Child of Eternal Love is an Advent-Christmas hymn composed by Richard Schletty (lyrics and melody). It was was released on a wonderfully diverse Christmas album by Fetal Records called "A Colorful Christmas" in October of 2015. You can find the song at iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon Music and Spotify. You may preview the song from this page.

Digital download of the album is available now, direct from Fetal Records.

A Colorful Christmas is a collection of Christmas songs, original and covers, in multiple genres by a diverse group of passionate and inspiring artists with different backgrounds. Featuring Internationally known bluesman Charlie Sayles, Tony Fazio, Scott Taylor, Richard Schletty, Greg Phillips, Subsidiarity, Law & Order, Ken Wenzel, and Jane Kraemer. “If you build it, they will come.” And so they came and came in force. Twelve originals and six traditional covers.

If you would like the sheet music for song, write to me. I'd love to have someone perform it.

Text and tune: Richard Schletty.
Lead guitar: Alberto Ayuso Domingo.
Rhythm guitar: David Gomez Sanz.
Piano: André van Haren.
Vocals: Richard Schletty.

Child of Eternal Love

[verse 1]
God, in glory, brings a star so bright.
A Son is born in a bed of barley hay.
Behold the Savior, our New Light,
Child of Eternal Love, Shepherd of the way.

[verse 2]
Mary, full of grace, will know the sorrow and the joy
of bringing forth the One Whom the prophets long foretold.
Joseph, by her side, will help raise up the Boy,
Child of Eternal Love, Flower to unfold.

[refrain]
Praise the Father of all creation
Praise the Son who conquers death
Praise the Spirit with jubilation
Grow God's love with every breath

[interlude]

[verse 3]
In the dark of night, in the winter chill,
We lift our prayers to the Trinity above.
Oh come, new Tree of Life, our hope fulfilled:
A Child of Promise of Eternal Love.

[refrain]

Copyright © 2008 Richard Schletty
www.richardschletty.com
rschletty@schletty.com

Originally published October 22, 2015

 

Responsorial Psalm 24(25):4-5,8-9,10,14 for the 1st Sunday in Advent, Year C

 

To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

 

Lord, make me know Your ways.

Lord, teach me Your paths.

Make me walk in Your truth, and teach me:

for You are God my saviour.

 

To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

 

The Lord is good and upright.

 

Responsorial Psalm 92(93):1-2,5 for the Solemnity of Christ the King, Year B

 

The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed.

 

The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed;

the Lord has robed Himself with might,

He has girded Himself with power.

 

The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed.

 

The world You made firm, not to be moved;

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/-eCfBHuxykE

 

Responsorial Psalm 15(16):5,8-11 for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

 

Preserve me, God, I take refuge in You.

 

O Lord, it is You who are my portion and cup;

it is You Yourself who are my prize.

I keep the Lord ever in my sight:

since He is at my right hand, I shall stand firm.

 

Preserve me, God, I take refuge in You.

The refrain of this chant is gleamed from the Divine Mercy and Divine Will devotions. It is a good ejaculatory prayer to recite during the day. Ejaculatory prayers are also known as aspirations.  At times ejaculatory prayers are more effective than long prayers because they are a concentration of many knocks into one. 

REFRAIN
Jesus, I trust in you - Your kingdom come
I give you my will - Please give me yours - to live in

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/h94VwnAt24A

Salmo Responsorial Domingo 33 Ordinario - Ciclo B - Salmo 15 - Enséñanos, Señor, el camino de la vida. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles. / Responsorial psalm in Spanish for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Cycle B. Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available.

https://insong.org/product/domingo-33-ordinario-b-salmo-15-ensenanos-senor-el-camino-de-la-vida/

Para recibir notificaciones de nuevos salmos cada semana, suscríbase a nuestro canal de YouTube. / To get notifications of new psalms each week, please subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@InSong

Gracias por escuchar. Estamos tratando de mejorar nuestras muestras de música. Por favor, dinos lo que piensas. / Thank you for listening. We are trying to improve our music samples. Please tell us what you think.

Music © 2020, Anthony Moran, https://insong.org
Arranged and recorded by Richard Schletty, https://schlettysound.com

Originally posted November 14, 2021.

 

Responsorial Psalm 145(146):7-10 for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

 

My soul, give praise to the Lord.

 

It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,

who is just to those who are oppressed.

It is he who gives bread to the hungry,

the Lord, who sets prisoners free.

 

My soul, give praise to the Lord.

 

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/W-ieazjCmGs

In this psalm of lamentation, the person cries out to God from his heart for mercy and help in his time of inner darkness and the desolation all around him.  He asks God not to enter into judgment with him as he admits his sins and weakness.  We can hear a Palestinian Christian in Gaza today, whose wife and children have been killed in bombings and has lost his home, village, and livelihood, cry out to God for mercy as he wanders hungry and in danger with his fellow refugees. This psalm could be a cry to God for help from a poor and pregnant young woman who has been rejected by her parents and recently by her boyfriend and others.

HYMN OF THE MONTH – November: Let a Pious Prayer Be Said

As part of my series on Catholic hymns, I have chosen a hymn appropriate for the Feast of All Souls and appropriate to sing during the month of November as we remember to pray for the poor souls in purgatory. The hymn was written by one of America’s first Catholic authors who became the pastor of one of the largest Catholic parishes in New York City. A forgotten American Hymnodist says Monsignor Hugh Thomas Henry.

Please visit my website Mother of Mercy Catholic Hymns and click on HYMN OF THE MONTH.

https://www.motherofmercycatholichymns.com/let-a-pious-prayer-be-said/

Be sure to read about these other fine hymns appropriate for the Feast of All Souls
Help Lord the Souls Which Thou Hast Made
Sweet Name Which Makes the Dying Live

 

Responsorial Psalm 17(18):2-4,47,51 for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

 

I love You, Lord, my strength.

 

I love You, Lord, my strength,

my rock, my fortress, my saviour.

My God is the rock where I take refuge;

my shield, my mighty help, my stronghold.

The Lord is worthy of all praise,

when I call I am saved from my foes.

 

 

Responsorial Psalm 129(130) for All Souls

 

Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord.

 

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,

 Lord, hear my voice!

O let your ears be attentive

 to the voice of my pleading.

 

Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord.

 

If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt,

 

Responsorial Psalm 23(24):1-6 for All Saints

 

Such are the men who seek Your face, O Lord.

 

The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,

 the world and all its peoples.

It is he who set it on the seas;

 on the waters he made it firm.

 

Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord.