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Reflections on motherhood during the month of Mary. From an OCP email I received. – Richard Schletty 

May is a special month to celebrate our devotion to Mary. Join OCP's Angela Westhoff-Johnson in this short video reflecting on Mary, motherhood and some beautiful Marian choral music.

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The Second Sunday of Easter is now known as Divine Mercy Sunday, a devotion popularized by Saint Faustina. Here is a list of great songs that can bless your Divine Mercy Sunday.

Original post by Nick Alexander. Edited by Richard Schletty.

• Divine Mercy Flood My Soul by Annie Karto
• Faustina's Song by Mark Mallet
• Jesus, We Trust In You by Critical Mass
• I Will Carry You by Sean Clive
• God's Gift to All the World by Nguyen, Schletty and van Haren
• For the Love of Humanity: a Divine Mercy chant based on messages from Christ to St. Faustina by Nguyen and Schletty
• Give Thanks To The Lord For He Is Good, For His Love Has No End by Michelle A. Sambrano ...

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.

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/_yaYu6mOO5s

Recorded by Emmaus Music: www.youtube.com/@emmausmusic

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