In an Oct. 24 decree, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that ...

O Christ our God, You ascended in Glory and gladdened Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit. Your blessing assured them that You are the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world. Kontakion ...

Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon ...

The words of this hymn were written around 1630 and later translated into English by the poet Robert Bridges. In 1930, the Composer Herbert Howells was sent the words by a friend and apparently ...

Rejoice, birth-giver of the aromatic balm of the King of all. Rejoice, O Bride unwedded, the world's salvation." The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem, which sings the praises of the Holy ...

The rate at which blood circulates round the body can give ... and emotional effort involved in singing the long-loved hymn ...

The Greek hymnos refers to a song of praise similar to the ode, and in the Christian tradition in the Middle Ages, these are predominantly in Latin. Vernacular hymns arise early in the Reformation and ...

Today at some churches we sang one of the most popular hymns ever written. It was written by Horatio Spaffold after several ...

Arguably Scotland had the better chances to score. Steve Clarke has them all singing from the same hymn sheet and considering ...