Top "Catholic" Songs in the Liturgy

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Jan 27 2006, 05:18 PM']I love [i]On Eagles Wings[/i]
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*looks around*
....i do too.....



SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[phatcatholic]

Gather Us In

Here in this place, a bad song is starting,
Now will the altar turn into a stage.
All that is holy is slowly departing,
Making a way for the coming New Age.

Gather us in, though we are like captives.
But miss Mass on Sunday, that would be wrong.
But Lord hear our plea, regarding M. Haugen:
Give him the courage to put down that bong.

Dear Father Smith make a beeline procession,
Run if you have to, make it real terse.
If you can start this Mass very quickly,
Maybe we'll only have to sing but one verse.

O Dear Lord Jesus, You are the Savior
We've promised to follow, whatever the cost.
But we didn't know this song had been written:
Would you terribly mind if we came off our cross?

[phatcatholic]

for more parodies of Haugen and Haas, go here:
[url="http://www.mgilleland.com/music/moratorium.htm#Parodies"]http://www.mgilleland.com/music/moratorium.htm#Parodies[/url]

these two kill me

[Fides_et_Ratio]

[quote name='phatcatholic' date='Jan 27 2006, 07:26 PM']Gather Us In

Here in this place, a bad song is starting,
Now will the altar turn into a stage.
All that is holy is slowly departing,
Making a way for the coming New Age.

Gather us in, though we are like captives.
But miss Mass on Sunday, that would be wrong.
But Lord hear our plea, regarding M. Haugen:
Give him the courage to put down that bong.

Dear Father Smith make a beeline procession,
Run if you have to, make it real terse.
If you can start this Mass very quickly,
Maybe we'll only have to sing but one verse.

O Dear Lord Jesus, You are the Savior
We've promised to follow, whatever the cost.
But we didn't know this song had been written:
Would you terribly mind if we came off our cross?
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I LOVE that site.

[hopeful1]

i actually do like some of the songs on the list tho

[Norseman82]

I found it amusing when "Take Our Bread" was sung while the collection was being taken.....

[Socrates]

I despise those "Glory & Praise" songs.

[zwergel88]

I do prefer more traditional chantish songs or whatever, but I think that alot of these songs are nice. Especially the prayer of St. Francis one, that is one of my favorite of the contemporaryish songs. Imacualate Mary, and Here I am Lord are nice too. I still prefer chant over them but they do have nice lyrics.

[the_rev]

[quote]I found it amusing when "Take Our Bread" was sung while the collection was being taken.....[/quote]

All that we have, all that we offer is usually sung at our parish. Talk about greediness!

[zwergel88]

I also think that the basic premise of these songs that they easy for people to sing and understand is good.

[Tata126]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Jan 26 2006, 03:31 PM']Those who voted for "Ave Maria" and "Panis Angelicus," which finished 15th, probably meant the versions by Franz Schubert and Cesar Franck, respectively, "but we don't know for sure," McMahon said. "Since many of them (voters) were not professionals, they probably didn't realize there was more than one version."
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I sang (Schubert's) Ave Maria for my sister's wedding, but Bach's version is definitely the most reverent and sacred of the ones written for solo voice, at least, that I've heard. And OH so much harder to sing. Victoria's Ave Maria is my favorite - my choir sings it, and it builds off the chant, and it's incredible. I can't find a place on the internet where you can listen to it, but if anybody'd like to hear it, send me a message and I'll email it or send it over AIM or something.

[jgirl]

[quote name='Socrates' date='Jan 27 2006, 06:28 PM']I despise those "Glory & Praise" songs.
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At Steubenville, my household sisters often used Glory and Praise songs for prank calls. You'd randomly call somebody, and when they answered, you'd serenade them.

Other than that, I really can't stand them during the Mass.

[Dust's Sister]

[quote]WASHINGTON (CNS) -- "On Eagle's Wings," the musical reworking of the 91st Psalm by Father Michael Joncas, topped all other songs in an online poll asking which liturgical song most fostered and nourished the respondent's life.

Two songs made popular by the St. Louis Jesuits -- "Here I Am, Lord" and "Be Not Afraid" -[/quote]

I LOVE THOSE SONGS.

[journeyman]

[quote name='the_rev' date='Jan 27 2006, 02:37 PM']According to the Praire Priest at [url="http://priesthood.motime.com"]http://priesthood.motime.com[/url] he states, Could it possible be that the reason more traditional hymns didn't make the list because the have effectively been rooted out from the minds and hearts of the average parishioner?  I think that sadly, that is the case.
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Entirely possible and plausible

In the 20 years I've attended, and the two years since I converted, I have not heard many of the traditional songs - except for some of the Marian songs in May - and never by a "professional" (what a horrible word for this thread - how about divinely inspired) choir

[Old_Joe]

I'm surprised no one mentioned "O God beyond all praising."

I went to a mass once where one of the songs went something like:
"Pharoh... pharoh.... Let my people go." I thought it came from a musical.