Top Catholic Songs

1) Sing, my tongue, in exultation
of our banner and device!
Make a solemn proclamation
of a triumph and its price:
how the Savior of creation
conquered by his sacrifice!

2) For, when Adam first offended,
eating that forbidden fruit,
not all hope of glory ended

This hymn was written by Sister Mary Paulina Finn from the Georgetown Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C. Sister Paulina was head of the English Department at the Convent for over half a century and had a great influence in the education of her pupils and is known to have written the lyrics to at least ten different hymns. 

Please take a few moments to read about this beautiful Catholic Communion hymn.

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

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Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
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Hearts and voices heav’nward raise
Sing to God  hymns  of gladness and praise
 
1 He who on the cross a victim

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? *
You are far from my plea and the cry of my distress.
O my God, I call by day and you give no reply; *
I call by night and I find no peace.

Yet you, O God, are holy, *

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You delight in us living in your will
 contemplating you being still
We delight in the works you will     
In doing them, we are fulfilled

This hymn was written and composed by a Catholic priest during his days as a chaplain for The Tombs, a colloquial name given to New York’s famous city jail in Lower Manhattan. His Eminence Cardinal Hayes and Bishop Dunn of New York and many other church dignitaries paid special tribute to the hymn hailing it as the most effective closing hymn for evening services ever written.

It was featured on Catholic and Protestant radio programs of the 1930s and 1940s. For Catholic’s living before the age of television, tuning into these radio programs was extremely popular and included an audience of tens of millions of Americans every week. Please take a few moments to read about this wonderful Catholic hymn.

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

https://www.motherofmercycatholichymns.com/good-night-sweet-jesus/
 

 
ANT.   A thirst is my soul for the living God
 When shall I  go and behold the face of God
    
1 )  1 As the deer longs for flowing streams,
2 so my soul longs for you, O God

1 )For those slowly dying
Or in  final agony
 Let flow a pure flood of
Of your divine mercy
That in their pain & struggle
 know your compassion

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Take up your cross and follow me.   
obedient  and humble be 
Deny yourself, the world forsake,   
Then After you die you'll live forever   
With me in my Father's Glory

1) In this time of trial and testing
By a thousand snares surrounded
Never let us be confounded
For we put all our trust in you

2) Take up your cross, let not its weight
Fill your weak spirit with alarm;

ANT.                     
 Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.          
Why this tumult among nations,
among peoples this useless murmuring?

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1 ) Oh most Holy Trinity   -  You created us to be
Holy and love like you    -  reflecting your glory
And after rejecting you, and  becoming slaves to sin      

This beautiful communion hymn was a favorite of mine when I sang with St. Mary’s Choir in Akron, Ohio. If you are looking for something different than the standard repertoire of Catholic communion hymns, then here is something different, devotional, and prayerful that will strengthen your relationship with Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.  Please take a few moments to read about one of my favorite communion hymns.

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

https://www.motherofmercycatholichymns.com/ah-whence-to-me-the-bliss/

Be sure to read about these other fine hymns appropriate for Communion.
Jesus Teach Me How to Pray
I Need Thee, Precious Jesus
In This Sacrament Sweet Jesus
O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine
Hide Thou Me
 

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Come now, let us sing to the Lord
With Mary and Joseph and all the angels and saints
Forever  we will sing in divine harmony 
 Pure joy-filled hymns to the all-holy Trinity

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True love is patient, truth-filled, and kind
Suffers and bears  all things and refines
us to live  more deeply  in your life divine
Purifies us - heart, soul, and mind

Psalm 102 was likely written during the Jewish captivity in Babylon, around 550 BCE. The psalm expresses the feelings of many Hebrews during this time. It prophesies the glorious coming of the lord at the end of time when all the nations and peoples of the earth will be gathered together before the Lord.

 
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O Holy Spirit  we follow you
You are ineffable love and truth
You give us hope a guiding star
Of our true country from afar
   

1 )You bid us rejoice  - and give us a voice
 To sing and glorify you - who are divine love and truth
     
2 ) You invite us to   - trust in you                          
 To love you with our whole heart and mind

1)You Lord we pine to see
in darkness surrounded we be
in our exile                    
Hear us, we humbly pray,

HYMN OF THE MONTH – January: O Cor Amoris

Singing Latin hymns in the Ordinary Form of the Mass was a cherished tradition at St. Mary’s in Akron, Ohio for more than 30 years. This was our way to help preserve the devotional hymns that once were so popular. Beginning in the late 1970s and the years that followed, St. Mary’s continued to preserve these beautiful hymns and incorporate them into New Liturgy.  Please take a few moments to read about one Latin hymn in particular that was a favorite among the choir members and parishioners.

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

https://www.motherofmercycatholichymns.com/o-cor-amoris/

Be sure to read about these other fine hymns appropriate for Offertory and Communion in the Ordinary Form of the Mass.

Jesus Teach Me How to Pray
I Need Thee, Precious Jesus
In This Sacrament Sweet Jesus
O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine
Hide Thou Me