LYRICS:
Create a clean heart, a clean in me O God
A clean heart create in me,O God,
And a steadfast spirit renew within me.
 Cast me away from Your presence
And Your Holy Spirit take not from me.
Give me back the joy of Your salvation
And a willing spirit sustain in me.
 I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall return to You.
Create a clean heart - a clean heart in me O GOD
For You are not pleased with sacrifices, 
Should I offer you a holocaust
You would not accept it
My sacrifice O God is a contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humble, O God, You will not spurn
Create a clean heart - A clean heart in me O God

St. Paul in his letter to the Colossians urges us to set our minds on things above. That we should become heavenly-minded.  We were created to be - to live in ecstasy with our Triune God and all the angels and saints forever -sharing in a human way in divine life in a heavenly atmosphere. Pope Benedict in his trilogy on Jesus of Nazareth calls this reality the definitive "evolutionary" step in human existence that is hard for us to grasp. In his Letters, St Paul's vivid description of this difficulty says  - what eye has not seen, nor ear has not heard nor the human heart conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him. Throughout scripture The Good Lord does give is glimpses of the Heavenly reality for us to reflect on and yearn for. This song is a reflection on the scriptural glimpses that He has given us.
                        GLORYSPHERE

LYRICS:
                                             Enfolds you
                                                  
The Nights coming on and you want to be deep in silence

Lyrics:

Eternally Now

"Better Man" off of "Be Not Afraid" by Benjamin Brekke is an exploration of my struggles as a husband, a father and a Christian.  It explores my desire for holiness and leadership.  Ultimately it is a song that looks at my various roles that God has blessed me with and realizing that little by little, God is taking my mistakes and failures and working with them to make me into a better man.

If you like "Better Man" please consider buying it on iTunes

www.benjaminbrekke.com

Originally published June 12, 2015

When I was engaged in sidewalk counseling at two abortion "clinics in R.I. I wrote this song. about twenty five years ago.

recently written and rcorded
You Satisfy
REFRAIN:
Lord, You satisfy our deepest desire for divine love. You know our sorrows 
and our joys and how we seek to do your will in all we say and all we do.

Holy God Holy mighty One Holy immortal One. You hear our cries and our
sighs, and how we try in spirit and truth to love you and our neighbor. In
our distress, you help us to persevere in hopeful joy!
 You tell us to take up our cross and follow you wherever you lead to the end

Responsorial Psalm 62(63):2-8 for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

For you my soul is thirsting, O God, my God.

O God, you are my God, for you I long;
for you my soul is thirsting.
My body pines for you

LYRICS
                                                       WITH ALL OUR WILL
In your divine will and love, You created us
n your image and likeness  For Us to know You and Love you And delight in your P r a i s e
                           (REFRAIN) 
Holy and blessed three O divine Trinity 
To Father Son and Spirtit be
 all Praise and G l o r y
 For all eternity our joy will be
 With all our God-given skill
With all our God-given will
With all the angels we’ll fill

On  our pilgrimage to our Lord in the fullness of time

I wrote this song three weeks ago and recorded it on Google 5A cellphone then uploaded it to YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUKdkfAb50c&list=PLS8HkHazymINbgttpAoYSJ_t-zl-AZmEh&index=3

LYRICS:
Caug               C       Caug                 C         Caug                          G
You are divine love - Father Son and Spirit - One God in Persons three

LYRICS:
                                            SONG with songs
As you lead us on to sing along in your sacred song, the mystery of 
Who we are and Who You are unfolds You’ve composed a song the 
Perfect song for each of us to know. Song with songs the perfect song
Eternal song contemplating the mystery the wonder of - of your Love 

This song is in the spirit/tradition of the Psalms of lament and complaint. There are more psalms of lament and complaint than of any other psalm type.  The life-setting or our human condition is betrayed by the complaint itself. The psalm/prayer acknowledges what the Johannine verse declares outright:  “Lord, to whom shall we go; you have the words of eternal life” (6:67).  Some psalms are community laments while others are deeply personal laments.  We( I) appeal to God for help, to win God’s sympathy by describing the nature of the complaint—sickness, danger of death, sin, old age, and God's seeming absence.

LYRICS:
Sheer imagination pure Joy - sultry summer sun pounds the ground 
as a drum and an all-night rain relieves the earth of thirst - Pure imagination sheer Joy - bubbling summer brook lush green grass everywhere you look -  gentle cool breeze the world’s at ease at peace
Sheer imagination pure Joy dancing campfire light paints aglow the night The stars silence lures you to sleep and you fall - a vision appears Bright simple and clear of life as will be in light that we’ll see of Him 
Whose is God and man in eternity - eternally
 

Salmo Responsorial para Domingo 32 Ordinario A - Salmo 62 - Señor, mi alma tiene sed de ti. Leccionario: 154. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles. / Responsorial psalm in Spanish for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available.

catholicliturgyinsong.org/product/domingo-32-ordinario-a-salmo-62-senor-mi-alma-tiene-sed-de-ti

Music © 2019, Anthony Moran, https://insong.org
Arranged and recorded by Richard Schletty

Originally published November 4, 2020