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catholic hymns that occasionally (unfortunately) still sometimes gets stuck in my head
  • On Eagle’s Wings (specifically the difficulty that the old ladies in the congregation would have with the first two high notes- “YOOO HOOO dwell in the shelter of the Lord…”)
  • Lord of the Dance, double forte, at a rapid pace
  • Yaweh, I Know You Are Near 
  • Be Not Afraid
  • City of God
  • Here I Am, Lord
  • I Am The Bread of Life (always made me giggle that there was a song that started, solemnly, with the words “I am the bread.”)
  • Crown Him with Many Crowns
  • the litany of Saints (this happened today. I blame the NPR mentions of Kateri Tekakwitha.)

You’d be surprised how often church hymns are stuck in my head.  Also, by how often I sing them to my cat.


  1. unlimited-juice reblogged this from morninggloria and added:
    Relevant to my life - church songs were always...best/pretty much only good part
  2. allstartstofade reblogged this from testeverything
  3. testeverything reblogged this from desalmada and added:
    best ones! City of God gets stuck...my head alll the time.
  4. desalmada reblogged this from morninggloria and added:
    Spanish. 12+ years...Catholic education means...songs from...
  5. minorclarifications reblogged this from morninggloria and added:
    these. In particular...beer held aloft.
  6. candleofthought reblogged this from morninggloria and added:
    This is a pretty good Greatest Hits of Catholic hymns—this past summer a friend and I were at
  7. ebecks reblogged this from hnanster
  8. wailingbeansidhe said: I had to play & sing “On Eagle’s Wings” in a handbell choir. Many, many, many times. If that doesn’t buy me a seat in the sweet hereafter, ain’t nothin’ else in my favor.
  9. hnanster reblogged this from morninggloria and added:
    head repeatedly…along with Catholic funeral flashbacks. Blerg.
  10. redorangeorangeonred said: be not afraid i go before you always come follow me and i shall give you rest. catholic til 8th grade.
  11. iamsosorry said: On Eagle’s Wings was written by the Southern Baptists’ most prolific composer (trust me on that one). :)
  12. andisaidhey said: I ALWAYS get “Were You There [When They Crucified My Lord]” in my head. Awful.
  13. hg- said: See Also: Sing to the Mountains, Peace is Flowing Like A River, We Remember, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Abba Father, and the ultimate 9:30 mass jam, The King of Glory
  14. dustoffvarnya reblogged this from morninggloria and added:
    BEAR YOU ON THE BREATH OF DAWN. MAKE YOU TO SHIIIIIIINE LIKE THE SUUUUUUN AND HOLD YOU IN THE PAAAAAAAAAALMMMM OF HIS...
  15. chrisfromarose said: I got stuck humming CHWMC yesterday as I was walking home.
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