Dear Fellow Parishioners,

None of the music for this week’s Mass is new, but you may be less familiar with the communion song. We usually sing this as a psalm for the Easter Vigil, but it is such a lovely hymn we wanted to sing it in its entirety. It’s called “As the Deer Longs”
https://youtu.be/XxKFtiPfxTM.

There are two sets of readings for this weekend, one of which is for a special Mass for the RCIA candidates, so I chose music this week inspired by both. You can download all of the lyrics at this link. First I’ll share the ones inspired by the readings you’re about to hear.

‘The Ten Commandments’ by Johnny Cash https://youtu.be/0mKZAfJu5FA?t=60

‘More Precious than Gold’ by Acappella https://youtu.be/4KhFOTpv1-I

‘Your Word Will Be the Last Word’ by Tommy Walker https://youtu.be/aER-XdRA5S0

‘Jesus, Clear the Temple’ by Pepper Choplin https://vimeo.com/121901057

‘Clear the Temple’ by Ken Saurajen   https://youtu.be/OY0S7tQgRv4

‘Sanctuary’ by Randy Rothwell https://youtu.be/AxB9VH3cCN4

The Gospel for the RCIA Mass is about the Samaritan woman at the well. There were quite a few songs about that, but here are just two.

‘Woman at the Well’ by Lize Hadassah https://youtu.be/yyFNAs2jRjU?t=133

‘Women at the Well’ by Kenneth Cope and sung by Julie de Azebedo  https://youtu.be/FbhStK9q_As

As always, I hope you enjoy them all. God bless you all and keep you safe and healthy.

Janis Cantú

Dear Fellow Parishioners,

This week’s music is mostly well-known, especially if you generally went to the Sunday morning masses, but just in case you don’t know ‘Dwelling Place’  https://youtu.be/O7Au70ooV4g or ‘Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door’ https://youtu.be/sfCmkdJNLps here are the links. You can find the words to these and all the songs for this week in this attachment.

This week’s Gospel is about the Transfiguration, so I found some songs about that for you. There are quite a few out there!

The first one today is ‘Transfiguration’ by Marilla Ness  https://youtu.be/6G3pvuZbrYY?t=32 I set the link to skip over her introduction.

‘The Transfiguration’ by Peg Angell https://youtu.be/rPD5z4ueo5E

‘The Transfiguration’ (Stevens) performed by Koine https://youtu.be/bxyOh4wpduk?t=47 (once again, I skipped over the intro for you.)

‘Transfiguration’ (Wren/Manalo) https://youtu.be/vJec8-pfVQk  sung here by a magnificent church choir in Ajax Ontario, Canada.

‘Transfiguration’ (Hillsong) Performed by Christina Perry & Mick Grocholl  https://youtu.be/w6wJ2RU6p1o

And lastly, the upbeat and Celtic-sounding ‘Transfiguration Hymn’ by Justin Stroh  https://youtu.be/Op6IJZ3880M

I could have added at least 5 others, not including one in Latin, one in Arabic and one in Russian, but I had to draw the line somewhere! I hope you enjoy the ones I chose to share and have a blessed and joyful week.

Janis Cantú

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