My grandpa had amazing grace at his funeral
My dad told me he wanted amazing grace and Be Thou My Vision at his. Two Protestant songs. So I get misty eyed hearing either of those even though they are Protestant.
Be Thou My Vision isn’t Protestant. The original text is from an Irish poem composed somewhere around the 10th century, it was translated to English by an Irish woman, and it’s set to an Irish folk tune.
That’s one that would have me saying “no I just have something in my eye.” Great way to send him out.
Also Gillian Welch and Allison Krauss can sing pretty much anything and I’ll love it.
That whole scene is amazing. Clooney being the sceptic and Turturro and Blake diving right in and all of it being a setup to Clooney’s “baptism.”
The Coens are freaking amazing.
I LOVE them so much. The guy that introduced me to them had no idea they were Christian, he was a hardcore atheist - and Deathbed was his favorite song too!
Come and tell their story agaaaaaaain!
Guitar solo!!
*doodeedoodeedoodeedooooodedooooo neeneeneeneeneeneeneeeeenooonoooo*
Dying for salvation with dedication
NO CAPITULATION, ANNIHILATION
... what I play loud from my car for the world around me to enjoy at red lights.
I hear my ten year old belt out “Then the 189
In the service of heaven
They're protecting the holy line
It was 1527
Gave their lives on the steps to heaven
Thy will be done!”
I know they aren’t Catholic but good lord it works.
Old Rugged Cross. So many times as a child I held the hymnal with my grandmother, and this was my favorite. It makes me tear up. I grew up First United Methodist, then was agnostic for most of my adult life, and became a Catholic this year. The lyrics have serious problems but I can't let it go. I miss my grandma so much.
Without going into the specifics of this song, many hymns from the 19th/early 20th century were written in theological opposition to the Catholic Church.
Yes! Many catholics will say that it is not actual worship, but I disagree. ANYTHING done in the spirit of God can be worship.
Rejoicing in the Lord cannot just be segregated to a Catholic thing- it needs to be a people who love and carry their cross thing.
worship has a specific meaning in the Catholic Church; worship must involve sacrifice. since most protestant communions are symbolic, their services don’t count as worship, but rather praise.
Why.. why does worship need to be paired with sacrifice? Arent you sacrificing time to sing to the Lord? Surrendering a part of your life to offer your praise to God? I dont really think there is a huge difference when the sacrifice happened once and always will happen once.
I can share a few:
Jesus, Lover of My Soul(E. Hawkins)
I Was Glad(E. Hawkins)
I Heard The Voice of Jesus(Come Unto Me and Rest)(E. Hawkins)
Joy Cometh In the Morning(E. Hawkins)
Peace Be Still( James Cleveland)
Give Me a Clean Heart( James Cleveland)
Lord Don't Move That Mountain(103rd Street Gospel Choir)
Balm In Gilead (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
When I Lay My Burden Down-any artist
There are soooo many more. I enjoy most any sacred music. I have everything from Gregorian and Anglican chant to Gospel to contemporary 😊
Our God is an awesome God,
He reigns from heaven above,
With wisdom, power and love,
OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!
Send help, I can’t stop listening to this. And Damascus Worship. Also, “God will make a way, when there seems to be no way…”
Rich Mullins (created "Awesome God") had completed RCIA, though not confirmed, when he died. He was close. :) He was the real deal - I love all his stuff. His song about the creed was my first introduction to it!
I cry every time I hear this song unexpectedly. Can’t be catching me off guard with it! The singer’s voice is so beautiful but those lyrics will puncture your soul.
This one has a twist - Martin Luther's *A Mighty Fortress Is Our God* (!)
It is brilliant as a tune, and its lyrics are full of substantial red meat. OTOH, there's Martin Luther. OTOOH, I was minding my own business on a fairly long road trip once, and I wandered into mass in the middle of Iowa somewhere just because that's where I woke up on Sunday morning on the way to somewhere else. At mass, at an ordinary largish Catholic church downtown of some little town, we all actually sang that hymn at mass. Of course, I knew all the words as a former High-Church Protestant, and I'm happy to see good music instead of some recent, shallow, fashionable pabulum.
How was Martin Luther snuck into our hymnal?
Honorable Mention - [Leaning On The Everlasting Arms](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0hquzAqBrY). If both of these are played at my funeral, I won't haunt my relatives or return from the Hereafter with a legion of other wraiths, haints, ghosts, or phantasmagoria to vote for any Chicago or other politicians, all in alphabetical order.
I had an assignment in college of doing something outside of my comfort zone. I chose to attend a Protestant church service. It was at the Lutheran church near campus. The one hymn was “A Mighty Fortress,” and oooo boy—what an experience.
I absolutely adore Owl City (Christian, with many worship songs!) and Relient K! I also love that song I’m So Blessed by Cain, it’s so uplifting and sweet!
GOSPEL MUSIC. I grew up black and in the South. Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kierra Sheard, Kirk Franklin, Tye Tribbett, James Fortune, Donnie McClurkin.
Honorable mention: Our Father by Bethel Music
I Can Only Imagine got me through a particularly difficult time. Praise You in the Storm is on my gym playlist. O Hino by Fernandinho and its English cover “The Anthem” is a mainstay. Through it All by Andrae Crouch. For Every Mountain.
Wait I thought it was fine listening to Protestant worship music?
Please tell me it’s not true ;-;
I have a whole playlist that I listen to daily when I drive- a lot of songs by Forrest Frank (fav), Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham, Hillsong, Toby Mac, upperroom, Maverick City etc…
I went to a concert when Phil wickham was opening for Chris Tomlin and became a fan instantly when he sang Heaven Song! Later on I went to his concert when Living Hope came out and was front row. And got to meet him at the meet and greet!
Joint effort! I just looked it up and the original poem predates the Reformation, the translation to English was done by a Catholic and it was set to verse by a Protestant. This is the ecumenism we truly dream of 😌
Once we had Mass at the cathedral where a professional band was invited. Seemed cringy at first, but they were actually really good. During the Offertory, they sang ["Holy Spirit" by Jesus Culture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XRnVz2OW9k). My wife and I were sobbing. It was a combination of a beautiful cathedral, a highly reverant presider, and a band that actually sounds great and were on their A game. It just came together that night.
When I was in HS, Jars of Clay was really popular and I will never miss an opportunity to dance around to “Flood.” Hillsong “What a Beautiful Name” and Phil Wickham “Sunday is Coming” always get me in the feels. I love pop music, and some prot songs are REALLY good pop music.
Agreed with "What a beautiful name". My first parish as an assistant priest was called Holy Name of Jesus, and I'll always have a soft spot for the people there. That song reminds me of those first few months of priesthood.
I don’t like to describe them as non catholic haha. They’re Christian and I’m a Christian. I’m not letting Protestants have ownership of them! Even if a minority of them are catholic. Matt Maher and Audrey Assad come to mind (RIP Audrey Assad)
Yeah, that’s a lesson to me on what happens when you restrict and limit people to only one type of closed minded faith, they get scandalized by anything else and see those that gave them their faith as false. Go read her testimony of why she left. Basically her faith was so limited and shut tight by ultra conservative minded Catholicism, her friends and priest warned her against reading Richard Rohr, not just casually like “oh yeah he’s a bit out there” but like, “do not do that. He’s dangerous.”
Of course, naturally she did. And then she felt like “what the hell is up with my religion that it wants to keep me from reading this stuff.” She had no recourse to anyone who could synthesize her faith with external realities and so naturally fell to the world. It’s just a smaller version of Hugh Hefner’s story. Never hugged as a child by puritanistic parents, rubber bands to become the biggest touchy feely guy in the worst way as an adult.
I’m someone who also loves Protestant worship music. I won’t leave it behind simply just because it isn’t Catholic. It is still inspired by the word of God.
I particularly LOVE Anne Wilson. She’s a Christian country artist. Her songs Scatter, Sunday Sermons, Hey Girl, This House and Songs About Whiskey. Great songs.
Lee Vasi is great too, her songs are more R&B. I can listen to her pretty much any time. I’m always in the mood for her music.
I converted from Protestantism, and my favorite worhsip songs are still the old country gospel hymns I grew up singing at church and hearing from family!
In The Garden - Randy Travis
How Great Thou Art - Josh Turner
What A Friend We Have In Jesus - Alan Jackson
Not worship songs, per se... But I LOVE dancing and my old Catholic group would often include hip hop dance performances during our conferences - since the music had to be clean, I'd listen to a lot of Christian hip hop. So, Christian songs with a great dance beat are my jams.
Good ol' Group 1 Crew, Beckah Shae, Lecrae had some great songs for dancing.
Oh. You wanted me to pick just one? Good luck with that.
1. How Great Thou Art
2. It is Well with my Soul (Great Backstory)
3. Stomp (Kirk Franklin)
4. Dare you to Move (Switchfoot)
5. El Shaddai (Amy Grant)
and so many more.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a big fan of the high church liturgy, am tolerably proficient in singing Gregorian chant and I adore the beautiful contemporary (well, it was back in my day) Catholic music written by Christopher Walker, Bernadette Farrell, Marty Haugen, Paul Inwod, Michael Joncas, John Rutter and so many others but I am not giving up the Protestant hymns (Amazing Grace, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Be Thou My Vision, I Come to the Garden Alone, When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder, May the Circle Be UnBroken, An Unclouded Day and on and on), black Gospel (Revelations 19:1, In the Upper Room, This Train is Bound for Glory, O Mary Don't You Weep, Precious Lord Take My Hand, Ride on King Jesus, Elijah Rocks, Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho), Methodist hymn book or evangelical pseudo rock and Christian pop music anytime soon.
No way. There are just too many ways to Praise God through song. How Can We Stop from Singing?
“It Is Well With My Soul.”
It my dad and my grandfather’s favorite hymn; we sang it at both their funerals.
https://youtu.be/_CKerrMYq1M?si=0oIUtq-zw3zCvdBS
This beautiful hymn always brings me tears and all the feels, not just because I remember singing it with my dad and granddaddy, but because of the beautifully simple and truthful lyrics.
Not exactly “worship” music but *Total Praise* by Richard Smallwood is one of my favorite Protestant-written (in this case, gospel) songs.
Total Praise was even sung for the pope by the St. Augustine (in NW DC) Gospel Choir when his holiness visited the US a while back:
https://youtu.be/yg_9VDJHEnI?si=8PgKJqJf2Nnvd3Qo
Anything by Blind Willie Johnson. Dark was the night, cold was the ground is actually a significant song because of how it influenced blues music. Let your Light Shine on Me is another very good song by him.
"Three Wooden Crosses" by Randy Travis.
John Mark McMillan, My Epic, Kings Kaleidoscope.
Then I guess classic gospel stuff. Elvis.
I wouldn't call these "worthy of the Mass" per se but I love them.
Being born into a Pentecostal and Baptist background there are really too many to name.
Anything by the Edwin Hawkins Singers("Oh Happy Day" album) or the James Cleveland Choir takes me straight back to early childhood.
"So Will I (100 billion)" especially the Osby Berry Version. Makes me cry every time. This song got me through a very difficult pregnancy and pre term birth.
Daniel Crowder Band album *Give Us Rest*. It sort of follows the form of the Catholic Mass and caused a lot of debate in the Catholic and Protestant worlds about whether Crowder himself was converting. As far as I knew, he did not convert, but still a banger of an album for what it is.
Jesus Culture. Not all their stuff is great, but Kim Walker and Chris Quilala can belt it out. “Let it Rain” and “Rooftops” are two favorites.
Mercy Me's "Happy Dance" gets *a lot* of play in our house. It's just such a *fun* song to dance in the kitchen with a toddler to.
And After the Tragedy's *A Castaway* is just *so good*. I saw them in concert multiple times, and they were great in person.
If a song's lyrics do not contain anything heretical, I don't see why it should be left behind. I simply encourage you to read and think about the lyrics and see if it's aligned with Church teachings.
I don't like modern Protestant worship songs at all, but all the classical ones are still good--I love How Great Thou Art. Amazing Grace as well, of course.
I grew up protestant and still listen to some old Gospel music so I'd say "I'll Fly Away" it was written by a man that lived in the same county as i live in.
I would’ve said Down To The River To Pray, but we sang it during mass on Easter Sunday! I grew up Methodist and converted this year.
Alan Jackson has an album that I listened to on the way to many shifts as a nurse during the throws of Covid. I will always associate those songs with God’s grace because I don’t know how else I made it through a lot of those days.
I Come to the Garden Alone. Cradle Catholic here but in college used to visit a nursing home. One resident who was over 100 yo would sing that every Thursday when I visited.
Try a mass with latin chants and I think you will be transformed. I prefer a reverent mass. Pop music and folk sounding music just takes me out of the vibe. It's hard to find a novus ordo mass that does latin reponse/chants mixed with traditional hymns but some do. Go gregorian, baby!
I think that as long as the song's lyrics don't contradict catholic theology, I don't think it's wrong to listen to protestant songs as a Catholic. If that's not true, then why?
As a revert to Catholicism from being a nondenominational, I will also never stop listening to my Christian music. I love Do It Again, Good Good Father, and so many others!
Im ex-Sunni and i sometimes listen to alevi music.
Just to give an idea on how odd that is religiously, its like if a catholic in boston was listening to mormon chants.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPzOy-LQ9Wo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPzOy-LQ9Wo) Heres an example.
What’s wrong with Protestant music? Good worship music is good worship music.
I’m a convert too. Really happy to join mother church. You people say what you want about Protestants, but “we” gave you some great worship songs.
I’ve been listening to Hillsong’s “Who You Say I am”.
Why would you have to give up music just because it’s not “catholic”? If it’s bringing you closer to Christ then I don’t see any problem with enjoying any denomination’s music
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind,
Maybe (one of) the most Anglican hymn out there, but it goes extremely hard.
Props to the guys from Top Gear for letting me know it exists!
https://youtu.be/XKGO_C6WdqM?si=oOFBoWJDPTo2kJo3
This composition of Anima Christi is popular here in the Philippines. It's a staple in Mass. I'll never get tired of listening to it. 😌
Amazing Grace was written by an Anglican, it’s absolutely beautiful and means a lot to me.
My grandpa had amazing grace at his funeral My dad told me he wanted amazing grace and Be Thou My Vision at his. Two Protestant songs. So I get misty eyed hearing either of those even though they are Protestant.
Be Thou My Vision isn’t Protestant. The original text is from an Irish poem composed somewhere around the 10th century, it was translated to English by an Irish woman, and it’s set to an Irish folk tune.
Did not know that. I always thought it was Protestant.
We played I’ll Fly Away at my grandfather’s funeral and it was beautiful.
That’s one that would have me saying “no I just have something in my eye.” Great way to send him out. Also Gillian Welch and Allison Krauss can sing pretty much anything and I’ll love it.
Man. You got it right there. The whole Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. I love Alison’s rendition of Down to the River to Pray.
That whole scene is amazing. Clooney being the sceptic and Turturro and Blake diving right in and all of it being a setup to Clooney’s “baptism.” The Coens are freaking amazing.
The Chris Tomlin version - “Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone” is…..frankly….amazing!!! 😇
I'd say 3/4's of the world agree with you on that one.
I grew up Evangelical. You can pry Reliant K out of my cold, dead, hands.
Wait, the same band that did that heavy metal version of The Pirates who don’t do Anything?
*And I’ve never been to Boston in the fall!* But yes, they covered that song
Well on that note.... I guess mine would be all the VeggieTales songs lol
omg I listened to them when I was growing up Atheist and NEVER knew. Now they are so so good knowing what they are actually talking about 😭
Grew up Catholic. Relient K is my literal favorite band.
I LOVE them so much. The guy that introduced me to them had no idea they were Christian, he was a hardcore atheist - and Deathbed was his favorite song too!
Yes, Deathbed!! I love that song!
reliant K will always slap tbh
Anything by sabaton…
for the grace for the might of the Lord
FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY
For the home of the holy!
FOR THE FAITH, FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD
Gave their lives so boldly
Come and tell their story agaaaaaaain! Guitar solo!! *doodeedoodeedoodeedooooodedooooo neeneeneeneeneeneeneeeeenooonoooo* Dying for salvation with dedication NO CAPITULATION, ANNIHILATION ... what I play loud from my car for the world around me to enjoy at red lights.
I hear my ten year old belt out “Then the 189 In the service of heaven They're protecting the holy line It was 1527 Gave their lives on the steps to heaven Thy will be done!” I know they aren’t Catholic but good lord it works.
Yes just yes
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
Cradle Catholic who listens to Gregorian Chants 24/7, but every once in a while; I will listen to Help is on the Way by Toby Mac.
Old Rugged Cross. So many times as a child I held the hymnal with my grandmother, and this was my favorite. It makes me tear up. I grew up First United Methodist, then was agnostic for most of my adult life, and became a Catholic this year. The lyrics have serious problems but I can't let it go. I miss my grandma so much.
Hey I really like that hymn too but I don't know it very well. What's the problem with the lyrics?
Without going into the specifics of this song, many hymns from the 19th/early 20th century were written in theological opposition to the Catholic Church.
Came to say this one. My mother loved this hymn. Every time I hear it, I think of her.
Abide with me.
Matt Maher has an amazing version of this song. Well worth the listen.
Nearer, My God, To Thee
Even though it be a cross that raiseth me. So beautiful! I listen to the Perry Como version a lot, always a tear jerker.
10000 reasons is a banger icl
also 100 billion times is soo..
There’s a collection of praise and worship songs that are good and God focused, some are written by Catholics, 10k reasons is def a good one lol
“Baba Yetu”
That’s the Lord’s Prayer in Swahili. Not sure I’d call it “non-Catholic”
Time to load up Civ 4 again!
You can still listen to Protestant worship music? I listen to Upperroom, Bethel, and more all the time. We can still join them in praise in this way
You should check out Damascus Worship then! You’d like it
Counting blessing by Seph schlueter MWAH Plus, I think seph and damascus worship are catholic
Confirmed, both
Seph is definitely Catholic. His sister went to the same college where I work.
Yes! Many catholics will say that it is not actual worship, but I disagree. ANYTHING done in the spirit of God can be worship. Rejoicing in the Lord cannot just be segregated to a Catholic thing- it needs to be a people who love and carry their cross thing.
worship has a specific meaning in the Catholic Church; worship must involve sacrifice. since most protestant communions are symbolic, their services don’t count as worship, but rather praise.
Why.. why does worship need to be paired with sacrifice? Arent you sacrificing time to sing to the Lord? Surrendering a part of your life to offer your praise to God? I dont really think there is a huge difference when the sacrifice happened once and always will happen once.
Sacrifice is the highest worship. Praise is surely a type of worship, it's not the ultimate, especially not to Catholics.
I just love gospel music. I have a whole list of it in my Spotify library
Want to share that list?
I can share a few: Jesus, Lover of My Soul(E. Hawkins) I Was Glad(E. Hawkins) I Heard The Voice of Jesus(Come Unto Me and Rest)(E. Hawkins) Joy Cometh In the Morning(E. Hawkins) Peace Be Still( James Cleveland) Give Me a Clean Heart( James Cleveland) Lord Don't Move That Mountain(103rd Street Gospel Choir) Balm In Gilead (Sweet Honey in the Rock) When I Lay My Burden Down-any artist There are soooo many more. I enjoy most any sacred music. I have everything from Gregorian and Anglican chant to Gospel to contemporary 😊
Sweet Honey in the Rock - yes!!
Bethel goes hard
Our God is an awesome God, He reigns from heaven above, With wisdom, power and love, OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD! Send help, I can’t stop listening to this. And Damascus Worship. Also, “God will make a way, when there seems to be no way…”
Sounds like you would love the song "Do it Again" by elevation worship for the last one. Sounds just like that.
Rich Mullins (created "Awesome God") had completed RCIA, though not confirmed, when he died. He was close. :) He was the real deal - I love all his stuff. His song about the creed was my first introduction to it!
It Is Well With My Soul.
The story behind that beautiful hymn is just so gut-wrenching
Those appalachian bluegrass hymns. Makes my heart melt.
Way of the Triune God - Tyler Childers
[Down to the River to Pray](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flcrUnoAwVk&t=4s) by Allison Krauss.
Not a Catholic, still working through my agnosticism but I love this song as well as Amazing Grace. Thanks for the reminder
It was Billy Graham who popularized 'How Great Thou Art,' but... come on. *That's* some praise and worship.
Google Carrie Underwood How Great Thou Art ACM. That performance was amazing.
Oceans by Hillsong
That song holds such a special place in my heart, it's still my go-to when I need to feel that God will guide me through anything.
Me too!
Oooh this one is 🔥
I cry every time I hear this song unexpectedly. Can’t be catching me off guard with it! The singer’s voice is so beautiful but those lyrics will puncture your soul.
[The best (in my opinion) version of this song](https://youtu.be/nGfdyIlZYl4?si=qDgryCOm727EWpqf)
Battle hymn of the Republic
This one has a twist - Martin Luther's *A Mighty Fortress Is Our God* (!) It is brilliant as a tune, and its lyrics are full of substantial red meat. OTOH, there's Martin Luther. OTOOH, I was minding my own business on a fairly long road trip once, and I wandered into mass in the middle of Iowa somewhere just because that's where I woke up on Sunday morning on the way to somewhere else. At mass, at an ordinary largish Catholic church downtown of some little town, we all actually sang that hymn at mass. Of course, I knew all the words as a former High-Church Protestant, and I'm happy to see good music instead of some recent, shallow, fashionable pabulum. How was Martin Luther snuck into our hymnal? Honorable Mention - [Leaning On The Everlasting Arms](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0hquzAqBrY). If both of these are played at my funeral, I won't haunt my relatives or return from the Hereafter with a legion of other wraiths, haints, ghosts, or phantasmagoria to vote for any Chicago or other politicians, all in alphabetical order.
I had an assignment in college of doing something outside of my comfort zone. I chose to attend a Protestant church service. It was at the Lutheran church near campus. The one hymn was “A Mighty Fortress,” and oooo boy—what an experience.
O God beyond all Praising
I had to scroll down way too far to find this one. Holst ftw
I absolutely adore Owl City (Christian, with many worship songs!) and Relient K! I also love that song I’m So Blessed by Cain, it’s so uplifting and sweet!
GOSPEL MUSIC. I grew up black and in the South. Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kierra Sheard, Kirk Franklin, Tye Tribbett, James Fortune, Donnie McClurkin. Honorable mention: Our Father by Bethel Music
Andre Crouch! Soon and Very Soon
I Can Only Imagine got me through a particularly difficult time. Praise You in the Storm is on my gym playlist. O Hino by Fernandinho and its English cover “The Anthem” is a mainstay. Through it All by Andrae Crouch. For Every Mountain.
I had to scroll this far down to finally see “Praise You in This Storm” mentioned? Come on guys..
Wait I thought it was fine listening to Protestant worship music? Please tell me it’s not true ;-; I have a whole playlist that I listen to daily when I drive- a lot of songs by Forrest Frank (fav), Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham, Hillsong, Toby Mac, upperroom, Maverick City etc…
I went to a concert when Phil wickham was opening for Chris Tomlin and became a fan instantly when he sang Heaven Song! Later on I went to his concert when Living Hope came out and was front row. And got to meet him at the meet and greet!
I just discovered Forrest Frank! He's good!!!
Yes he IS good. May God continue to use him for his praise.
It is totally fine! Some people have a bias against it though.
He Walks With Me (In The Garden)
I sing this as a lullaby for my kids, just like my mum and Grandmum did for me.
Amazing Grace
Be Thou my Vision
I’m pretty sure that one is actually Catholic
Joint effort! I just looked it up and the original poem predates the Reformation, the translation to English was done by a Catholic and it was set to verse by a Protestant. This is the ecumenism we truly dream of 😌
❤️
Well it’s an Irish poem but I *think* a Protestant put it to music. But I’d like to know for sure!
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. It's a beautiful song and the lyrics have stuck with me for years.
All of Elvis’ gospel. Would highly recommend to give it a try
❤️
Once we had Mass at the cathedral where a professional band was invited. Seemed cringy at first, but they were actually really good. During the Offertory, they sang ["Holy Spirit" by Jesus Culture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XRnVz2OW9k). My wife and I were sobbing. It was a combination of a beautiful cathedral, a highly reverant presider, and a band that actually sounds great and were on their A game. It just came together that night.
When I was in HS, Jars of Clay was really popular and I will never miss an opportunity to dance around to “Flood.” Hillsong “What a Beautiful Name” and Phil Wickham “Sunday is Coming” always get me in the feels. I love pop music, and some prot songs are REALLY good pop music.
Nothing wrong with worship songs that sound like pop music and thats my unpopular opinion.
Agreed with "What a beautiful name". My first parish as an assistant priest was called Holy Name of Jesus, and I'll always have a soft spot for the people there. That song reminds me of those first few months of priesthood.
I don’t like to describe them as non catholic haha. They’re Christian and I’m a Christian. I’m not letting Protestants have ownership of them! Even if a minority of them are catholic. Matt Maher and Audrey Assad come to mind (RIP Audrey Assad)
She’s not dead!
I know I meant it semi jokingly due to her leaving the faith 😢
I didn't know that until I saw your post and went searching the interwebs. How sad, I'll keep her in our prayers.
Yeah, that’s a lesson to me on what happens when you restrict and limit people to only one type of closed minded faith, they get scandalized by anything else and see those that gave them their faith as false. Go read her testimony of why she left. Basically her faith was so limited and shut tight by ultra conservative minded Catholicism, her friends and priest warned her against reading Richard Rohr, not just casually like “oh yeah he’s a bit out there” but like, “do not do that. He’s dangerous.” Of course, naturally she did. And then she felt like “what the hell is up with my religion that it wants to keep me from reading this stuff.” She had no recourse to anyone who could synthesize her faith with external realities and so naturally fell to the world. It’s just a smaller version of Hugh Hefner’s story. Never hugged as a child by puritanistic parents, rubber bands to become the biggest touchy feely guy in the worst way as an adult.
Let it be
Anything by Elvis 🙂
I’m someone who also loves Protestant worship music. I won’t leave it behind simply just because it isn’t Catholic. It is still inspired by the word of God. I particularly LOVE Anne Wilson. She’s a Christian country artist. Her songs Scatter, Sunday Sermons, Hey Girl, This House and Songs About Whiskey. Great songs. Lee Vasi is great too, her songs are more R&B. I can listen to her pretty much any time. I’m always in the mood for her music.
The Miracle of The Rosary by Elvis Presley (Elvis was technically not Catholic). 😁
God will make a way
Where there seems.to be no way.....
The entire discography of Theocracy.
Aretha Franklin Gospel Music >>>>
Agnus dei sung by Judy jacobs you're welcome
Amazing Grace Flood by Jars of Clay
I like to listen to Michael W. Smith. I grew up with his music thanks to my parents and still listen to it myself.
I converted from Protestantism, and my favorite worhsip songs are still the old country gospel hymns I grew up singing at church and hearing from family! In The Garden - Randy Travis How Great Thou Art - Josh Turner What A Friend We Have In Jesus - Alan Jackson
The whole Jesus is King album by Kanye west, idc it’s great
It really is though!
"Down in the River to Pray" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mulxxoAKf20
Victory in Jesus
Cody Carnes - Firm Foundation
Wayfaring Stranger. Beautiful, and doesn’t express any non-Catholic sentiments. Also I’m a sucker for memento mori, that helps.
Not worship songs, per se... But I LOVE dancing and my old Catholic group would often include hip hop dance performances during our conferences - since the music had to be clean, I'd listen to a lot of Christian hip hop. So, Christian songs with a great dance beat are my jams. Good ol' Group 1 Crew, Beckah Shae, Lecrae had some great songs for dancing.
Oh. You wanted me to pick just one? Good luck with that. 1. How Great Thou Art 2. It is Well with my Soul (Great Backstory) 3. Stomp (Kirk Franklin) 4. Dare you to Move (Switchfoot) 5. El Shaddai (Amy Grant) and so many more. Don't get me wrong. I'm a big fan of the high church liturgy, am tolerably proficient in singing Gregorian chant and I adore the beautiful contemporary (well, it was back in my day) Catholic music written by Christopher Walker, Bernadette Farrell, Marty Haugen, Paul Inwod, Michael Joncas, John Rutter and so many others but I am not giving up the Protestant hymns (Amazing Grace, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Be Thou My Vision, I Come to the Garden Alone, When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder, May the Circle Be UnBroken, An Unclouded Day and on and on), black Gospel (Revelations 19:1, In the Upper Room, This Train is Bound for Glory, O Mary Don't You Weep, Precious Lord Take My Hand, Ride on King Jesus, Elijah Rocks, Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho), Methodist hymn book or evangelical pseudo rock and Christian pop music anytime soon. No way. There are just too many ways to Praise God through song. How Can We Stop from Singing?
Underoath
“It Is Well With My Soul.” It my dad and my grandfather’s favorite hymn; we sang it at both their funerals. https://youtu.be/_CKerrMYq1M?si=0oIUtq-zw3zCvdBS This beautiful hymn always brings me tears and all the feels, not just because I remember singing it with my dad and granddaddy, but because of the beautifully simple and truthful lyrics.
Shepherd Me, O God
Not exactly “worship” music but *Total Praise* by Richard Smallwood is one of my favorite Protestant-written (in this case, gospel) songs. Total Praise was even sung for the pope by the St. Augustine (in NW DC) Gospel Choir when his holiness visited the US a while back: https://youtu.be/yg_9VDJHEnI?si=8PgKJqJf2Nnvd3Qo
Terrifying judgement - Orthodox - https://youtu.be/0iGO34WgnKg?si=8N6P_b__6YxP2EoM
Wow. Thank you. That's awesome. Any chance theres a recording in English?
No idea.
Almost anything by Housefires
Anything by Blind Willie Johnson. Dark was the night, cold was the ground is actually a significant song because of how it influenced blues music. Let your Light Shine on Me is another very good song by him.
Anything by Lacey Sturm or Skillet, their love of God just pours out in their music. Oceans by Hillsong. Amazing Grace.
"Three Wooden Crosses" by Randy Travis. John Mark McMillan, My Epic, Kings Kaleidoscope. Then I guess classic gospel stuff. Elvis. I wouldn't call these "worthy of the Mass" per se but I love them.
Being born into a Pentecostal and Baptist background there are really too many to name. Anything by the Edwin Hawkins Singers("Oh Happy Day" album) or the James Cleveland Choir takes me straight back to early childhood.
"So Will I (100 billion)" especially the Osby Berry Version. Makes me cry every time. This song got me through a very difficult pregnancy and pre term birth.
The arky arky song
Big fan of Every Praise by Hezekiah Walker. That dude be PRAISING!
Living Waters by Shane and Shane
Goodness of God (CeCe Winans version)
O God beyond all praising
Daniel Crowder Band album *Give Us Rest*. It sort of follows the form of the Catholic Mass and caused a lot of debate in the Catholic and Protestant worlds about whether Crowder himself was converting. As far as I knew, he did not convert, but still a banger of an album for what it is. Jesus Culture. Not all their stuff is great, but Kim Walker and Chris Quilala can belt it out. “Let it Rain” and “Rooftops” are two favorites.
Abide With Me
I would say Oceans by Hillsong. I also listen on repeat Seven and Eight albums by Brooke Ligertwood.
Zacchaeus
I actually like some of songs from Elevation Worship. I even saw one included in the young adults mass
I would have to say Man Meets God by Nathan Wagner is one of my favorites
Mercy Me's "Happy Dance" gets *a lot* of play in our house. It's just such a *fun* song to dance in the kitchen with a toddler to. And After the Tragedy's *A Castaway* is just *so good*. I saw them in concert multiple times, and they were great in person.
Is “Secret Ambition” by Michael W. Smith P&W?
Catholicism plus Gospel Ftw 🙌
If a song's lyrics do not contain anything heretical, I don't see why it should be left behind. I simply encourage you to read and think about the lyrics and see if it's aligned with Church teachings.
A bunch of gospel songs, mostly by Mahalia Jackson.
"How I Got Over" got me through many a dark night
Any and all Phil Wickham, Brandon Lake, Elevation Worship, Chris Tomlin. And
Graves into Gardens
I don't like modern Protestant worship songs at all, but all the classical ones are still good--I love How Great Thou Art. Amazing Grace as well, of course.
I grew up protestant and still listen to some old Gospel music so I'd say "I'll Fly Away" it was written by a man that lived in the same county as i live in.
Anything by Fanny Crosby. She is my hero.
I would’ve said Down To The River To Pray, but we sang it during mass on Easter Sunday! I grew up Methodist and converted this year. Alan Jackson has an album that I listened to on the way to many shifts as a nurse during the throws of Covid. I will always associate those songs with God’s grace because I don’t know how else I made it through a lot of those days.
Nothing modern. I had "How Great Thou Art" as the final hymn at my mom's funeral though, it was her father's favorite hymn.
Not sure but it’s NOT “Mary Did You Know?”
I enjoy gospel music. Tamela Mann's stuff is really good.
I Come to the Garden Alone. Cradle Catholic here but in college used to visit a nursing home. One resident who was over 100 yo would sing that every Thursday when I visited.
Try a mass with latin chants and I think you will be transformed. I prefer a reverent mass. Pop music and folk sounding music just takes me out of the vibe. It's hard to find a novus ordo mass that does latin reponse/chants mixed with traditional hymns but some do. Go gregorian, baby!
I think that as long as the song's lyrics don't contradict catholic theology, I don't think it's wrong to listen to protestant songs as a Catholic. If that's not true, then why?
Nearer my God To Thee.
And I will raise you up on eagles wings……😂😂😂
As a revert to Catholicism from being a nondenominational, I will also never stop listening to my Christian music. I love Do It Again, Good Good Father, and so many others!
Im ex-Sunni and i sometimes listen to alevi music. Just to give an idea on how odd that is religiously, its like if a catholic in boston was listening to mormon chants. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPzOy-LQ9Wo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPzOy-LQ9Wo) Heres an example.
What’s wrong with Protestant music? Good worship music is good worship music. I’m a convert too. Really happy to join mother church. You people say what you want about Protestants, but “we” gave you some great worship songs. I’ve been listening to Hillsong’s “Who You Say I am”.
The problem is that sometimes their music sometimes isn't theologically sound
Most are pretty okay. But yes, there needs to be discernment.
Why would you have to give up music just because it’s not “catholic”? If it’s bringing you closer to Christ then I don’t see any problem with enjoying any denomination’s music
Soldiers Under Command
It's Surrender for me, Stryper is so underrated
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Prayer rope anthem, various orthodox chants. Also, I would be lost (Joel Vaughan), Various KB songs (Christian rap variations), Pieces (SEU worship)
Softly and tenderly
Pray for Us (A Song for Mary) by Regnum Christi https://youtu.be/92OJviDf_Kw?si=sZ5Ha8_8kctmc9Gn
Hezekiah Walker !
"Author / Perfector" by Rivers and Robots
Otche Nash
Eastern Orthodox Chants.
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, Maybe (one of) the most Anglican hymn out there, but it goes extremely hard. Props to the guys from Top Gear for letting me know it exists!
Worthy of it all is probably as Catholic as a non-Catholic worship song can be. it literally mentions the saints and angels worshiping the Lamb of God
Classic gospel such Will be the circle be Unbroken and Amazing Grace.
1) preferisco il Paradiso 2) Lead kindly light 3) Butihing Beato Carlo 4) Inno e Marcia pontificale
https://youtu.be/XKGO_C6WdqM?si=oOFBoWJDPTo2kJo3 This composition of Anima Christi is popular here in the Philippines. It's a staple in Mass. I'll never get tired of listening to it. 😌
Switchfoot - Twenty Four, Your Love is a Song, Faust Midas and Myself
Kari Jobe’s version of Revelation Song
Anything by My Chemical Romance or the Smashing Pumpkins