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 flow’r,
Sun and moon, and stars of light;
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our gift of grateful praise.

3.
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above;
For all gentle thoughts and mild;
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our gift of grateful praise.

4.
For your Church, that evermore
Lifts its holy hands above,
Off’ring up on ev’ry shore
A pure sacrifice of love;
Lord of all, to you we reaise
This our gift of grateful praise.

5.
For Yourself, O Gift Divine
To our world so freely giv’n,
For that love from which will shine,
Peace on earth and joy in heav’n;
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our gift of grateful praise.

Uses: Creation, Thanksgiving, Gathering Song

Meter: 77 77 77

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

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.

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.