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Music Monday: Your love defends me

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Here’s the most recent song, “Your love defends me” from the generally-accepted king of Catholic Contemporary Music, Matt Maher:

[Verse 1]
You are my joy, You are my song
You are the well, the One I’m drawing from
You are my refuge, my whole life long
Where else would I go?

[Chorus]
Surely my God is the strength of my soul
Your love defends me, Your love defends me
And when I feel like I’m all alone
Your love defends me, Your love defends me

[Verse 2]
Day after day, night after night
I will remember, You’re with me in this fight
Although the battle, it rages on
The war is already won
I know the war is already won

[Chorus]
Surely my God is the strength of my soul
Your love defends me, Your love defends me
And when I feel like I’m all alone
Your love defends me, Your love defends me

[Bridge]
We sing Hallelujah
You’re my portion
My salvation
Hallelujah
You’re my portion
My salvation
Hallelujah

Music Monday: Because He Lives

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This week is another song which made a regular appearance at the Steubenville Conference a couple of weeks ago, “Because He lives”, by Matt Maher:

I believe in the Son
I believe in the risen One
I believe I overcome
By the power of His blood

Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives

I was dead in the grave
I was covered in sin and shame
I heard mercy call my name
He rolled the stone away

Because He lives
I can face tomorrow
Because He lives
Every fear is gone
I know He holds my life my future in His hands

Music Monday: Lord I Need You

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We’ll do another traditional song next week, but today’s entry is “Lord, I need you” by Matt Maher, featuring the very lovely Audrey Assad:

Lord, I come, I confess
Bowing here I find my rest
Without You I fall apart
You’re the One that guides my heart

Where sin runs deep Your grace is more
Where grace is found is where You are
And where You are, Lord, I am free
Holiness is Christ in me

Lord, I need You, oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You

Teach my song to rise to You
When temptation comes my way
And when I cannot stand I’ll fall on You
Jesus, You’re my hope and stay

You’re my one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You
My one defense, my righteousness
Oh God, how I need You

Music Monday: Christos Voskrese!

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I can’t believe it’s Monday already! Where did the weekend go? For me, the weekend was filled with fun as our Men’s Huddle headed to the mountains for some much needed relaxation time. So, to get things moving this week, I think we need a song to get the blood pumping… During the Easter period, Byzantine parishes such as mine constantly proclaim in the liturgy “Christ is risen! Indeed he is risen!”. We do this in several languages: English, Greek and Slavonic… So, in keeping with the liturgical season, here’s a really nice cover of Matt Maher’s song “Christ is risen”:

Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
We fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to him who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely you bled, for us

Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave!

Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bow to none but heavens will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer’s crown
No burden great can hold you down
In strength you reign
Forever let your church proclaim

Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light!
Our God is not dead, he’s alive! he’s alive!

Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave

Rise up from the grave…

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