O most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and thou beatest for us still… Thou art the heart of the Most High made man… Thy Sacred Heart is the instrument and organ of thy love. It did beat for us. It yearned for us. It ached for our salvation. It was on fire through zeal, that the glory of God might be manifest in and by us…In worshiping thee I worship my incarnate God, my Emmanuel.  ~Roman Missal: Rite of Communion

Sacred Heart by Brian Harrington:

Yesterday was the Feast of the Sacred Heart so for Songbird Saturday we want to share this newly revised older song: Sacred Heart. It has been inspired by St. Rose Philippine Duchesne– her dedication to the Sacred Heart and her love for the mission she was given. She was an amazing pioneer. The pictures from the below video are from our pilgrimage to two of her shrines and a park also dedicated to her. Enjoy this song today!

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Prisoner of Jesus by Brian Harrington:

In honor of a wonderful chaplain we want to share a song today. My husband wrote the song many years ago.We’ve been so very inspired by the life of Fr. Emil Kapaun lately. Fr. Kapaun was an Army Chaplain who served in the Korean War and died there after having given so much of himself for the other POW’s. We felt the song was so wonderfully descriptive and true of Fr. Kapaun. Brian also put together a sort of “virtual pilgrimage” to his song: Prisoner of Jesus by Brian Harrington (c) 2006 All Rights Reserved.

You may also like to read about other chaplains as part of my series on:

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Stephanie is giving me the ability to add to our blog.  My chief contribution will be in the way of Sacred Guitar.  Our songs, which Stephanie sings with me occasionally, have been a blessing to us and I hope they will be for you as well.

Here is a more updated recording of my oldest song.  It is based on Psalm 1 and will be the first of many I wish to share with you. This song and subsequent songs are recorded live and edited in Garage Band.  My goal is to share these simple recordings which I know have been little gifts from the Holy Spirit in my life and they very well may be for you too.

Technology is great when used correctly. Now, I can enter into this verse more easily:

Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. Matthew 5:15

May the forum of this blog be a candlestick to your house as well as ours.

Like A Tree by Brian Harrington:

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