This past Sunday I attended Mass with my parents for the first time in a few years. Not much has changed. Actually, nothing has. Still saying the same prayers, still singing the same songs I couldn’t beleive I still remembered the words. Catholic music being bad is kind of a cultural cliche’. Other religions have much better liturgical music but I grew up Catholic, so I had these. I realize now that some of these songs are not exclusively Roman Catholic but here we go: MY TOP 5 CATHOLIC SONGS!
5. “Let There be Peace On Earth”
4. “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace”
3. “Be Not Afraid”
2. “Here I Am, Lord”
1. “On Eagles’ Wings”
Let me just note that I may be biased on my number one pick. I was a pall bearer for my grandfather at his funeral and “On Eagles Wings” was the song being sung as we carried him out. Not a dry eye in the house. not one.
…and He will raise you up on eagles wings
Bear you on the breathe of dawn
Make you to shine like the sun
and hold you in the palm of His hand.
12 responses so far ↓
Hans // Aug 7, 2007 at 11:22 am
as we’ve both commented before… “eagles wings” makes every mom cry. because every funeral features this hit.
it was already stuck in my head today as i knew you were making this post.
Samuel Venuti // Aug 7, 2007 at 11:25 am
apparently it was a big hit among the 9/11 victims’ families
jae kwon // Aug 7, 2007 at 11:57 am
catholic songs need more than a top 5. you have done a disservice to jesus.
just off the top of my head, these classics:
anthem
glory and praise to our god
bless be the lord
i remember on friday mass if the liturgical music lady would say “the closing hymn is bless be the lord” there would be a riot of 1-8th graders reaching for their glory and praise books.
Samuel Venuti // Aug 7, 2007 at 12:04 pm
well these were my top 5! i don’t know anthem. but the other 2 are pretty up beat jammers if i remember correctly, aren’t they? good picks.
jenni // Aug 7, 2007 at 12:31 pm
good job sam! i can’t believe i forgot bless be the lord and glory and praise… still a little sad ‘one bread one body’ isn’t on there, but i think you nailed the top 5. it’s been a few hours and i can’t get any of these songs out of my head. good work.
art vandelay // Aug 7, 2007 at 12:38 pm
i think you forgot “Entrails Ripped From A Virgin Cunt”.
Hans // Aug 7, 2007 at 12:45 pm
art you always got to ruin everything!
art vandelay // Aug 7, 2007 at 12:48 pm
sorry dude, i’m a heathen with bad memories of church and sunday school.
s. frank // Aug 7, 2007 at 3:22 pm
haha! tim isn’t writing articles anymore so he’s putting all his venom in the comments…
s. frank // Aug 7, 2007 at 3:23 pm
ps
how come there aren’t more catholic hippies? i think all that singing about peace and eagles and shit made me the flowerchild i am today….
art vandelay // Aug 7, 2007 at 3:57 pm
probably the catholic anti-homosexual stance has something to do with it.
there does seem to be a fair number of jewish hippies though. i remember i was in New Paltz, NY once, which is a quasi-hippie town, and in this shop they were selling “Jah Candles handcrafted by Saul Rosenberg”.
Hans // Aug 7, 2007 at 7:44 pm
my shoes and my glasses…
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