Christmas

All We Need For Christmas Is Peace

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Tender Christmas anthem that sings of instead of material things, that what the world really needs - is peace. Accessible for all levels of singing that can be sung throughout the Christmas season.

A Christmas Lullaby

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A Babe Is Born

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Love Came Down At Christmas

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This meditative, praise and worship style anthem is set to one of the most well-known Christmas poems by Christina Rossetti and utilizes the infamous Christmas Carol "O Come, All Ye Faithful". Scored for a variety of arrangements.

Mary's Lullaby

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Tender and moving piece that can be sung throughout the Christmas season either for church or concert setting.

I Heard the Christmas Bells

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Of The Father's Love Begotten

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A gentle meditation on the timeless hymn Of the Father’s Love Begotten, reflecting on Christ’s eternal nature, His blessed birth, the worship of Heaven, and the glory of the Holy Trinity. Perfect for Advent, Christmas, and prayerful reflection throughout the season.

My Soul In Stillness Waits (Haugen)

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/BPM706KrsQE

My Soul In Stillness Waits, a song for Advent.
For you, O Lord, my soul in stillness waits, truly my hope is in you.

Voice, guitar and videography: Richard Schletty, https://schlettysound.com
Text: Psalm 95 and "O" Antiphons; Marty Haugen, b.1950 
Tune: Marty Haugen, b.1950
© 1982, GIA Publications, Inc.

Jesus Makes Our World So Beautiful (Christmas song)

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NOTE: We originally published this post in May of 2017. We submitted this song to Oregon Catholic Press (ocp.org) but it was not accepted.

Jesus Makes Our World So Beautiful is a Christmas song co-written by Dan vi Nguyen, Richard Schletty and André van Haren. Dan posted her lyrics here and asked if anyone could make a song out of her words. Richard Schletty rewrote the lyrics to give them a consistent rhyme, line length, metrical pattern and overall poetic structure. Then Richard came up with a melody. Next, André van Haren wrote a beautiful piano arrangement based on an a cappella recording of the melody by Richard. Using Sibelius, André engraved the sheet music not only for piano and voice, but developed the song fully by adding guitar chords and two additional instruments: flute and cello. He also engraved a version of the song with optional SATB harmonies in the refrain.

VERSE 1
A child is born to Mary through the Spirit,
Surrounded by the warmth of sheep and oxen.
In this humble manger, on this joyful night,
Is the promised one for all generations!

CHORUS
Jesus is the way to peace and joy.
He shows us how to be merciful.
He's the bright star we all need in our lives.
Jesus makes our world so beautiful.

Favorite Advent and Mary Songs

Nick Alexander here... We are already into our second week of Advent, with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception before us, as well as the Solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe. And Christmas is merely weeks away. Are you aware that TopCatholicSongs has a number of playlists already available to correspond to your Seasonal needs? And, as is the benefits of these lists, you can immediately link to the iTunes page, where you can listen to the tracks first, and then purchase them--and instantly have them downloaded onto your computer. From there, you can listen freely, or you can upload them onto your own MP3 player, or burn them directly onto a CD. If you like any particular song in the list, you are further free to explore that artist's full output, also on the iTunes page. Or, you can click to any number of direct links on these lists, and have access to a Catholic or independent music retailer, where you can purchase the full CDs (perhaps as a gift?) How do you have access to the Advent Lists? Or the Mary Lists? Or the Christmas lists? Easy. On the bottom of each entry there are a number of Tags. Click on the tag that you would want to listen to (say, Advent), and immediately all the Advent pages will come up. It will be fun just sorting through them all. In the meantime, do you have any favorite psalms/hymns/spiritual songs that are befitting for the season? Feel free to share them... leave a comment below!
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