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This traditional Marian song was believed to have originated with Coptic Christians in 250AD. This rendition of the song was composed by Louis Lambillotte SJ. I sang it in the low key of E. Hope you like it and my guitar accompaniment.

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 

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 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.
 

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.

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?

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

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,   

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

New offertory Song by Erwin Cabucos. 

Our Holy Offering
Texts and music © 2024 Erwin Cabucos

Intro: Capo 2 G - G - G

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 

Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

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

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

Singing the principles of Laudato Si:

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

New praise and worship Jesus Christ song by Erwin Cabucos:

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

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.
    

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