Top Catholic Songs – share, learn, promote

Responsorial Psalm 145(146):7-10 for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

My soul, give praise to the Lord.

It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,
who is just to those who are oppressed.
It is He who gives bread to the hungry,
the Lord, who sets prisoners free.

My soul, give praise to the Lord.

It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind,
who raises up those who are bowed down.
It is the Lord who loves the just,
the Lord, who protects the stranger.

My soul, give praise to the Lord.

The Lord upholds the widow and orphan
but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever,
Zion’s God, from age to age.

My soul, give praise to the Lord.


The English translation of Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

The music for the psalm is an original OLOR composition.

We invite you to listen to the Sing Psalms to the Lord podcast, available at all your quality podcast providers.

Sing Psalms to the Lord YouTube channel can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELS1iG5t0qjs20JFugwdeQ

Music by the Choir of Our Lady of the Rosary RC Church, Verdun, St. John, Barbados.

Music (c) 2018 Michelle A. Sambrano. All rights reserved.

Original composition, Words and Music by Rene A.

Inspired by lovely Fairfield, CA, where Clarissa stayed for her Physical Therapy Internship during summer of 2022.  We stayed in her beautiful Air BNB residence, and enjoyed the food and weather of California.

Dedicated to all loving peoples of our world, our field of dreams in our midst, come and enjoy peace, hope and love!!!


https://youtu.be/vBFU3lHrNXk


YOU TUBE CHANNEL:  https://www.youtube.com/c/rannildo

 

Sicut per Ignem is a project of catholic symphonic metal with lyrics in Latin.
I call it a project because it is not a band, though I occasionally hire vocalists for some parts...

Here is the website of the project: https://sicutperignem.wordpress.com/

Here are two songs I released two years ago. Although the production is not as polished as I hoped, it is already a good rendition of what I had in mind. You can find the lyrics at the end of this post.

 
 
Esto mi dux

Ubi civitas Sodoma fit,
Ubi palam adulter jam it,
Ubi caedes communis jam est,
Ub' infantes abortus jam est,

Esto mi dux,
Esto mi lux,
Deus, illumina me.

Esto mi rex,
Esto mi lex,
Veritas, educa me.

Quando pereunt maximae res,
Quando permanes unica spes,
Quando m'incidet ultima sors,
Quando veniet tacita mors,

Esto mi vox,
Resona mox,
Domine, voca me.

Esto mi fax,
Esto mi pax,
Spiritus, recrea me.

Ad stellam

Avis meis
Nuntiata
A prophetis
Nova stella.

Firmamentum
Observavi
Ad videndum
Astrum Dei.

Per tot montes,
Per tot lacus
Viatores
Facti sumus.

Passi solem,
Passi frigus
Ut infantem
Coleremus.

Dic, Herodes,
Scribae, ferte,
Sacerdotes,
Respondete :

Ubi rex
Iudaeorum,
Pontifex
In aeternum ?

Ephrata Bethleem, o tu
Iudae minima non es.

Nam exibit e te
Dominator Israel.

Ephrata Bethleem, o tu
Iudae minima non es.

Ad praesaepem
Procidamus,
Salvatorem
Adoremus.

Murrham, aurum
Ei demus,
Et incensum.
Salve, Salus !

This is the salmo responsorial (responsorial psalm) in Spanish for Domingo 26 Ordinario C. It is Salmo 145 - Alabemos al Señor, que viene a salvarnos.

Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available.

https://catholicliturgyinsong.org/product/domingo-26-ordinario-c-salmo-145-alabemos-al-senor-que-viene-a-salvarnos/

  Read Full Story >>>

Hello friends!!!

This is a new song I produced with which I represented Israel at a song contest, the Euro Christian music festival that was meant to be the Christian version of the Eurovision song contest. It's a duet with a female Israeli singer. I appreciate your feedback.. I attach the YouTube and Spotify links, thanks!
 

https://open.spotify.com/track/4iZRP7DZSME94pa2nTkTGQ?si=c6f0cda7b3a048e7

The lyrics are exact quotes of the Gospel, in Hebrew and English, the same words in the 2 languages. I sacrificed a bit the musicality to keep the exact words of Jesus in their original order

Verse 1
F: .כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהָאָב אוֹהֵב אוֹתִי כֵּן גַּם אנִי אוֹהֵב אֶתְכֶם
M: As the Father- has loved me-, I have also -loved you;
Prechorus 1
F: עִמְדוּ בְּאַהֲבָתִי
M: Remain in my love.
Chorus
F: .אֵין אַהֲבָה גְּדוֹלָה -מֵאַהֲבָתוֹ שֶׁל הנּוֹתֵן-- אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ- בְּעַד יְדִידָיו
M: Greater love- has no one- than this-: that someone- lay down his life- for his friends.
Together: אֶהֱבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֲנִי אָהַבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם
Love one another - as I have loved you.
Verse 2
F: If you remain in My Word-, you will be truly my disciples- and you will know - the truth-
M: ". אִם תַּעַמְדוּ בּדְבָרִי, תַּלְמִידַי אַתֶּם בֶּאֱמֶת; 32 וְתֵדְעוּ אֶת הָאֱמֶת
Pre-chorus 2
F: and the truth will set you free
M: וְהָאֱמֶת תּשַׁחְרֵר אֶתְכֶם
Chorus 2
M: .אֵין אַהֲבָה גְּדוֹלָה -מֵאַהֲבָתוֹ שֶׁל הנּוֹתֵן-- אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ- בְּעַד יְדִידָיו
F: Greater love- has no one- than this-: that someone- lay down his life- for his friends.
Together: אֶהֱבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֲנִי אָהַבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם
Love one another as I have loved you.
Bridge:
M: I am with you always
F: אִתְּכֶם אֲנִי כָּל הַיָּמִים
Togheter: עַד קץ הָעוֹלָם
till the world's end
Chorus 3
Together: .אֵין אַהֲבָה גְּדוֹלָה -מֵאַהֲבָתוֹ שֶׁל הנּוֹתֵן-- אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ- בְּעַד יְדִידָיו
Greater love- has no one- than this-: that someone- lay down his life- for his friends.
אֶהֱבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֲנִי אָהַבְתִּי אֶתְכֶם
Love one another as I have loved you.
 

Responsorial Psalm 112(113):1-2,4-8 for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

Praise the Lord, who raises the poor.

Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
May the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and for evermore!

Praise the Lord, who raises the poor.

High above all nations is the Lord,
above the heavens His glory.
Who is like the Lord, our God,
who has risen on high to His throne
yet stoops from the heights to look down,
to look down upon heaven and earth?

Praise the Lord, who raises the poor.

From the dust He lifts up the lowly,
from the dungheap He raises the poor
to set Him in the company of princes,
yes, with the princes of His people.

Praise the Lord, who raises the poor.


The English translation of Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

The music for the psalm is an original OLOR composition.

We invite you to listen to the Sing Psalms to the Lord podcast, available at all your quality podcast providers.

Sing Psalms to the Lord YouTube channel can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELS1iG5t0qjs20JFugwdeQ

Music by the Choir of Our Lady of the Rosary RC Church, Verdun, St. John, Barbados.

Music (c) 2019 Michelle A. Sambrano. All rights reserved.

This is the salmo responsorial (responsorial psalm) in Spanish for the Domingo 25 Ordinario C. It is Salmo 112 - Que alaben al Señor todos sus siervos. 

Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles. https://catholicliturgyinsong.org/product/domingo-25-ordinario-c-salmo-1...

Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available. https://catholicliturgyinsong.org/product/domingo-25-ordinario-c-salmo-1...

Para recibir notificaciones de nuevos salmos cada semana, suscríbase a nuestro canal de YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8iXHdCKRVXU4w2N2VYn7LQ

To get notifications of new psalms each week, please subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8iXHdCKRVXU4w2N2VYn7LQ

Gracias por escuchar. Estamos tratando de mejorar nuestras muestras de música. Por favor, dinos lo que piensas. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace.

Thank you for listening. We are trying to improve our music samples. Please tell us what you think. 

 

Musica: Anthony Moran © 2019, Catholic Liturgy in Song
Texto: Leccionarios I, II y III. © 1987, 2004, Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia Episcopal Mexicana.

Nick Alexander is one of the founders and a former webmaster of TopCatholicSongs.com (2007 through 2014). – Richard Schletty (TCS webmaster)

---

 

9/23/2022 update. Watch my EWTN interview on YouTube.

At Long Last

At long last, I will make a reappearance on national TV on September 19, 2022.  That is when the long running The Journey Home series will have me as their guest.  This is a show where converts to the Catholic faith share their stories.  I follow a long tradition of intellectual theological giants and philanthropists, and, now that they’ve run out of such, they decided to ask me on to share my story.

Picture: that’s me on The Journey Home

These last nearly thirty years have had their ups and downs, whereas I had wanted a venue to share my story.  At last it has come.  Marcus Grodi, the original host, had just passed the torch to his son, JonMarc Grodi for interviewing duties.

First, They Flew Me In

They flew me in back in April.  Their television studio is in the middle of a rural area in Ohio, where the Grodi family farms on the side.  They had an incredible library indoors, filled with all sorts of theological books, both pro and anti-Catholic.  I came with another former Episcopalian (actually a Charismatic Episcopalian, whereas I grew up Episcopalian in a parish with charismatic leanings),  Fr. Randy Sly.  He went first, which gave me time to gather my thoughts and try to salvage my poor sleep the night before.

The unique aspects of my testimony touch upon my upbringing, my positive experiences in the Christian groups I had participated in, and the tensions I felt with...

  Read Full Story >>>

Now that your flip-flops are put away and your organ shoes are on we're going back to catch two great new scores you may have missed...

Head on over to check out these new publications for All Saints’ Day, plus lots of other music that will work beautifully for any sort of choir from 3 to 300!

Have a great week!
SJMP

Featured Music

The Beatitudes
For SAB choir and organ, this sublime setting by Richard Shephard features text from the Gospel of Matthew. It's not too difficult but really lovely and well worth singing! - View

Faire is the Heaven
Malcolm Archer brings us a stunning anthem for unaccompanied SATB choir using the text of Edmund Spencer. It's not as difficult as it looks and your choir and congregation will love the tune! - View

How Shall I Sing That Majesty?
For two-part mixed choir and organ - a grand setting of the hymn tune Coe Fen with a thrilling descant and organ part arranged by Ryan Hebert. - View

View More music for All Saints Day, Year C

Is Your Membership Current?

One membership brings you scores, recordings, and the license to stream - Renewing is easy and the $159 annual subscription brings over 1700 scores, recordings, and other resources to your fingertips at a price that doesn't blow your budget.

St. James Music Press | www.sjmp.com | 828-859-0323

Hello, I haven't been here for quite sometime and I went through a stage where my faith was slipping. Everything was hollow and empty and bleak the more I became enstranged from it. I'm doing my best to strengthen it again. So here is a little verse I wrote about where I'm at now.

Responsorial Psalm 50(51):3-4,12-13,17,19 for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

I will leave this place and go to my father.

Have mercy on me, God, in Your kindness.
In Your compassion blot out my offence.
O wash me more and more from my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin.

I will leave this place and go to my father.

A pure heart create for me, O God,
put a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence,
nor deprive me of Your holy spirit.

I will leave this place and go to my father.

O Lord, open my lips
and my mouth shall declare Your praise.
My sacrifice is a contrite spirit.
A humbled, contrite heart You will not spurn.

I will leave this place and go to my father.


The English translation of Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

The music for the psalm is an original OLOR composition.

We invite you to listen to the Sing Psalms to the Lord podcast, available at all your quality podcast providers.

Sing Psalms to the Lord YouTube channel can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELS1iG5t0qjs20JFugwdeQ

Music by the Choir of Our Lady of the Rosary RC Church, Verdun, St. John, Barbados.

Music (c) 2021 Michelle A. Sambrano. All rights reserved.

This is the salmo responsorial (responsorial psalm) in Spanish for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C). Domingo 24 Ordinario C - Salmo 50 - Me levantaré y volveré a mi padre.

Gracias por escuchar. Estamos tratando de mejorar nuestras muestras de música. Por favor, dinos lo que piensas. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles.

Thank you for listening. We are trying to improve our music samples. Please tell us what you think. Free download of sheet music at the link below. All the psalm verses are available.

catholicliturgyinsong.org/product/domingo-24-ordinario-c-salmo-50-me-levantare-y-volvere-a-mi-padre/


  Read Full Story >>>

Responsorial Psalm 89(90):3-6,12-14,17 for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

O Lord, You have been our refuge from one generation to the next.

You turn men back to dust
and say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’
To Your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday, come and gone,
no more than a watch in the night.

O Lord, You have been our refuge from one generation to the next.

You sweep men away like a dream,
like the grass which springs up in the morning.
In the morning it springs up and flowers:
by evening it withers and fades.

O Lord, You have been our refuge from one generation to the next.

Make us know the shortness of our life
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Lord, relent! Is Your anger for ever?
Show pity to Your servants.

O Lord, You have been our refuge from one generation to the next.

In the morning, fill us with Your love;
we shall exult and rejoice all our days.
Let the favour of the Lord be upon us:
give success to the work of our hands.

O Lord, You have been our refuge from one generation to the next.


The English translation of Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

The music for the psalm is an original OLOR composition.

We invite you to listen to the Sing Psalms to the Lord podcast, available at all your quality podcast providers.

Sing Psalms to the Lord YouTube channel can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELS1iG5t0qjs20JFugwdeQ

Music by the Choir of Our Lady of the Rosary RC Church, Verdun, St. John, Barbados.

Music (c) 2022 Michelle A. Sambrano. All rights reserved.

This is the salmo responsorial (responsorial psalm) in Spanish for the 23nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C). Domingo 23 Ordinario C - Salmo 89 - Tú eres, Señor, nuestro refugio. Free download of sheet music at the link below. All the psalm verses are available.

https://catholicliturgyinsong.org/product/domingo-23-ordinario-c-salmo-89-tu-eres-senor-nuestro-refugio/

  Read Full Story >>>

This song is for Philippa Aris, a beautiful young girl, and fast becoming a woman.
Lyrics are written by Glyn aka B-spoke, written with all the love and affection for granddaughter Philippa Aris!
Happy 12th Birthday Philippa Aris!!!

This song is also for all the beautiful women of our modern world.
Real beauty is in the inside; in your hearts, and minds and souls!!!
Always strive to value virtues and live life to the fullest!!!
 
You are so much more!!!

https://youtu.be/ROm3upRZVjc