Top Catholic Songs

1) He is our way, He is the truth, our life we praise Him
He is our God forever exalted and we love to praise His name             

2) He is exalted our King is exalted on high, and we praise  Him
He is exalted forever exalted   and we  praise your name

REFRAIN
He is our Lord, forever His truth shall reign.     
Heaven and earth, rejoice in His holy name
We exalt him our king we exalt on high

https://youtu.be/8vVMpw0WixA   Saint Carlo, Lead Us Ever Near

https://youtu.be/4TNDjPcG77k   Saint Carlo, Guide Our Way

St. Margaret Clitherow (1556-1586) was an English layperson and recusant – one who refused to give up the Catholic faith during the Reformation. She was martyred by government officials who placed a sharpened stone at the base of her spine before gradually adding crushing weight to a door placed on top of her. Her feast day is March 26.

Recusant

Instrumentation: Voice, guitar, mandolin, percussion
Length: 1’

Secret words
Hidden ways
Survival when darkness has taken control

There are 12 new songs that can be used as gathering, offertory, communion and recessional hymns in masses for any season. 10 English and 2 Filipino Catholic hymns from the compositions of Erwin Cabucos are recorded in this collection to cater for the diverse experiences of our faith. Enjoy. The music sheets are available from amazon and the music are downloadable from Spotify, Apple and YouTube.

 

How Can You Not?

Instrumentation: SATB chorus with piano
Duration: 1'30"
 

1 Wonderful merciful Saviour
Precious Redeemer and Friend
Who would have thought that a Lamb could    
Rescue the souls of men,  Oh You rescue the souls of men

Twelve new songs for use as gathering, offertory, communion and sending forth hymns for Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time and Lent in the Catholic Mass. Music sheets for guitar and piano have been made easy to play these lovely lyrics and melodies. 

Original composition by Erwin Cabucos. Instrumentals by Geoff Madden. For the pilgrims of hope. Music sheet is attached.

Our lives flow on in endless song;
Above earth's lamentation,           
We hear the sweet, though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation
 

1) O God, You are three persons in love
Divine love one in Trinity  
All goodness   truth and beauty,
Are Reflections of  your divine  glory

O Author of eternal praise,
who give to all who live by faith
the Spirit of your sev’nfold grace,
Who leads us to seek his glorious face

REFRAIN
Hear my voice be quiet and still
Trust deeply in me and you will

Carey Landry's Hail Mary Gentle woman is good but I found its tempo difficult to play on guitar or organ. Even to sing, I can never get it right. Plus it is quite long.

I just want to sing the Hail Mary short and sweet.

So, here's the new one - just composed today. Hope you like it. The chords are posted below the video. Enjoy and please subscribe and share.

Responsorial Psalm 29 | 20th Sun Ordinary Time Year C 17 August 2025 Lord come to my aid

Chris Walker's 'Bread for the World Broken' is one of those songs in our Church that is not easy to sing and play guitar with, but has wonderful poetry. 

1 All glorious son of the all Holy Father
Most humble son of the most humble Mary
All mercy and just our holy  brother
Lord have mercy- Lord have mercy
  
2 You feed me every day
Your body and blood your very self
You sustain me to eternal life
O Christ within me     O  Christ within me

RERAIN
You give us your  Holy Spirit
And he teaches us  everything
He leads us to.become holy
Like  our Heavenly Father wills us to be 

Free to use Psalm Psalm 32 Happy the people the Lord to has chosen to be his own 19th Sunday Ordinary Time Year C 10 August 2025. 

The world needs positive music to help offset the negativity and false values which infect our lives. How can we write about sin and cultural death in an engaging and affirming way? I have tried to do this in my own lyrics. Here are samples of my lyrics from the album Can't Let Go: schlettysound.com/cant-let-go

Leaving Flesh

Leaving flesh ungates the soul,
like a bird that soars with grace,
like a worm that leaves the hole,
taken to an extraordinary place.

Give your all until the dawn.
Take what little stuff you need.
Smile until the shades are drawn... 

St. Paul in his letter to the Colossians urges us to set our minds on things above. That we should become heavenly-minded.  We were created to be - to live in ecstasy with our Triune God and all the angels and saints forever -sharing in a human way in divine life in a heavenly atmosphere. Pope Benedict in his trilogy on Jesus of Nazareth calls this reality the definitive "evolutionary" step in human existence that is hard for us to grasp. In his Letters, St Paul's vivid description of this difficulty says  - what eye has not seen, nor ear has not heard nor the human heart conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him. Throughout scripture The Good Lord does give is glimpses of the Heavenly reality for us to reflect on and yearn for.
 

 

Happiness begins with gratitude. There's always something or someone in our llife to be thankful for.