard in heaven upon the Kingdom of God
Forth the day we feel the joy of Holy Spirt upon us.

Verse
The kingdom of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
In union of Christ in communion of Ecclesial
That together we are in deposit of faith for all life
Forth we are joinful in Christocentric of our life.
We all in One Body of Christ.

My presentation of a popular hymn sung at Masses, weddings and funerals. This recording was made in my basement. "On Eagle's Wings" is sung against the backdrop of our neighborhood Easter egg hunt in 2018.

Text Psalm 91; Michael Joncas, b.1951
Tune: Michael Joncas, b.1951
© 1979, New Dawn Music

Voice and guitar: Richard Schletty

Refrain:
Taste and See the Goodness of the Lord

Text: Verses, The Revised Grail Psalms, © 2010, Conception Abbey and The Grail, admin. by GIA Publications, Inc.; refrain, Lectionary for Mass, © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL Music: Michel Guimont. © 1994, GIA Publications, Inc.

Voice and guitar: Richard Schletty. This is performed one full step lower than written. It's in the key of G instead of the key of A. It's more comfortable for my baritone voice.

Refrain:
The Lord Is Kind and Merciful, The Lord Is Kind and Merciful

Text: Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8; para. by Marty Haugen, © 1983, GIA Publications, Inc.; refrain trans.© 1969, ICEL
Music: Marty Haugen, © 1983, GIA Publications, Inc.