Monday, July 06, 2009

And The Common Thread?
Helmet tip to Mrs NYPD Green

I went to just a few of these alleged hymnals/songbooks to check out some of the titles. Talk about your Novus Ordo Greatest Hits drivel.

Am I the only one who sees a common thread here?
I Can Only Imagine

Here I Am

I Will Choose Christ

We Will Serve the Lord

Be with Me, Lord

I Rejoiced

Change Me

Let Me See Your Face

I Will Lift Up Your Name

What You Gonna Do?

I Will Bow and Be Simple

Every Move I Make

Here I Am to Worship

I Shall Not Want

I Sought the Lord

You Are My God/Here I Am, Lord

I Will Choose Christ

Jesus Loves Me

I Thirst

Our God Is Good

If We Dare to Hope

Be with Me, Lord

I Cannot Tell It All

I Will Choose Christ

We Will Serve the Lord

Keep Me Safe

I Will Have Faith in You

Open My Eyes

Revive Us, O God

I See You

This Is Our Room

We Are the Light

I Could Sing of Your Love Forever

Be with Me, Lord

I Cannot Tell It All

God Is Calling Your Name

I Will Testify
And the emphasis is placed on... what, again?
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12 comments:

  1. Joe of St. Thérèse12:32 AM

    In my masses there will no hymns at all theyll be forbudden.

    All of those songs are on mahonys ipod and the horizontal worship greatest hits

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  2. Anita Moore1:12 AM

    Don't forget "Sing a New Church into Being," which also depends upon the power of Me, Myself and I.

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  3. Simplex Vir6:33 AM

    Where the heck does my favorite fit in to all of this:

    Kumbyah

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  4. Al7:04 AM

    Kumbaya - Maybe for communion?

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  5. the Egyptian7:50 AM

    me,me,me,Just attended my first full bells and smells high Mass yesterday, blessedly did not hear a single "me" hymn, what a sight, I got lost in the mass and just enjoyed it

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  6. chestertonian9:09 AM

    You left out Gather Us In. *puuuke*

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  7. Amanda9:14 AM

    Another thing to note is that some of those are Protestant Praise and Worship songs. "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" pops up pretty frequently on those commercials.

    (Aside: I read "I Sought the Lord" and the first thing that popped into my head was "I Shot the Sherriff")

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  8. Adeodatus499:19 AM

    Me, me, me, me . . . OOPS! . . . I mean . . . I, I, I , I . . . . :-)

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  9. Fr. Erik Richtsteig10:54 AM

    Remember, "I is the church"!

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  10. Larry Denninger11:32 AM

    Anita kinda beat me to it - all sung by that wonderful contemporary 'Catholic' group I. M. Divine & the MeMyself-n-I's.

    Sooooooo groovy.

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  11. the Egyptian3:49 PM

    Amanda, I though of that old favorite,

    I fought the law and the law won.
    "I fought the Lord and the lord won"

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  12. TH24:58 PM

    The worst is anything by Marty Haugen, to which Mr. Scampers (MMS #4) referred to as : "homely 1970s cheezeball hippy crap musical abominations"

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