We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.
C.S. Lewis

A cheerful spirit is one of the most valuable gifts ever bestowed upon humanity by a kind Creator. It is the sweetest and most fragrant flower of the Spirit, that constantly sends out its beauty and fragrance, and blesses everything within its reach. It will sustain the soul in the darkest and most dreary places of this world. It will hold in check the demons of despair, and stifle the power of discouragement and hopelessness. It is the brightest star that ever cast its radiance over the darkened soul, and one that seldom sets in the gloom of morbid fancies and forboding imaginations.

Hymns from scores at www.bobsoremweb.com…Part 6 of 6

Hymns from scores at www.bobsoremweb.com...Part 6 of 6









Psalm 23 (Brother James' Air)(Brother James L. Macbeth Baines, 1915)


Mass for a Servant Church (revised 2010) - Penitential Act - Form 1(Michel Guimont, 2010)


Hallelujah! Joy to the World!(w: George Fredric Handel & Isaac Watts)















San Lorenzo Ruiz (recessional)(w: Timoteo Jose M. Ofrasio, SJ)




Mass of Christ the Savior: Glory to God(w&m: Dan Schutte, 2010)


Open the Gates of the Temple(w: Frances J. (Fanny) Crosby)



When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (alt. melody)(w: Isaac Watts, 1707 (based on Gal. 6:14))

Mass of Light (revised 2010) - We Proclaim Your Death(David Haas, 2010)

All Creatures of Our God and King(harm. by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906)

Inay (Mother)(w&m: Arnel Aquino, SJ; Paulo Tirol)








It Is Well with My Soul (in setting of (m: P.P. Bliss, 1960)

Holden Evening Prayer - Evening Thanksgiving(w&m: Marty Haugen, 1990, 2016)

Jesus Born on This Day(w&m: Mariah Carey & Walter Afanasieff)









Peace to Soothe Our Bitter Woes(w: Nikolai Grundtvig; Trans. by George T. Rygh)




While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night(George Frederic Handel, 1728)

The Summons(m: Trad. Scottish melody, arr. by John Bell)

Proclaim the Joyful Message(w&m: James V. Marchionda, 1980)

The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Psalm 103)(w&m: Jeanne Cotter, 1993)

How Great Our Joy! (The Echo Carol)(Traditional German Carol; arr. by Hugo Jungst)





Mass of Redemption: Penitential Act - Ordinary Time(w&m: Steven R. Janco, 2010)



Mass for a Servant Church (revised 2010) - Penitential Act - Form 2 (English response)(Michel Guimont, 2010)




Celtic Alleluia(Fintan O'Carroll/Christopher Walker, 1985)

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)(Bob Sorem)

Glendalough Mass - Doxology/Amen(w&m: Liam Lawton)


En el Frio Invernal (Cold December Flies Away)(Catalonian carol; harmonized by Skinner Chavez-Melo, 1987)



Recessional March(Bob Sorem - 1991 (Wedding Recessional))

Jubilation Mass - Great Amen - extended setting(James Chepponis, 1999)









Mass of Creation (2010) - When We Eat This Bread(w&m: Marty Haugen, 2010)



Mass of Creation (2010) - Lenten Gospel Acclamation-1(w&m: Marty Haugen, 2010)

Mass of Christ the Savior: Save Us(w&m: Dan Schutte, 2010)





Mass of Freedom - Lenten Gospel Acclamation(w&m: Maggie Russell, 2010)


Air for Advent(w: Charles Wesley ( ancient plainsong ( m: J.S. Bach, ca. 1723)




Jubilation Mass - Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia)(James Chepponis, 1999)

More of You Lord(w&m: Ralph P. Merrifield, 1992)

Mass of Christ the Savior: Gospel Acclamation - Alleluia (verse 3)(w&m: Dan Schutte, 2010)


O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing(Carl G. Glaser; arr. Lowell Mason, 1839)

Mass of Creation (2010) - Holy, Holy(w&m: Marty Haugen, 2010)

Mass for a Servant Church (revised 2010) - Lamb of God(Michel Guimont, 2010)





Who May Ascend?(w&m: Ralph P. Merrifield, 2002)

Mass of Christ the Savior: Doxology and Amen(w&m: Dan Schutte, 2010)


Beautiful Terrible Cross/Near the Cross(Beautiful Terrible Cross (2007);)




Ye Sons and Daughters(w: Jean Tisserand, 15th Cent.; Tr. by John M. Neale)






On This Your Birthday(w&m: Ralph P. Merrifield, 2008)

Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light(Johan Schop, 1641)


The Prayer, with Lead Us(w&m (The Prayer): Carol Bayer Sager and David Foster, 1998)

Fairest Lord Jesus(Tune: Crusader's Hymn; Meter: 5.6.8.5.5.8)

Psalm 83 - How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place((A.G.M.))

Mass of Creation (2010) - Lenten Gospel Acclamation-2(w&m: Marty Haugen, 2010)





It Came Upon the Midnight Clear(Richard Storrs Willis, 1850)

Breath of Heaven(w&m: Chris Eaton & Amy Grant, 1992)



It's Me, It's Me(Negro (Afro-American) Spiritual, arr. William Farley Smith, 1986)



Mass of Creation (2010) - Gospel Acclamation-6-alt verse tone (Pentecost)(w&m: Marty Haugen, 2010)


Heritage Mass: Holy(w&m: Owen Alstott, 1978, 2009, 2010)





Mass of Creation (2010) - Preface Dialog/Eucharistic Prayer II/Holy, Holy(w&m: Marty Haugen, 2010)






Christmas Round - Generic(w&m: Ralph P. Merrifield, 1974)




Have You Ever Heard(w&m: Ralph P. Merrifield, 1992)


A Wreath of Lilacs(w: Dianne Gauger, 2002 (no narrative in this version))

Here at This Table(w&m: Janet Sullivan Whitaker & Max Whitaker, 1996)


A Child(w&m: Ruth Elaine Schram & Celsie Staggers, 2007)







Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing (Nettleton)(Bob Sorem)










Come, Christians(Trad. Melody; arr. Benjamin Carr, 1824; harm. Austin C. Lovelace, 1963)




I Am an Ax(w&m: Ralph P. Merrifield, 1986, 2016)



The First One Ever(Linda Willberger Egan, 1980)

Mass of Redemption: Rite of Sprinkling (Wash Us with Fresh Water)(w&m: Steven R. Janco, 2010)




Mass of Light (revised 2010) - Doxology/Amen(David Haas, 2010)







Mass of Redemption: Penitential Act - First Week of Advent(w&m: Steven R. Janco, 2010)


Mass for a Servant Church (revised 2010) - Doxology/Amen(Michel Guimont, 2010)


Come Follow Me(w: J. Paul Williams and Joseph M. Martin)

Eternal Light(w: Unable to locate lyrics supposedly by Beth Rice Lutrell)



My Saviour(m: Scottish Folk Tune ( w: Lorna B. Gray, 2015)


The Birthday of a King(w&m: William Harold Neidlinger, 1890)





Gesu Bambino(English lyrics: Frederick H. Martens)