"He who sings, prays
twice." - St. Augustine
"Music can insight man to
follow God! - Fr. Chad Ripperger, Exorcist
Music draws our hearts closer
to God - a huge doorway to heaven!
"He who sings prays twice."
(St. Augustine)
"Singing brings unity as
one community ... We need to sing." (Fr. Chris Alar, The Marian
Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of The Most Blessed Virgin
Mary, The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge,
Massachusetts)
“Where there is devotional
music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.”
(Johannes Sebastian Bach)
“Music is an agreeable
harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the
soul.” (Johannes Sebastian Bach)
"One time the demon
expressed the continual gratitude of Mary to God as follows:
"She always sings the praises of that one (God) as she did
before but very few on earth are able to hear her when she
sings." The demon was probably refering to our incapacity to
understand fully the greatness of that heart that praises God
for the benefit of all of God's children. (Father Vincent Lampert,
Exorcist)
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you
abundantly, in all wisdom: teaching and admonishing one another
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing in grace in
your hearts to God." (Colossians 3:16)
"Praise him with sound of trumpet:
praise him with psaltery and harp. Praise him with timbrel and
choir: praise him with strings and organs. Praise him on high
sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: let every spirit
praise the Lord. Alleluia." (Psalm 150:3-5)
"And David spoke to the chiefs of the
Levites, to appoint some of their brethren to be singers with
musical instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps, and
cymbals, that the joyful noise might resound on high." (1
Chronicles 15:16)
"And a hymn being said, they went out
unto mount Olivet " (Matthew 26:30)
"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is
luxury; but be ye filled with the holy Spirit, Speaking to
yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles,
singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord."
(Ephesians 5:18-19)
"A psalm for David himself. Sing ye to
the Lord a new canticle: because he hath done wonderful things.
His right hand hath wrought for him salvation, and his arm is
holy. The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed
his justice in the sight of the Gentiles. He hath remembered his
mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of
the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Sing joyfully to
God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and sing. Sing praise
to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a
psalm: With long trumpets, and sound of cornet. Make a joyful
noise before the Lord our king: Let the sea be moved and the
fulness thereof: the world and they that dwell therein. The
rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice
together At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge
the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people
with equity. (Psalm 97:1-9)
Worship
Through Song
What does
the bible say about worship through singing?
"Let the word of Christ
dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom: teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and
spiritual canticles, singing in grace in your hearts
to God." (Colossians 3:16)
"Praise him with sound of
trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp. Praise
him with timbrel and choir: praise him with strings
and organs. Praise him on high sounding cymbals:
praise him on cymbals of joy: let every spirit
praise the Lord. Alleluia." (Psalm 150:3-5)
"And David spoke to the
chiefs of the Levites, to appoint some of their
brethren to be singers with musical instruments, to
wit, on psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, that the
joyful noise might resound on high." (1
Chronicles 15:16)
"And a hymn being said,
they went out unto mount Olivet " (Matthew
26:30)
"And be not drunk with
wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye filled with the
holy Spirit, Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and
hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making
melody in your hearts to the Lord." (Ephesians
5:18-19)
St.
Faustina desired that her last breath would be a
Hymn
"O Christ, let my greatest
delight be to see You loved and Your praise and
glory proclaimed, especially the honor of Your
mercy. O Christ, let me glorify Your goodness and
mercy to the last moment of my life, with every drop
of my blood and every beat of my heart. Would that I
be transformed into a hymn of adoration of You.
When I find myself on my deathbed, may the last beat
of my heart be a loving hymn glorifying Your
unfathomable mercy."
(St. Faustina, Diary, 1708)
The Virgin
Mary Sings
"One time the demon expressed
the continual gratitude of Mary to God as follows:
"She always sings the praises of that one (God)as
she did before but very few on earth are able to
hear her when she sings." The demon was probably
refering to our incapacity to understand fully the
greatness of that heart that praises God for the
benefit of all of God's children. (Father Vincent
Lampert, Mary vs attacks of the devil - The
necessity of exorcists #4 of 5)
The Magnificat -
The Blessed Virgin Mary's Hymn of Praise to the Lord
- also known as The Canticle of Mary
My soul doth
magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God
my Saviour. Because he hath regarded the humility of
his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all
generations shall call me blessed. Because he that
is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is
his name. And his mercy is from generation unto
generations, to them that fear him.
He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered
the proud in the conceit of their heart. He hath put
down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted
the humble. He hath filled the hungry with good
things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He
hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of
his mercy: As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham
and to his seed for ever. (Luke 1:46-55)
*Video*:
Charismatic Movement - Vatican
"Long Life for the Charismatics."
- Pope John Paul II, Vatican
Gardens1981,
International Leaders Conference (video
time: 5:30-5:34)
"That all people may
experience the priceless dignity that is there's, in
Christ. I ask you and all the members of the
Charismatic Renewal to continue to cry aloud to the
world with me - open the doors to the Redeemer."
- Pope John Paul II, Vatican
1984, International Leaders Conference (video time:5:55-6:19)
"Thanks to the Charismatic
movement many Christians, men and women, youth and
adults have rediscovered Penetecost as a living and
present reality in their daily life. I desire that
the spirituality of Pentecost be spread in the
church."
- Pope John Paul II, Pentecost
2004
(video time: 6:25-7:01)
"Today I would like to cry out to
all of you gathered here in St. Peter's Square, and
to all Christians. Open yourselves docily to the
gifts of the Spirit. Accept gracefully and
obediently the charisms which the Spirit never
ceases to bestow on us. Do not forget that every
charism is given for the common good, that is for
the benefit of the whole church."
- Pope John Paul II, Pentecost
1998,
International
Gathering of Ecclesial Movements
(video time:8:00-8:35)
"Though the past century was
marked by some of the saddest pages of history, it
was at the same time, started with wonderful
testimonies of spiritual and charismatic revival in
all areas of human life and activity. It is my firm
hope that the Holy Spirit will find more and more
fruitful welcome in the hearts of believers so that
the culture of Pentecost so necessary in our time
can spread."
- Pope Benedict
XVI, September 2005
(video time:8:35-9:10)
Since 1967,
over 120 Million Catholics in over 220 countries in
the world have experienced this refreshment of
The Holy Spirit. The promise Christ gave to
His followers, the experience of Pentecost, the
lineage of 2000 years, the open window of Vatican II
in the 1960's, are all a part of what the Catholic
Charismatic Renewal is today. Like all those who
have gone before, the men and women of the
Charismatic Renewal today, continue to pray
"Come Oh Creator blessed!"(video
time:9:14-9:50)
"Fear of change is a
temptation of the devil. Though fear of change is
quite human, it shouldn’t be the case with spiritual
people, as Jesus said in the Book of Revelation:
“Behold, I make all things new.” The new things of
God are always a blessing because they flow from his
loving heart. There’s a temptation not to rock
the boat when things seem to be going well.This kind
of thinking does not come from the Spirit. Perhaps
from the spirit of the world, but not from the Holy
Spirit." “Don’t make this mistake.”“To evangelize is
to love. It is to share God’s love for every man,
woman and child,” he said, adding that
evangelization plans and offices are useless without
love.
By virtue of Baptism, all of us
are called to give for the evangelization of the
world. Evangelization is a witness of love. To
evangelize is to love. It is to share God's love for
every man, woman and child."
- Pope Francis, Vatican 2019
What is Charismatic
Renewal?
"A growing movement within
the Catholic Church is known as the “charismatic renewal.” It is a spiritual
movement that focuses on a deep relationship
with the Holy Spirit, highlighting the
many “charisms” that are given to
Catholics through the sacraments of baptism and
confirmation.
This particular movement
was initially found within various Protestant
denominations, who emphasized the list of
spiritual gifts (charisms) given by the Holy
Spirit in the writings of St. Paul. It
began roughly in the 1960s and was introduced
into the Catholic Church by faculty members and
students from Duquesne University. The beginning
of this movement is best described below by the
National Service Committee of the Catholic
Charismatic Renewal.
The Catholic
Charismatic Renewal as it exists today is
the outgrowth from a retreat held in
February 1967 of several faculty members and
students from Duquesne University. Many of
the students – though not all – experienced
a movement of God’s Spirit called being
“baptized in the Holy Spirit.” The
professors had previously been “baptized in
the Spirit” a week or two before. God’s
action was also prepared for in a very human
way by the students’ prayerful preparation
in reading the Acts of the Apostles and a
book entitled The Cross and the Switchblade.
From there it began to
spread rapidly in the United States and
throughout the world. The
Diocese of Lafayette explains what marked
the movement, “They had a renewed commitment to
prayer and a personal relationship to Jesus, a
yearning for more knowledge in their Catholic
faith and to the gospel call to bring the
message of the Jesus to others, and the use of
the gifts and charisms of the Holy Spirit to
bring this about.”
Aleteia has printed three
reflections from the preacher of the pontifical
household, Father Raniero Cantalamessa, in
preparation for Pentecost, and sponsored by the
new service organization of the Charismatic
Renewal.
Popes Paul VI, John
Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis have all
offered their support of the movement,
encouraging it as an authentic spiritual
movement within the Catholic Church.
Pope Benedict XVI in particular mentioned
the positive attributes of the charismatic
renewal.
What we learn in
the New Testament on charism, which appeared
as visible signs of the coming of the Holy
Spirit, is not a historical event of the
past, but a reality ever alive. It is the
same divine Spirit, soul of the Church, that
acts in every age and those mysterious and
effective interventions of the Spirit are
manifest in our time in a providential way.
The Movements and New Communities are like
an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the
Church and in contemporary society. We can,
therefore, rightly say that one of the
positive elements and aspects of the
Community of the Catholic Charismatic
Renewal is precisely their emphasis on the
charisms or gifts of the Holy Spirit and
their merit lies in having recalled their
topicality in the Church.
There is an emphasis
within the Renewal on a proper discernment of
charisms, asking the Holy Spirit to reveal which
gifts God has given to them for the overall good
of the Church. This is often expressed in
“ordinary” charisms, such as the charism of
“encouragement,” “faith” or “giving.” However,
the Renewal is most often known by others for
certain “extraordinary” charisms that are
visibly seen at charismatic prayer meetings.
This would include the charism of “healing,”
“intercessory prayer” or “speaking in tongues.”
Above all these charisms
are to be tested and Catholics are advised that
these charisms are not meant to bring attention
to themselves or others, but to God. The Renewal
emphasizes how these charisms are never to be
used for personal gain, but are always at the
service of the Church and designed for the
ultimate glory of God. While it can be a strange
movement from an outsider’s perspective, when it
is authentic and stays true to the teachings of
the Catholic Church, the Renewal can bring much
healing and peace to a person’s soul."
(Source: Aletia.org:
What is Charismatic
Renewal)
Papal Statements
Pope Francis
Pentecost Vigil on the occasion of the
Golden Jubilee of the Renewal
– 3 June 2017
Address to the Renewal in the Spirit
– St. Peter’s Square – 3 July 2015
Address to the Worldwide Renewal at the 37th
National Convocation of the Renewal in the Holy
Spirit –
Olympic Stadium, Rome – 1 June 2014
Pope Benedict XVI
“Benedict XVI is wishing
members of the charismatic renewal a revitalized
closeness with the crucified and risen Christ.
The Pope said this in a telegram signed by his
secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
and sent to the Italian chapter of the Catholic
Charismatic Renewal, who were gathered last
weekend in their 32nd national assembly in
Rimini, Italy.”
Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI to
participants in a meeting by the Catholic
Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and
Fellowships Hall of Blessings, Friday, 31
October, 2008
“As I have been able to
affirm in other circumstances, the Ecclesial
Movements and New Communities which blossomed
after the Second Vatican Council, constitute a
unique gift of the Lord and a precious resource
for the life of the Church. They should be
accepted with trust and valued for the various
contributions they place at the service of the
common benefit in a an ordered and fruitful
way…”
Homily of his Holiness Benedict XVI
St. Peter’s Square Saturday, 3 June 2006
Prayer vigil and meeting,
Solemnity of Pentecost
Meeting with the ecclesial movements and new
communities
Pope John Paul
II
The Apostolic Letter of his Holiness Pope John
Paul II – NOVO
MILLENNIO INEUNTE
to the Bishops, Clergy and Lay Faithful at the
close of the great Jubillee of the Year 2000
Address of Pope John Paul II to the Participants
in The Fourth International Leaders' Conference
of The Catholic Charismatic Renewal, May 7, 1981
US Catholic
Bishops
Grace for a New
Springtime
by the Administrative
Committee of the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops published on the anniversary of the 30th
Anniversary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
in March of 1997.
English Version Spanish
Version
"Long Life for the Charismatics." - Pope John Paul II "Amen"
Video:
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Pope John Paul II &
Pope Francis - "Hallelujah"
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Gesù è Signore (Jesus Is Lord)
Gesù è Signore (Jesus Is Lord)
Gesù è Signore (Jesus Is Lord)
Gesù è Signore (Jesus Is Lord)
Santo è Signore (Holy Is Lord)
Santo è Signore (Holy Is Lord)
Santo è Signore (Holy Is Lord)
Santo è Signore (Holy Is Lord)
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Other Choruses for
use with this song
Thank you Jesus x4
Lord We love you x4
Lord We Praise You x4
Lord We Thank You x4
We Adore You x4
Lord You're Worthy x4
Lord We Worship x4
You're So Faithful x4
May 7,
1981 -
IV International
Conference of Leaders of the Catholic
Charismatic Renewal with Pope John Paul II, Grotto of Our Lady of
Lourdes, Vatican Gardens
(Conferencia
Internacional de Dirigentes de la Renovación
Carismática Católica, Gruta de Nuestra Señora de
Lourdes, Jardines del Vaticano)
June 03, 2017 - CCR
(Catholic Charismatic Renewal) Pentecost Vigil and Ecumenical
Prayer with Pope Francis on the occasion of the
Golden Jubilee of the Charismatic Renewal, Circo Massimo Rome
(Rinnovamento Nello
Spirito Santo)
Video:
Catholic Charismatic Renewal Pope Francis -
"Hosanna"
Italian: Osanna all'Altissimo
(English: Hosanna) (Spanish: Hosanna)
- Sung in three languages
Osanna, Osanna (Hosanna, Hosanna)
Osanna al Altissimo! (Hosanna in the highest!)
Osanna, Osanna, (Hosanna, Hosanna)
Osanna, al Altissimo! (Hosanna in the highest!)
Ti innalziamo il Tuo nome (Lord we lift up Your
name)
Con le lodi nel cuor (with hearts full of praise)
Ti esaltiamo Signore Dio! (Be exalted oh Lord my
God!)
Osanna all'Altissimo! (Hosanna in the highest!)
Gloria, Gloria (Glory, Glory)
Gloria al Re dei Re (Glory to the King of Kings!)
Gloria, Gloria (Glory, Glory)
Gloria al Re dei Re (Glory to the King of Kings!)
Ti innalziamo il Tuo nome (Lord we lift up Your
name)
Con le lodi nel cuor (with hearts full of praise)
Ti esaltiamo Signore Dio! (Be exalted oh Lord my
God!)
Gloria al Re dei Re (Glory to the King of Kings!)
Gesù Gesù (Jesus Jesus)
Gesù è il Re dei Re! (Jesus Jesus is the King of
Kings!)
Gesù Gesù (Jesus Jesus)
Gesù è il Re dei Re! (Jesus Jesus is the King of
Kings!)
Ti innalziamo il Tuo nome (Lord we lift up Your
name)
Con le lodi nel cuor (with hearts full of praise)
Ti esaltiamo Signore Dio! (Be exalted oh Lord my
God!)
Gesù è il Re dei Re! (Jesus Jesus is the King of
Kings!)
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna, Hosanna,
Hosanna in the highest!
Lord we lift up Your name
with hearts full of praise
Be exalted oh Lord my God!
Hosanna in the highest!
Glory, Glory
Glory to the King of Kings!
Glory, Glory,
Glory to the King of Kings!
Lord we lift up Your name
with hearts full of praise
Be exalted oh Lord my God!
Hosanna is the King of Kings!
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna en el cielo! (Hosanna in heaven!)
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna en el cielo! (Hosanna in heaven!)
Bendito es el Señor (Blessed is the Lord)
Proclamamos
Su amor (We proclaim His love)
E levantamos a les todos! (And You raise us
all!)
Hosanna en el cielo! (Hosanna in heaven!)
Video: Catholic Charismatic Renewal Pope Francis - "Vive Jesús el Señor
"
Vive Jesús el
Señor(Spanish)(Jesus the Lord Lives)
(Pope Francis'
favourite song)
Vive Jesús el Señor /4
Él vive /3
Vive, vive Jesús el Señor.
Él vive /3
Vive, vive Jesús el Señor.
Vive Jesús, el Señor, vive Jesús, el Señor /2
Él vive /3
Vive, vive Jesús el Señor.
Él vive /3
Vive, vive Jesús el Señor.
Other Chorus for use with this song
Cristo Jesús et Señor/4
Tu vives /3
Vive, vive Jesús el Señor.
