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It's All Good
03:29
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It's All Good
Words and music © 2011 Kenneth L. O'Connor
One person, with two natures
One is human one divine
United in one divine person
neither separate nor confused
are you confused?
Well...
CHORUS:
Jesus is God for us and God with us
Totally human yet completely divine
And if one Good God can become a man
that means, well..
it’s all good (yeah...) it’s all good (yeah...)
Verse 2
We needed... God to save us
Cause we couldn’t save ourselves
But so wondrous he becomes one of us
Through him the world is justified
Justified? (that’s a big word)
Bridge
All of this theology can be a bit confusin’
It’s enough to make your head spin ‘round and ‘round
But bottom line remember is that Jesus means God loves you
‘cause he’s God and man in perfect harmony
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Master of Disguise
04:47
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Master of Disguise
(Teresa of Calcutta)
Music and Lyrics © 2011 Kenneth L. O’Connor
Verse 1
Drain
There was a man in a drain
with dirt, and worms, oh that hell
What a life of suff’ring
Living like an animal in that way
Verse 2:
Rats
She had been eaten by rats
Her face, her legs, oh that smell
Feelings of repugnance
Wanting not to see her and look away
But had I passed her by
I wouldn’t be who I am today
CHORUS:
‘Cause I saw Jesus
in distressing disguise but
It was Jesus
And he opened my eyes of faith so to see
the Lord, the Master of Disguise
Verse 3:
Hard
It can at times be so hard
to serve the poorest of the poor
We can feel discouraged
in the face of sadness and decay
But had I passed them by
I wouldn’t be who I am today
Bridge:
That’s the mission of charity
finding Jesus in those we see
and he could be no more
present than he is in the poor
--Interlude--
Final Chorus:
Cause I saw Jesus
in distressing disguise but
It was Jesus
And he opened my eyes of faith so to see
The Lord, the Master of Disguise
in distressing disguise but
Will you see Jesus?
If he opens your eyes of faith you will see
The Lord, the Master of Disguise
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This is the Day
02:26
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Not My Will
04:20
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Not My Will
©2012 Music and Lyrics Kenneth L. O'Connor
Verse 1
A popular preacher
Five Thousand in one day
they were hanging on his every single word
A notable healer
His power from within
When she merely touched the corner of his cloak
He was welcomed by them
Into Jerusalem
They waved branches and sang Hosanna
Verse 2
But there in the garden
He turned to God in prayer
Where he said“God take this cup away from me”
And was there the question
There burning in his mind
Finding his salvific role one hard to fill
There was much to be done
Couldn’t God’s only Son
do more than die as a criminal?
Bridge:
Cause He was 33 and in his prime
How could it be this young man’s time?
Chorus:
Did he ask...
Why must I die
when I could do so much more?
I could teach them, I could heal them
I’ve got so much in store
Why must I die
when I could do so much more?
so your people may know you, Father,
yet not my will, but yours.
Verse 3:
He’s taken by the soldiers
Betrayed by a friend’s kiss
This is not the way that this should have played out
And facing the leaders
Degraded like a dog
flogged and whipped and mocked and given a cross
what an odd way to save
treated as if a slave
and rejected by those men of faith
to Bridge/Chorus
Final Bridge:
But since it’s what he preached he had to know
A seed must die so as to grow...
Final Chorus
Why I must die
‘cause I can do nothing more
than to give them all my whole life and
it’s what I’ve been sent for
Why I must die
‘cause I can do nothing more
so your people may know your glory
not only mine, but yours.
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Shepherd's Heart
02:51
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Music and Lyrics by Wendy L. O'Connor ©1989
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One Man
04:17
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One Man
Music and Lyrics © 2011, Kenneth L. O’Connor
Based on Romans 5:12-21
CHORUS:
It was through one man that sin entered the world
and it is through one man that we are saved
Because of one man’s transgression, so one man’s salvation
The power that is one man.
Verse 1:
In the beginning there was just one man
Before the law there still was sin
As that first man he chose to disobey the Lord
The reign of death was ushered in
CHORUS:
Verse 2:
A new beginning with a whole new man
The trespass nothing like this gift
And through obedience he brought us back to God
Salvation history’s great shift
Bridge:
It’s a new world we’re living in
Not slaves to death, not slaves to sin
Now we’ve the free gift of righteousness
and new life in Christ Jesus
the world is transformed from within.
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8. |
Pange Lingua
03:29
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Pange Lingua
Words: St. Thomas Aquinas
Music: Kenneth L. O’Connor © 2012
Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory,
of His flesh the mystery sing;
of the Blood, all price exceeding,
shed by our immortal King,
destined, for the world's redemption,
from a noble womb to spring.
Of a pure and spotless Virgin
born for us on earth below,
He, as Man, with man conversing,
stayed, the seeds of truth to sow;
then He closed in solemn order
wondrously His life of woe.
On the night of that Last Supper,
seated with His chosen band,
He the Pascal victim eating,
first fulfills the Law's command;
then as Food to His Apostles
gives Himself with His own hand.
Word-made-Flesh, the bread of nature
by His word to Flesh He turns;
wine into His Blood He changes;
what though sense no change discerns?
Only be the heart in earnest,
faith her lesson quickly learns.
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Divine Mercy
05:35
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Divine Mercy
Music and Lyrics © 2008/2009 Kenneth L. O’Connor
Verse 1:
What did Peter deserve for his denial?
Rejecting the one that he said was God’s own Son?
Apostasy, it’s a crime in the Bible
And death would fit the bill for what he’d done.
So when Jesus re-appeared on the third day
He should have given Peter that which he was due.
But that’s not what he did on the third day
(No) He stretched his arms and said
“Peace be with you.”
CHORUS
Divine mercy
That defines mercy
It’s God’s saving grace
when it seems so out of place
ooo ooo ooo divine mercy.
Verse 2:
All the apostles, save one, had abandoned him
‘Twas only the women and John left standing by
The others left him when things started looking grim
And left him on the cross alone to die
So when Jesus re-appeared on the third day
He could’ve told them he could abandon them too.
And send them all to Hell on the last day
But he stretched his arms and said,
“Peace be with you.”
CHORUS
--harmonica solo--
Verse 3
Thomas doubted that Christ was truly risen
He wasn’t there in the room when he appeared
He wanted proof and more than what was given
He had to touch the side that had been speared
So when Jesus re-appeared that very next week
He said “Thomas you can touch these wounds of mine”
And Thomas hit the ground; his knees had gone weak
And he stretched out his arms said,
“Lord you are Divine!”
CHORUS:
Mercy
that’s divine mercy
It’s God giving more
than we could ever ask him for
ooo divine mercy..
That defines mercy
It’s God’s saving grace
when it seems so out of place
ooo ooo ooo divine mercy.
Chorus
Divine mercy
Divine mercy
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10. |
The Name
02:46
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The Name
Music and Lyrics © 2010 Kenneth L O’Connor
Based on Philippians 2:6-11
Chorus
At the name of Jesus
Every knee shall bend
From those in the heavens to under the earth
And every tongue shall confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord
To the glory of God, Amen!
Verse 1
Though he was in the form of God
He did not deem equality with God
something to be grasped
But no, he emptied himself
and took the form of slave
born in the world like one of us.
Verse 2
He was known to be of human estate
Thus it was that he humbled himself
even unto death
And so, God exalted him
and gave to him the name
the name that’s above every name
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Pentecost
04:31
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Pentecost
Words and music © 2008 Kenneth L. O'Connor
Verse 1
And after forty days
You ascended into heaven
Leaving your disciples looking up into the sky
But you would not abandon them
Leave them to their own devices
Your great gift yet to give them.
CHORUS:
You sent your spirit, O Lord
upon your Church
your very living presence
who said that that you were not gone
you gave them power and courage
to go out to the world
to carry your message on
Verse 2
For after your last meal
you had said to your disciples,
“There will be an Advocate who will come in my name
He will teach you everything
and remind you what I told you.
The best that I can give you
CHORUS:
I send my spirit to you
upon my Church
my very living presence
To know that I am not gone.
He’ll give you power and wisdom
to be out to the world
to carry my Good News on”
Verse 3
And after many years
of those holy men and women
who’ve carried your Good News whether in season or not
The Church still needs your Spirit here
to inspire, help, and guide us
the best that you can spare us
CHORUS
Send your Spirit, O Lord,
upon your Church
Your living, breathing presence
that will allow us to be
your Holy Temple of living stones
to proclaim to the world
you’re the truth who sets us free
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Fr. Kent O'Connor Kansas City, Kansas
Fr. Kent O'Connor is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. He is the pastor of Our Lady of Unity
parish in Kansas City, KS. Before entering the seminary, he was a professional singer, actor, and dancer in the Kansas City area.
In his "free time", Fr. Kent records albums, give concerts, and plays in the band, "The Mama and the Padres."
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