Never heard that tune, Van Morrison or otherwise. Thanks for sharing.

Another one that brings back fond memories is They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Love. For one thing, the intensity of the verses always made me stand straight up when I’d hear it. But also, I could hardly keep a straight face when I’d hear an entire congregation making that “Ssss” sound when then word “Christians” was sung in unison. Like a room full of snakes hissing.

David Bazan has a very nice version of Be Thou My Vision as well.

this thread is very illuminating.

The Church Is One Foundation:

1 The church's one Foundation
is Jesus Christ her Lord;
she is His new creation,
by water and the Word;
from heav'n He came and sought her
to be His holy bride;
with His own blood He bought her,
and for her life He died.
2 Elect from ev'ry nation,
yet one o'er all the earth,
her charter of salvation,
one Lord, one faith, one birth;
one holy Name she blesses,
partakes one holy food,
and to one hope she presses,
with ev'ry grace endued.
3 Tho' with a scornful wonder,
men see her sore oppressed,
by schisms rent asunder,
by heresies distressed,
yet saints their watch are keeping,
their cry goes up, "How long?"
And soon the night of weeping
shall be the morn of song.
4 The church shall never perish!
Her dear Lord, to defend,
to guide, sustain, and cherish,
is with her to the end;
tho' there be those that hate her
and false sons in her pale,
against the foe or traitor
she ever shall prevail.
5 'Mid toil and tribulation,
and tumult of her war,
she waits the consummation
of peace for evermore;
till with the vision glorious
her longing eyes are blest,
and the great church victorious
shall be the church at rest.
6 Yet she on earth hath union
with God the Three in One,
and mystic sweet communion
with those whose rest is won.
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we,
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with Thee.

thank you for your contribution, mcmannis

we sang that growing up, but i don't recognize some of the verses

Thank you too

Ave Maria

lenny are you in the church choir

we don't have a choir

I’m a big fan of Behemoth’s glorious “Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer”

Voice of an aeon
Angelus satani
Ora pro nobis Lucifer
You alone have suffered
The fall and torment of shame
I'll smite heaven's golden pride
And never pity thee
Immaculate divine
Satan of Elohim
None dare to stand in your way
Thou bow to none
Of Eden's feculence
Conjure the serpent messenger
Savior world's decay
Concord in temptation
And in the fall of Eve
For Thine is the kingdom
And the power
For Thine is the kingdom
And the glory
Forever!
Scholar of the unlight
Great volcano of excrement
Rippling eager to erupt
Reconstellate the firmament
Behold the great accuser
A megalinga of throbbing zeal
Raptor yearning to pierce
To rape the seventh seal
Destroyer of cosmos
Implore the unGod
Implode the Sun
There's none wronging the serpent's cult
Untouched and ignored
With the serpent's might
And the trumpets blow
In the shadow of the horns
For Thine is the kingdom
And the power
For Thine is the kingdom
And the glory
Forever!
Lightning that stabs the heavens
Thou quiver the Mount Sinai
Spit rocks on tablets of cofenant
Listen for the tempest's rasp
Azazel! Apolyon!
The black sun never sets
For it never rose
Habemus Satanas
The Caesar's wrath
Empire's fall
Petition the lord with fire
Santa Sede burns
Phallus Dei
Erect from pole to pole
Viva blasfemia
In coitus infinitus
Hear the universe scream
Bleeding from black holes
Whom horns careless
And whom God mourns

can’t wait to hear more of your selections