Hymn of the Month - June: The Music of Sister Mary Editha, B.V.M.

For this month’s featured article, I invite you to discover the life and legacy of Sister Mary Editha, B.V.M., a gifted Catholic hymn composer whose beautiful music shaped devotional life. Drawing on exclusive archival research and historical sources, this article traces her life, ministry, and hymnody. It features a three-column manuscript gallery and—for the first time—actual archival vocal and instrumental recordings performed by the student choirs of Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. Her story offers a rare, moving glimpse into the history of Catholic hymnody and the dedicated women who safeguarded the musical memory of our faith.

Please take a moment to read, listen, and explore this important piece of Catholic musical history.

Please visit Mother of Mercy Catholic Hymns and read The Music of Sister Mary Editha

https://www.motherofmercycatholichymns.com/sister-mary-editha/

Our Blessing Cup

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Solemnidad del Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo A (Corpus Christi) - Salmo 147 - Bendito sea el Señor

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

Salmo responsorial para 14 Solemnidad del Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo A (Corpus Christi) - Salmo 147 - Bendito sea el Señor. Leccionario: 167. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles. / Responsorial psalm in Spanish for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available.

insong.org/product/solemnidad-del-cuerpo-y-la-sangre-de-cristo-a-salmo-147-bendito-sea-el-senor

Music © 2019, Anthony Moran, insong.org
Arranged and recorded by Richard Schletty, schlettysound.com

We are Sent Forth: new song on evangelization and commissioning

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This song is based from Matthew 9:36-10:8, with themes of evangelization and commissioning. We are all missionaries in our faith in Jesus. This is the message at the conclusion of the Mass. 

 

God, In Your Goodness

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Not Enough Time

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Pray for those who finish young, and the ones who survive them.

Instrumentation: Vocal, string quartet
Duration: 2’


I’d start by saying
I don’t understand
I’m sure You hear that a lot
But why do things turn out the way they do
And why do some get so little time, so little time


Part of a puzzle
we can’t comprehend
We can’t see the way You do
It’s hard stumbling here wounded in the mist
When the sunlight seems to hard to find, so hard to find


I believe one day
We’ll meet face to face

O Holy Spirit Divine

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1) O Spirit of Love of the Father and Son
Inflame our hearts with your holy fire
Cleanse and purify our. desires
That we know and do our Father’s desire

2) Help us be more docile to you
To hear and know  and do
Your inspirations of love and truth
And become as one with you

REFRAIN
Holy Spirit inflame our hearts anew
O Spirit of divine love and truth 

Corpus Christi Sequence (Shortened Form)

The sequence that is used just before the Gospel on Corpus Christi has a fresh, contemporary, prayerful setting that is scored for a variety of arrangements. Accessible and appropriate for any church setting.

Hail, Jesus

 

A simple song about Jesus, and passage as Christians. Not sure if theologically correct.

Go Out To All The World

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Solemnidad de la Santísima Trinidad A - Daniel 3 - Bendito seas, Señor, para siempre

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/4OXsie2kLP4


Responsorial psalm in Spanish for Solemnidad de la Santísima Trinidad - Ciclo A - Daniel 3 - Bendito seas, Señor, para siempre

https://insong.org/product/santisima-trinidad-a-daniel-3-bendito-seas-senor-para-siempre/

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.

Look Down, O Mother Mary

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Tender and meditative hymn based on the words of Saint Alphonsus Ligouri. Scored for a variety of arrangements. Accessible and appropriate for any church setting. Can be used many times throughout the liturgical year.

Jeremiad #6

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Instrumentation: Voice, guitar, bass guitar
Duration: 2’



It’s like you’ve stopped trying
anymore now.
Are your hearts so deadened
your eyes so blind?


[Chorus]
What are you thinking?
Where have you gone?


You left the Gift behind
for a new god -
your sacred distractions,
the new gold calf.


[Chorus}

Sometimes just watching you
is hard to do,
because still too often
I see myself.

Mercy - original song



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha-hns4UZUw

Inspired by the diary of St. Faustina, Scripture, and other great writings from the Church, this song shares the message of Christ's Divine Mercy from His perspective. I hope this song will resonate with others in prayer, reflection, and adoration.

https://www.gabrielgiammaria.com/

Intimacy With The Trinity

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1 ) You are the only way
Where there seems to be  many ways
No one can to the Father come
Except through me his Divine son          
deeply in me abide
Your heart to me confide
I am the way your life and   truth
through me the Father you'll know
and in his love grow

2) You’re entering a time
When you'll be deeply refined
Your heart and mind I will  purify
And in me more   deeply abide
In compassion you will grow
And to others you will show
My love for them and thirst for them
How my heart burns for them
HOW in love I created and saved them

Responsorial Psalm 103(104):1,24,29-31,34 for Pentecost - Send Forth Your Spirit, O Lord, And Renew The Face Of The Earth

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Responsorial Psalm 103(104):1,24,29-31,34 for Pentecost - WORDS + MUSIC

Key of F
Capo 3

                       D      G               F#m       Bm                 G             A              D
Response - Send forth Your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.

 

    G                               D
Bless the Lord, my soul!

              A                                Bm
Lord God, how great You are,

             G                                           D
How many are Your works, O Lord!

         E             E7                 Asus2     A
The earth is full of Your riches.

 

                       D      G               F#m       Bm                 G             A              D
Response - Send forth Your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.

 

Blessed Are They Who Hope In The Lord

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Pentecost Sequence

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Sometimes called the Golden Sequence, is a sequence prescribed in the Roman Liturgy that is sung before the Gospel during the Pentecost Mass. Scored for a variety of arrangements. (with optional chords for an instrumentalist to accompany). Accessible and appropriate for any church setting.

Your Words, Lord, Are Spirit and Life

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