7th Movement from the project Hungry For Heaven. More at http://www.hungryforheaven.com. Would you like to see this become a musical? If so, please comment.

Lifting
7th Movement, Hungry for Heaven

Raise me skyward in a torrent
Energize me with your current
I won't fall, I won't fail
Word poured from your holy grail...
 

Psalm 34 - The Cry of the Poor. Responsorial Psalm on 8/9/2015 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church. Voice and guitar: Richard Schletty. Piano: Sr. Anne Becker. Recorded with a Zoom H2 digital recorder. I used SoundSoap to reduce the fan and AC noise.

Text: Psalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 18-19, 23; John Foley, SJ
Music: John Foley, SJ
© 1978, 1990, John B. Foley, SJ, and New Dawn Music

capo 2

Refrain
Em D Bm Em
The Lord hears the cry of the poor,
C D Em
Blessed be the Lord...

Dear Friends,

Recently, I posted one of my new songs on the MUSIC page of my website. It’s titled, “Beautiful Name, Jesus.”

I invite you to take a listen and sing along if you like. Here is the link to the song. www.margobsmith.com/music

Love in Christ,

Margo

• Artist: Edewede Oriwoh
• Title: Sing With The Angels
• Album: Praise!
• Track: 1
• Genre: Christian
• Year: 2015
• Composer: Edewede Oriwoh
• Notes: Sing With The Angels!!

• Artist: Edewede O.
• Title: Kyrie Eleison!
• Album: Forgiven
• Genre: Christian
• Year: 2015
• Composer: Edewede Oriwoh

Ave Maria

AVE MARIA from EORIWOH on Vimeo.

"Breath of Dawn" is a fine album of quiet, reflective orchestral music that creates a calm, peaceful atmosphere for easy listening and reflection. Classically inspired with a cinematic flair. Composed and performed by Paul F. Page - www.paulpage.org

Paul F. Page's music comes from a background steeped in classical music from the Baroque era to the present. Elements of Mendelssohn, Chopin, Mozart, Faure, Debussy, as well as influences from the visual/cinematic world can be found in this "hybrid-classical" album. Paul has been writing music for over 50 years, having worked as a choral director, arranger, composer, and as a solo artist for the last 45 years. He has created ballet, solo "art" songs, liturgical choral and assembly music, music for orchestra and solo orchestral instruments, and music for organ and piano. He has been recognized for his work as a liturgical and classical composer by ASCAP for the past 14 years, and his vocal music is performed in churches and schools throughout the U.S. where it is included in numerous publications of his octavos and solo songs.

Paul's music is featured at the on-line composers' site "MacJams.com" where his compositions and performances are well-known and respected for their quality, sensitivity, attention to detail, and immediate accessibility. 

Milton Delgado has kindly given us permission to freely distribute his songs. Here is his pro-life song featured in a recent article about Milton. Use the link below to download this MP3. Pass on to others!

Let Me Live!

Is this what God would have you do: take away a life its right to live,
prevent a birth into the world when he has so much to love and give?

I know the sorrow you will feel. Oh choose the gift of life, not to destroy!
Hold me in your arms for just a while and soon your pain will turn to joy.

As a child we must enter the Kingdom of God. As a child God was worshiped and adored.
To the wise the wonders of heaven are concealed. But to the children the glory is revealed.

Did you not know that all my days were written in God's great master plan?
I was woven together from the depths of earth long before the world ever began.

As a child we must enter the Kingdom of God. As a child God was worshiped and adored.
To the wise the wonders of heaven are concealed. But to the children the glory is revealed.
Yes to the children the glory is revealed!

by Milton Lopez Delgado (Moscow, Pennsylvania)

Artist: Milton L. Delgado
Title: Let Me Live!
Album: No Longer One But Two
Genre: Gospel & Religious
Year: 2012
Composer: Milton L. Delgado

Howdy everybody! My name is Fr. Joseph Gill, a priest of the diocese of Bridgeport. I'm new to this site, and pretty excited because I just released (well, okay, it was last year) my third CD of Christian rock-pop-acoustic-folk-indie-sounding music. If you like Jars of Clay, Mercy Me, the old Switchfoot, or any of those bands, check out the music.

You can find it at http://www.noisetrade.com/josephgill or http://frjosephgill.bandcamp.com . Both websites offer all of my CDs for free - it's for the glory of God and the edification of souls, so feel free to download what you like, or share it with a friend...enjoy!

Little Things (St. Therese), off of "Be Not Afraid" by Benjamin Brekke is about how St. Therese, the little flower, has inspired me in my faith journey and invites us to follow her wisdom and do little things with great love.  Doing these little things, are like flowers in God's garden and can truly change the world.

If you enjoy this song, you can check my other songs or purchase this song on iTunes or CDBaby.

www.benjaminbrekke.com

Video • “Three Approaches To A Catholic Hymn”

Published 10 June 2015 by Jeff Ostrowski

The following video shows three (3) ways hymns are sung by our choir:

Jeff Ostrowski at Corpus Christi Watershed has made available a PDF copy of “A Manual For Church Musicians” (1964) — 130 pages.

Jeff writes:

You know that we are always interested in trying to figure out how the Mass changed during the 1960s.

This book is important:

PDF Download • “A Manual For Church Musicians” (1964)

It is extremely well-produced, but I would suggest to you that the content is quite poor. But it's interesting from a historical point of view.

- Jeff Ostrowski

Nick Alexander posted this article on his blog today. He includes links to three very timely articles for my parish! We are in the throes of discussion of this very thing!  – Richard Schletty, TCS editor

Three Must-Read Articles About Praise And Worship Music

http://www.nickalexander.com/2015/06/02/ccm_pandw/

"There are three fascinating, contradictory articles about contemporary worship that I ran across this past week. What’s interesting about these articles is that they conflict and complement each other, in interesting ways. The authors of these articles have very different conclusions as to the state of Christian Music today, and the effectiveness of both..."

Go to Nick's blog to see his commentary on these three articles:

10 Traits of Top CCLI Songs
http://worshipfuel.com/10-traits-of-top-ccli-songs-3/

Why They Don’t Sing on Sunday Anymore
http://holysoup.com/2014/05/21/why-they-dont-sing-on-sunday-anymore/

Who Killed the Contemporary Christian Music Industry?
http://theweek.com/articles/555603/who-killed-contemporary-christian-music-industry

In a follow-up email directly to me, Nick wrote:

"You may be inspiring me to create my first ever online course.  How to wade through these waters.  How to do 'New Evangelization Worship.' "

Stay tuned! 

Please make comments below after you have read the three articles. Is your parish doing any Contemporary Catholic Worship and Praise music? Share your experiences, whether positive or negative. Are you thinking about introducing this genre of music?

Nick Alexander here...

The Feast of Corpus Christi is taking place this coming Sunday, a week after Trinity Sunday. Since I am very much devoted to the Eucharist, I thought it fitting to share my favorite songs that incorporate the imagery of Jesus being present in the Eucharist, body, blood, soul and divinity.

Special thanks go to John Michael Talbot, who graces this list, including a memorable duet with Michael Card. Also included: Critical Mass, whose "Body and Blood" is one of my favorites. As goes for Bob Rice, whose I Shall Be Healed should be learned by every liturgical musician. Catholic standouts include Paul Harrigan, Matt Maher, Lynn Geyer, Bryan Murdaugh, and Gretchen Harris. There's even some great songs from Third Day, Kutless, Janet Paschal, the City on a Hill gang, and the late, great Rich Mullins. 

Traditional hymns on the solemnity of Corpus Christi include At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing, Soul of My Savior and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence.

What are your favorite Corpus Christi/Body and Blood songs?

Edit by Richard Schletty:

These "Body of Christ" songs are not at iTunes but can be viewed at SoundCloud or CCLI Song Select:

One Love - Ed Becker
http://soundcloud.com/ed-becker-music-ministry/one-love

Abide in Me - Paul Hilts
http://us.songselect.com/songs/4196613/abide-in-me

Be Transformed - Greg Mailloux
http://us.songselect.com/songs/4078102/be-transformed

Everything is Ready - Greg Mailloux
http://us.songselect.com/songs/4472289/everything-is-ready

Come to the Banquet - Greg Mailloux
http://us.songselect.com/songs/4079046/come-to-the-banquet

Bread of Life - Christ Kids Worship
http://www.christmusickids.com/?section=music-32

Broken For Me - Colin & Janet Lunt
http://us.songselect.com/songs/39025/broken-for-me

Take Your Place At Table - Deby Dearman/Kirk Dearman/Nancy Gordon
http://us.songselect.com/songs/2489092/take-your-place-at-table