Immaculate Mary

1.
Immaculate Mary,
Your praises we sing.
You reign now in heaven
With Jesus our King.

AVE, AVE,
AVE MARIA!
AVE, AVE, MARIA!

2,
In haven the blessed
Your glory proclaim;
On earth we your children
Invoke your fair name.

3.
We pray for our Mother,
The Church upon earth,
And bless, Holy Mary,
The Land of our Birth.

Hymn Tune: Lourdes Melody
Meter: 11 11 with refrain
Text: Jeremiah Cummings
Uses: Feasts of Blessed Mother, Immaculate Conception

Angels from the Realms of Glory

1.
Angels, from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story,
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth:

COME AND WORSHIP,
COME AND WORSHIP,
WORSHIP CHRIST,
THE NEWBORN KING.

2.
Shepherds, in the fields abiding,
Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God on earth is now residing;
Yonder shines the infant light:

3.
Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of Nations,
Ye have seen his natal star;

4.
Though an infant now we view him,
He shall fill his Father’s throne,
Gather all the nations to him;
Ev’ry knee shall then bow down.

5.
All creation, join in praising
God, the father, Spirit, Son,
Evermore your voices raising,
To the eternal Three in One:

Hymn Tune: Regent Square
Meter: 87 87 87
Text: James Montgomery
Music: Henry T. Smart
Uses: Christmas, Epiphany

Amazing Grace

1.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind but now I see.

2.
‘Twas grace that my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

3.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come;
‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

4.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

5.
When we’ve been there ten thousand hears,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun.

Text: Verses 1-4, John Newton,
Verse 5 ascribed to John Rees
Uses: Funerals, All Souls Day, End of Liturgical Year

The First Noel

1.
The first Noel,
The angel did say,
Was to certain poor shepherds
In fields as they lay;
In fields where they
Lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter’s night
That was so deep.

NOEL, NOEL,
NOEL, NOEL,
BORN IS THE KING OF ISRAEL

2.
They looked up
And saw a start
Shining in the east,
Beyond them far;
And to the earth
It gave great light,
And so it continued
Both day and night.

3.
And by the light
OF that same star,
Three wise men came
From country far;
To seek for a king
Was their intent,
And to follow the start
Wherever it went.

4.
This start drew night
To the northwest,
O’er Bethlehem
It took its rest,
And there it did
Both stop and stay,
Right over the place
Where Jesus lay.

5.
Then entered in
Those wise men three,
Full rev’rently
Upon the knee,
And offered there,
In his presence,
Their gold and myrrh
And frankincense.

Text and Music: An English Tradition Carol from the 17th Centurty

Use: Christmas, Epiphany

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

1.
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold:
“Peace on the earth, good will to all
From heav’ns all gracious King;”
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.

2.
Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heav’nly music floats
O’er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hov’ring wing.
And ever o’er its Bable sounds
The blessed angels sing.

3.
And ye beneath life’s crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow;
Look now! For glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing.

4.
For, Lo, the days are hastening on,
By prophets bards foretold;
When with the every circling years
Comes ‘round the age of gold;
When peace shall over all the earth
It’s ancient splendor fling,
And all the world give back the song
Which now the angles sing.

Text: Edmund H. Sears
Music: Richard S. Willis.
Uses: Christmas

For All The Saints

1.
For all the saints,
Who from their labors rest,
Who you by faith
Before the world confessed,
Your name, O Jesus,
Be forever blest.

ALLELUIA!
ALLELUIA!

2.
O blest communion,
Fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle,
They in glory sine;
Yet all are one
Within your great design.

3.
The golden evening
Brightens in the west:
Soon to they loyal
Faithful comes their rest:
Sweet is the calm
Of Paradise so blest.

4.
But lo! There breaks
A yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant
Rise in bright array;
The King of Glory
Passes on his way.

5.
From earth’s wide bounds,
From ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of heav’n
Streams in the countless host;
Singing to Father,
Son and Holy Ghost.

Text: Will W. How
Hymn tune: Sine Nomine
Meter: 10 10 10 with Alleluia
Uses: All Saints

Mother Dearest, Mother Fairest

1.
Mother dearest, Mother fairest,
Help of all who call on thee.
Virgin purest, brightest rarest,
Help us, help, we cry to thee.

MARY, HELP US, HELP, WE PRAY.
MARY, HELP US, HELP, WE PRAY.
HELP US IN ALL CARE AND SORROW.
MARY, HELP US, HELP WE PRAY.

2.
Lady, help in pan and sorrow,
Soothe those racked on beds of pain;
May the golden light of morrow
Bring them health and joy again.

Hymn Tune: Our Lady of Help
Meter: 87 87 w/refrain
Uses: Marian Feast days

Silent Night

1.

Silent night!

Holy night!

All is calm,

all is bright

Round yon Virgin

Mother and child!

Holy infant

so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace,

Sleep in heavenly peace.



2.

Silent night!

Holy night!

Shepherds quake

at the sight:

Glories stream from heaven afar;

heav'nly hosts sings "Alleluia!

Christ the Savior is born,

Christ the Savior is born.



3.

Silent night!

Holy night!

Son of God,

love's pure light,

Radiant beams from thy holy face,

With the dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus, Lord, at thy birth,

Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.



Uses: Christmas



Hymn Tune: Stille Nacht

Meter: 66 89 66

Text: Joseph Mohr

Music: Franz X. Gruber

Be Joyful, Mary

Be Joyful, Mary

1.
Be joyful, Mary heav'nly queen,
Guade Maria:
You Son who died was living seen,

ALLELUIA,
LAETARE,
O MARIA.

2.
The Son you bore by heaven's grace,
Gaude Maria:
Did all our guilt and sin efface,

3.
The Lord has risen from the dead,
Guade Maria:
He rose with might as he had said,

Uses: Easter

Hymn Tune: Regina Caeli
Meter: 8 5 8 4 7
From the 17th Century

About the photo:
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day 2007
St. Alfred Parish
Taylor, MI

For the Beauty of the Earth

For the Beauty of the Earth

1.
For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies;

LORD OF ALL TO YOU WE RAISE
THIS OUR GIFT OF GRATEFUL PRAISE.

2.
For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light;

3.
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above;
For all gentle thoughts and mild;

4.
For your Church, that evermore
Lifts its holy hands above,
Off'ring up on ev'ry shore
A pure sacrifice of love;

5.
For Yourself,
O Gift Divine!
To our world so freely giv'n;
For that love form which will shine,
Peace on earth and joy in heavn'n

Uses: Creation, Praise, Gathering Song

Hymn Tune: Dix
Meter: 77 77 77
Text: Folliet S. Pierpont (1835-1917)
Music: Conrad Kocher (1788-1872

About the photo:
Lillies in bloom
in my garden last spring.

Holy Patron, Thee Saluting

1.
Holy Patron, thee saluting
Here we meet, with hearts sincere;
Blest Saint Joseph, all unitying,
Call on thee to hear our prayer.

HAPPY SAINT, IN BLISS ADORING
JESUS, SAVIOR OF HUMAN KIND,
HEAR THY CHILDREN, THEE IMPLORING
MAY WE THY PROTECTION FIND.

2.
Thou who faithfully attended
Him whom heav'n and earth adore;
Who with pious care defended
Mary, Virgin ever pure.

3.
May our fervent prayers ascending,
Move thee for our souls to plead;
May thy smile of peace descending,
benedictions on us shed.

4.
Through this life, O watch around us!
Fill with love our ev'ry breath,
And, when parting fear surrounds us,
Guide us through the toils of death.

Hymn Tune: Pleading Savior
Meter: 8 7 8 7 D

Uses: St. Joseph's Feast Day (March 19),
I also like this piece for the Feast of Holy Family

Praise To The Lord

Praise to the Lord

1.
Praise to the Lord,
the Almighty, the king of creation;
O my soul praise him,
For he is your health and salvation.
come all who hear:
Now to his altar draw near,
Join in glad adoration.

2.
Praise tot he Lord,
Who shall prosper our work and defend us;
Surely his goodness
and mercy shall saily attend us.
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
Who with his love will befriend us.

3.
Praise to the Lord!
O let all that is in us adore him!
All that his life and breath
Come now with praises before him!
Let the "Amen"
sound from his people again,
Now as we worship before him.

Hymn Tune: Lobe Den Herren
Meter: 14 14 47 8
Uses: Christ the King, Gathering Song, Praise, Adoration, Kingdom

About the photo:
A picture of the altar
of St. Elizabeth church in Wyandotte, MI
Photo taken fall of 2007.

Beautiful Savior

1.
Beautiful savior,
King of creation,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Truly I'd love Thee,
Truly I'd serve Thee,
Light of my soul, my my joy, my crown.

2.
Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flow'rs of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer;
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.

3.
Fair is the sunshine,
fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer,
Than all the angels in the sky.

4.
Beautiful Savior,
Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor,
Praise, adoration,
Now and forevermore be Thine!

Hymn Tune: St. Elizabeth
Meter: 55 7 55 8
Uses: Morning Prayer, Adoration, Praise, Creation,

Just a Closwer With with Thee

JUST A CLOSWER ALK WITH THEE,
GRANT IT, JESUS, IS MY PLEA,
DAILY WALKING CLOSING TO THEE,
LET IT BE, DEAR LORD, LET IT BE.

1.
I am weak but thou art strong;
Jesus, keep me fromall wrong;
I'll be satistfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to thee.

2.
Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but thee, dear Lord, none but thee.

3.
When my feeble life is o'er,
Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely o'er
To thy kindom's shore, to thy shore.

American Folk Song
Uses: Funerals

O God, Our Help In Ages Past

1.
O God, our Help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come.
Our Shelter form the stormy blast,
And our eternal Home.

2.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Though art God,
To endless years the same.

3.
A thousand ages in they sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun;

4.
Time, like an ever rolling stream,
Soon bears us all away;
We fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

5.
O God, our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come,
Be though our Guard while life shall last,
And our eternal Home.

Hymn Tune: St. Anne
Meter: Common Meter 86 86 (CM)
Text Based On: Psalm 90
Uses: Gathering Song, Recessional

How Firm A Foundation

1.
How Firm a foundation,
you saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith
in his excellent Word!
What more can he say
than to you he has said,
To you who for refuge
to Jesus has fled?

2.
"Fear not, I am with you,
O be not dismayed,
For I am your God,
and will still give you aid;
I'll strenghten you, help you,
and cause you to stand,
Upheld by my righteous,
omnipotent hand.

3.
"When through the deep waters
I call you to go,
The rivers of woe
shall not you over flow;
For I will be with you,
your troubles to bless.
And sanctify to you,
your deepest distress.

4.
"The sould that on Jesus
still leans for respose,
I will not, I will not
desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell
should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never,
no never for sake."

Hymn Tune: Foundation
Meter: 11 11 11 11
Text based on: 2 Peter 1:4
Uses: Gathering Song, Recessional

Note:
This hymn
may be sung as a two-part canon

Now Thank We All Our God

Now Thank We All Our God

1.
Now thank we all our God,
With heart, and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hat done,
In whom his world rejoices.
Who from our mother's arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.

2.
O may this gracious God
Through all our life be near us!
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
Preserve us in his grace
And guide us in distress,
And free us from all sin,
Till heaven we possess.

3.
All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,
The Son and Spirit blest,
Who reigns in highest heaven
Eternal Triune God,
Whom earth and heavn'n adore.
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

Hymn tune: Nun Danket
Meter: 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
Text: Martin Rinkart (tr. Catherine Winkworth)
Music: Johann Crüger

About the photo:
This window that can be found just behind the organ
in Dearborn, MI at St. Sebastian Parish.

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

1.
I know that my Redeemer lives!
What joy the blest assurances gives!
He lives, he lives, who once was dead;
He lives my ever living head!

2.
He lives triumphant from the grave!
He lives eternally to save;
He lives in majesty a above;
He lives to guide his church in love.

3.
He lives to silence all my fears;
He lives to wipe away my tears;
He lives to calm my troubled heart;
He lives all blessings to impart.

4.
He lives all glory to his name!
He lives my Savior, still the same;
What joy this blest assurance gives:
I know that my Redeemer lives!

Uses: Easter Season
Hymn Tune: Duke Street
Text by: Samuel Medley
Text based on: Job 19:25
Music: John Hatton

About the photo:
The interior of St. Joseph Parish
located in Wyandotte, MI.

About Me

First of all,
welcome to Liturgy Songs!
And thank you for stopping by.

Me?
Well, I'm a mom of three sons,
two of which a full grown.
I still have a teenager at home.
I have a few websites.
And this one of several blogs.

I have worked for the church since forever.
Well, O.K.. ...
. . .for twenty-five plus years.
I've served as a pastoral musican for many parishes.

Currently,
I serve in three different parishes
in the Archdiocese of Detroit.

I'm hoping to get a new PC.
Maybe Santa will get it for me.
Or maybe the Easter Bunny.
In the meantime,
I realize that I have a lot of data
that needs to be moved or stored.
I admit it.
I haven't backed up my files.

So,
what this blog is,
is basically an online way
of storing many of the sacred songs and hymns
that fill my computer.
I decided to share them with you online.
I mean,
if you are a pastoral musician,
sooner or later
you will find yourself in the position
of needing to create some worship aid.
There is no need for you
to click away at the keyboard
if I have already done that.

I figure,
that it may take quite some time
before this blog has a repertoire of her own.
But in the time,
I'm cleaning up my PC
one song at a time!

Consider this
a file sharing of song texts.
My gift to all the pastoral musicians out there!

Peace to all who enter here.

About the picture:
Stained glass window of St. Frances Cabrini in Allen Park,MI.
My son goes to school at Cabrini High School.

To Copy or Print Any of These Songs

Feel free to copy any of the songs
found this blog.

Left click and drag to hightlight what you wish to copy.
Hit Ctrl C.
Open up the document you wish to copy to.
Hit Ctrl V.

To print the song only,
left click and highlight the text.
Hit print on your pc.
Then click selection.
Then print.
By clicking "selection"
you'll print only what's hightlighted
and not the entire page.

On This Day O Beautiful Mother

ON THIS DAY O BEAUTIFUL MOTHER

On This Day, O Beautiful Mother
On the day, O beautiful Mother,
On this day we give thee our love.
Near thee, Madonna, fondly we hover,
Trusting thy gentle care to prove.

1.
On this day we ask to share,
Dearest Mother, thy sweet care.
Aid us ere our feet astray
Wander from they guiding way.

2.
Queen of angels, deign to hear
Lisping children's humble pray'r,
Young hearts gain, O virgin pure,
Sweetly to thyself allure.

Uses: Feasts of Blessed Mother; Assumption;
Immaculate Conception; Mary, Mother of God

About the Picture:
Our Lady of Czestochowa.
found in Detroit's St. Stephen/Mary, Mother of the Church Parish

Daily, Daily Sing to Mary

Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary

1.
Daily, daily sing to Mary,
Sing, my soul, her praises due.
All her feasts, her actions worship
With the heart's devotion true.
Lost in wond'ring contemplation,
Be her Majesty confess'd.
Call her Mother, call her Virgin,
Happy Mother, Virgin blest.

2.
She is mighty to deliver.
Call her, trust her lovingly.
When the tempest rages round thee,
She will calm the troubled sea.
Gifts of heaven she has given,
Noble Lady, to our race.
She, the Queen, who decks her subjects
With the light of God's own grace.

3.
Sing, my tongue, the Virgin's trophies
Who for us her Maker bore.
For the curse of old inflicted,
Peace and blessing to restore.
Sing in songs of peace unending,
Sing the world's majestic Queen.
Weary not nor faint in telling.
All the gifts she gives to men.

Uses:
Feasts of Blessed Mother; Assumption; Immaculate Conception; Mary, Mother of God

Note:
A favorite hymn of St. Bernard of Cluny

About the picture
Our Lady of High Grace, Patroness of the Dominican Republic.
Found in Detroit's St. Stephen/Mary, Mother of the Church Parish.

Welcome to Liturgy Songs

Hello and Welcome to Liturgy Songs.

I'm a pastoral musician and have been for 25+years.
I've created a gazillion aides for worship in my day.
And I must admit,
I have a ton of songs in my computer.
It's a resource that has taken years of developing.

And so, well, I just decided to share it with the world.

And so what this blog will be
is basically text to hymns and songs for worship.
I'll include name of Hymn Tune and Meter,
if I have that information.
I'll include composer name,
if I know it.
And even when and where it can be used:
Laudes, Vespers, Advent, Weddings, ect.

I'll also include an alpha index
as well as a seasonal index and topical index
as soon as there are enough entries
to categorize.

But, rest assured,
this blog will only contain those songs
that are "popular" or "traditional."
For the text, chords, accompaniment
of anything copyrighted,
please contact appropriate publisher.

Who knows. . . .
. . .I may even toy around with the idea
of offering suggestions of hymns/songs to use
for each week of the year. . . .
. . .but first,
I must begin entering them into this blog!

Really, though,
this blog is only meant to be a resource.
Why should you have to retype a song into a computer
for a worship aide you are creating
if I have already done it?
And that, my friends,
is the sole purpose of this blog:
To help simply your worship planning!

Thanks for stopping by.
I hope this resource will help you!