Patriotic feelings run high on the Fourth of July. So does the urge to thank God for our country — in song. As well we should. Three perennial favorites, in particular, are as at home closing the ...
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!, voices cry out against a steadily marching beat and victorious trumpet blasts. It is the swelling sound of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a timeless song that inspires ...
Ashley Prime was idly trawling the Internet last spring when he decided to search for the author of a stirring hymn sung at his father's funeral in Peterborough, England, about 30 years ago. Little ...
Hymn to Love, a play by world-renowned director Marta Górnicka, is a collage of different versions of the national anthem, religious hymns, and patriotic and folk songs. It premiered on 21st January ...
Yesterday I heard an excellent homily at Mass. The Gospel reading (Mt 10:37-42) had Jesus telling his followers, with the uncompromising language he often used, that nothing comes before God. God ...
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“Since many of our patriotic hymns are explicitly religious, they would not be inappropriate for the entrance or recessional hymn,” notes EWTN.com. “At our July 4 Mass here, the choir sang the Navy ...
KEARNEY — A historic flag presentation will be part of the patriotic hymn sing set for 2 p.m. July 4 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 2304 Second Ave. (Retired) Major Gen. Mark Musick will present ...