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This is a list of original Roman Catholic hymns. The list does not contain hymns originating from other Christian traditions despite occasional usage in Roman Catholic churches. The list has hymns in Latin and English.
"On Eagle's Wings" is a devotional hymn composed by Michael Joncas.Its words are based on Psalm 91, [1] Book of Exodus 19, and Matthew 13. [2] Joncas wrote the piece in either 1976 [3] or 1979, [1] [4] after he and his friend, Douglas Hall, returned from a meal to learn that Hall's father had died of a heart attack. [5]
Avé de Fátima (English: Fátima Ave), also known as the Fátima Hymn, is a popular Roman Catholic Marian hymn.It is sung in honour of Our Lady of Fátima, a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at Cova da Iria, in Fátima, Portugal.
Gustav Mahler set the Latin text to music in Part I of his Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (1906). Filippo Capocci , Organ Fantasia on Veni Creator Spiritus (1910) [ 27 ] Maurice Duruflé used the chant tune as the basis for his symphonic organ composition "Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator ", Op. 4 (1926/1930).
Lauda Sion" is a sequence prescribed for the Roman Catholic Mass for the feast of Corpus Christi. It was written by St. Thomas Aquinas around 1264, at the request of Pope Urban IV for the new Mass of this feast, along with Pange lingua , Sacris solemniis , and Verbum supernum prodiens , which are used in the Divine Office.
Almost all Catholic liturgical music composed before the middle of the 20th century, including thousands of settings of the ordinary of the mass (Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), the ordinary and proper of the Requiem mass, psalms, canticles (such as the Magnificat), antiphons, and motets. Famous examples include:
Sacris Solemniis in the Catholic Encyclopedia discusses the merits of a number of translations. Panis angelicus (Franck): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project "Bread of Angels", Gregorian Chants; Panis angelicus: Text, translations and list of free scores by several composers at the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
In 2013 a survey conducted by Songs of Praise, "Here I Am, Lord" was named the fifth most popular hymn in Britain. [4] In 2017 America ran an article detailing the impact this song has had on the spirituality of American Catholics. [2] In 2019 "I, the Lord of Sea and Sky" was voted the United Kingdom's 10th favorite hymn. [5]