Top Catholic Songs

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Steve Byrne has been working with music for church services and congregational worship and reflection for over 20 years. The music is based solely on scripture and combines a mixture of guitar and piano based accompaniments.

A selection of five beautiful hymns to Our Lady

0:00 – Ave Maria (As I kneel before you)
3:16 – Immaculate Mary
8:56 – Where are you bound, Mary?
12:44 – Hail Mary (full of grace)
15:36 – Hail, Queen of Heaven

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.

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.

CHORUS
In heaven, I'll pray for you upon my son, Jesus Christ.
In heaven, I'll intercede for you upon my son, Jesus Christ.
Trust in me, my child.

VERSE
My honor to receive good news from Angel that my Mother Mary conceived a child.
A child who will be for mankind's salvation.
A child will bring peace to the earth.
A child will bring joy to the world.

VERSE
Good news for those who hope in heaven in Christ through Holy Water & Holy Spirit.
Christ's mission with his disciples on earthly life presents his promise of hope for mankind's salvation.
He promised to be with men, women, and children in his tabernacle in the eucharist.
He suffered on the cross to prove his obedience to his father in heaven that save us through the cross.

VERSE
Glory be to the Lord, Jesus Christ, who had risen to save us through the cross.
Now his Mother Mary is also honored in Heaven with him.
Pray for us in heaven, Mother Mary, and remember us.
Intercede for us now that you are in heaven, Mother Mary.
Pray for us my Mother Mary, intercede for us. 

See version 1 of the hymn: topcatholicsongs.com/i-am-the-mother-of-god-praying-for-all
 

This is our song about the Second Luminous Mystery, The Wedding at Cana, and how that is relevant to our heart and mind right now.

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

Artist: Mark Lajoie
Title: Do What He Tells You to Do
Album: Alive Again
Track: 2
Genre: Rock
Year: 2015
Composer: Mark A. Lajoie
Copyright Info: Copyright 2014 RN SRu 1-177-488

This story was originally posted July 21, 2016.