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Holy Mother hear our prayer. As your poor children we come to you
We need your help in this fight. For the poor souls lost in this night
Holy Mother intercede in this time of our greatest need 
You love each one of us that your son died for out of pure love!

REFRAIN
HOLY MOTHER YOU SHOWED US HOW
TO LIVE IN HUMBLE SIMPLICITY
Queen of Martyrs with the King of Martyrs 

A Song Of Thanksgiving

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Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving
To God our Father triumphantly raise
Who fashioned and made us, protected and saved us,
Who guideth us on to the end of our days.
His banners are o’er us, his light goes before us
A pillar of fire shining forth in the night: 

Responsorial Psalm 85 for 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time Yr A Lord You are good and forgiving

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Responsorial Psalm for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A: Lord, you are good and forgiving. Free-to-use psalm tune from the composition of Erwin Cabucos. Please leave a message here which parish you are from and for which you are singing this Psalm. Please see, attached, lyrics with guitar chords.
 

Psalm 113

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Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah  Hallelujah 

1) Praise the Lord, you his servants;  
    praise the name of the Lord.
   Let the name of the Lord be praised,
    both now and for evermore.
   From the rising of the sun – to the place where it sets,
    the name of the Lord – is to be praised.
 
2) The Lord is exalted over all the nations,
    his glory above the heavens.

Tapestry

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Instrumentation: Voice, piano trio
Duration: 3’


A fisher in China just before dawn
Unrecorded, unremembered
And gone before He arrived
Was it enough for the waiting room?
Was it enough to be a thread?

A soldier in England after Rome’s fall
On the surface, rough and violent
But did grace shine at the end?
Did it save him from separation?
Was it enough to make a thread?


A servant in New Spain knows her failures
Hides in the back every Sunday
And keeps praying to improve
Did that leave her in the gray fire?
Was it enough to make a thread?

Psalms 64/65: The Seed that Falls 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A

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The seed that falls in good ground will yield a fruitful harvest Psalms 64 for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. Composed by Erwin Cabucos from Catholic Church Hymns

Hymn of the Month: Nearer, My God, To Thee (The Catholic Verses)

Did Catholics once sing a different version of Nearer, My God, to Thee?

For nearly seventy years, American Catholic hymnals replaced Sarah Adams' famous text with a unique Sacred Heart adaptation that reshaped the hymn into a powerful prayer of devotion and reparation.

Join me this month as we uncover this forgotten chapter of Catholic hymnody and explore how one of Christianity's most beloved melodies became a vehicle for catechesis through melody and Eucharistic faith.


Please visit Mother of Mercy Catholic Hymns

https://www.motherofmercycatholichymns.com/catholic-nearer-my-god-to-thee/

Love Beyond All Words and Telling

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Eternal King and God Most high,
Redeemer of all faithful souls,
in you the pow’r of death is crushed,
and in triumph show your gifts of grace.

You mount the holy judgment seat
established at the Father’s right,   

Joyful Joyful We Adore You - Lower Key (D)

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Lower key (D) cover of van Dyke's Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee. A cover by Erwin Cabucos
 
 

New Offertory Hymn: Our Holy Offering by Erwin Cabucos

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New offertory Song by Erwin Cabucos. 



Our Holy Offering
Texts and music © 2024 Erwin Cabucos

Intro: Capo 2 G - G - G

Time Of Prayer Waiting

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1) In this time of prayer waiting of what you will do
We hope and trust in your divine mercy
The more we become aware of your providential care
We love to be held in your fatherly arms
How all things work out for our greater good
How trials help us know and do all that we should
And how you plan everything that we become
Ever more  your holy daughters and sons

2) Some say and think that There’s nothing we can’t do
But in truth  nothing can we do without you
Some have elaborate designs and high utopian plans 

Psalm 89 for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

Canticle of Zecharuah

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Canticle of Zechariah for the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist on Wednesday. 

The Bells Are Ringing

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1) The bells are ringing loud and clear
For all of us to hear 
For us to rejoice who have ears to hear
As you pour forth grace
In these trials we all face
to be beacons of your light
and hope for the hopeless
in this darkest night

2) Ring them bells pope Leo
for all of us to hear 
how I love each and everyone

For Our Common Home by Erwin Cabucos from Laudato Si lyrics and chords

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Singing the principles of Laudato Si:

License through CCLI and One License

Gift of Common Home
(Cry of the Earth) on Laudato Si
Text and music © 2024 Erwin Cabucos

Lord You Alone Satisfy by Erwin Cabucos Lyrics and Chords

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New praise and worship Jesus Christ song by Erwin Cabucos:

 
Useful for every mass for all seasons especially Resurrection, Ascension, Transfiguration and Trinity 

Lighten These Nights

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1 ) O Christ, you share the Father’s light,
Yourself, Light from Light, our day;
we lightened these dark nights  with song:
Come help us, Lord, and hear our prayer.
    

Hymn of the Month - June: The Music of Sister Mary Editha, B.V.M.

For this month’s featured article, I invite you to discover the life and legacy of Sister Mary Editha, B.V.M., a gifted Catholic hymn composer whose beautiful music shaped devotional life. Drawing on exclusive archival research and historical sources, this article traces her life, ministry, and hymnody. It features a three-column manuscript gallery and—for the first time—actual archival vocal and instrumental recordings performed by the student choirs of Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. Her story offers a rare, moving glimpse into the history of Catholic hymnody and the dedicated women who safeguarded the musical memory of our faith.

Please take a moment to read, listen, and explore this important piece of Catholic musical history.

Please visit Mother of Mercy Catholic Hymns and read The Music of Sister Mary Editha

https://www.motherofmercycatholichymns.com/sister-mary-editha/

Closer To You

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1 ) Everyday you  draw  us closer to
To you and how you make all things new -  each day
You show us our Father as  only you can
And daily reveal  his divine plan   
For each of us

We Are Sent Forth by Erwin Cabucos Lyrics and Chords

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This song is based from Matthew 9:36-10:8, with themes of evangelization and commissioning. We are all missionaries in our faith in Jesus. This is the message at the conclusion of the Mass. 

 
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