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Jesus' entrance into Jerulsalem on a donkey.

People are often surprised to learn that the world population will peak and begin to decline by the year 2100 (U.N. projection).  Our Catholic teachings on sexuality and life are quite robust. Here's a student film (short, silent and for a 'Film 101' class so it's not fancy) we have commandeered to be part of our propaganda machine, most importantly by laying our music over top of it.  Original film, before we stole it, was called "The Gene Pool".  Now we call it after the song underneath it, "The Catholic Church Is Good".  

 

Fusion? Jazz? Vintage? Whatever it is, the single "His Love Endures Forever" is now available...

Available on all major streaming platforms here.

Revised 5th Movement from the project Hungry For Heaven. More at http://www.hungryforheaven.com. Would you like to see this become a musical? If so, please comment.

The Joy of Grace
5th Movement, Hungry for Heaven
revised 3/28/2016

Hurling down a highway slipstream
You're missing signs, you don't look both ways
Just passing time in your dream machine
On a journey, out of phase

In the cradle of a grand creation
under the moon and the stars above
You begin to read the cracks and the ripples
You begin to know the reason for love

You are a member of His body
You are reflected in His face
You are saved by the cross of Jesus
You can feel His embrace

You are cooled in the shade of a holy tree
Watered from the well of eternity 
Nourished by the Word
Dancing joyously

Our Lord will bring you to this place
Our Lord will bring the joy of grace

Write your songs in the desert
Dream your visions in streams running clear
Run the viridian shoreline
And know that God is near

Our Lord will bring you to this place
Our Lord will bring the joy of grace

Praise the God of all souls
Praise the Lord of the Way
Praise the Healer of woes
Praise our Hope for each day

Hear the unborn babies wailing
Fear our lost humanity
Hear the rattle of broken vows
Fear the shadows of vanity!

What will bring us through? It is grace!
Know the joy of grace!

(2X) Our Lord will bring you to this place
Our Lord will bring the joy of grace!

Music © 2007 David Gómez Sanz and Alberto Ayuso Domingo
Lyrics and vocals: © 2007 Richard Cecil Schletty
www.hungryforheaven.com

Artist: Four Hands Project
Title: The Joy of Grace - 2016
Album: Hungry For Heaven
Track: 5
Genre: Gospel & Religious
Year: 2016
Composer: Gomez, Ayuso, Schletty
Copyright Info: © 2007 Gomez, Ayuso, Schletty

Contemporary Catholic music streamed 24/7 at Catholic Music Express (CME). Click here to listen: catholicmusicexpress.com/cme-radio

Thanks to Rob Ayoub and Jim Logue for making this internet radio station possible. 

From Rob Ayoub: "We have an email address music@catholicmusicexpress.com which is set aside for artists to send us music. While we certainly want to promote artists who have music for sale on CDBaby or iTunes, it's not a requirement. We encourage artists to submit music that they want to share with the world – that being said we do listen for polished recordings.
 

If you hadn't seen our lurking about these last few months, we are a band that is doing a parody art project by taking Chinese Communist Party propaganda songs and transforming them into Catholic anthems.  Under Chinese law, none of the tracks we've redeemed are copyrighted but, believe it or not, some have rights reserved in the USA.  We haven't had any issues save for one so far.  And unfortunately it hit us on our first release thus slowing our rollout.  The good news, however, is that after more than one attempt, more than one video on the same song, and more than one communication with BMG music (the copyright holder to a song called "No Communist Party, No New China"), we now have agreement that our rendition with accompanying lyric video is fair use parody and BMG has removed their copyright claim.  

This small victory is just a taste of the ultimate victory the Church will be given over all forms of evil.  While the Chinese Communist Party has prevented or terminated 400 million pregnancies since 1980, the Catholic Church's completely pro-human policies have encouraged a flourishing world.  While the Chinese Communist Party has elevated monsters to power that have destroyed people's rights, the Catholic Church elevates Christ from whom all true freedom comes.  While the Chinese Communist Party's ultimate goal is continuity of their own power, the Catholic Church relies on and grows from the one whom all power comes from.  

Please pray for the Chinese people and their leadership.  (And please be generous with your ears by listening to our songs when you're needing a boost.)

I wrote this song in the Spring of 2020, shortly after everything opened back up after the initial shut down. Being cut off from Mass was terrifying for me. I recognized a temptation, however small it was, to go after something other than God--something I could easily wrap my hands, my head, and maybe even my heart around--to take my mind off the fact that I couldn't have the Eucharist. I knew that I couldn't do that, though, because nothing else could satisfy the way He does. I chose Love when that was scary, hard, and even emotionally painful with everything else going on at the same time.

Hello friends!!!
I wrote this song when I was afraid I had an illusion. We've all been there haven't we?
God reassures us and is bigger than everything

you find the lyrics in the description box of the video



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Here is a new rendition of the Lord's Prayer , composed and performed by Burn and Cami Benjamin.



YouTube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6_OWUVP0U

Here is a link to one of the songs from the album I released earlier this year. 
A new album will be released before the end of the year as well. I will post again at that time. 

Her is another link for the album on spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0adg5wEqL229MsKl6Y8dfh


Thank you for your time and God Bless You All!

Just for fun, Stranger Studios Canada put together an animation video for my song "My King and Redeemer"...

 
 On Spotify:

The Top Catholic Songs community has been very encouraging to me.  There's not really a place for Catholic-specific artists like my band anywhere but here.  Our single,

Praise to the New Eve
b/w Against My Church the Gates of Hell Will Not Prevail

is officially out today. Though those who follow this site may have already heard and/or downloaded it.  

Another non-liturgical, Catholic song to listen to during your day.

On Spotify: 

Links to other streaming/download platforms: click HERE