Canticle of the Turning

[iamthegps]

Oooh, we sung this with my church choir a couple of weeks ago. I just love though we don't get to sing it very often. ^-^

[vivachilegringito]

Excellent song! Thanks for sharing. I heard this a couple of years ago while visiting my brother and his wife and felt like it just reached out and grabbed me. One of those songs that people probably sang so many hundreds of years ago and if it is possible to be taken back then that's exactly what it did :)

[legoman8258]

Lov it. Great 4 calming me down

[simplycasandra]

This is my favorite

[KittenofTwilight24]

I love singing this in my church choir. It's one of my favorites.

[piesluvsme]

love this it was sung at church to day

[forgetfulmuse]

This video reminds me of when my conversion began in earnest. It was sung at Saturday mass where I went for the first time and I came home and found this video. Is there a way to download it in case it ever gets taken down? I wouldn't want to lose it now! Thanks for making it.

[DecemberSnow1231]

@forgetfulmuse You can download the song from iTunes itself by searching for "Canticle of the Turning," and I believe it was from the album, "Safety Harbor."

If you like the video, too--I think there are some programs out there that lets you copy videos from YouTube. I don't know of any programs personally, but you might be able to Google for help with that. I also keep the file on my external hard drive, if you would like me to email you a copy.

[forgetfulmuse]

@DecemberSnow1231 Oh that would be kind of you. I have the song, but I like the video with it to remind me of that day. thag_jones [at] yahoo [dot] com

Thanks!

[DecemberSnow1231]

@forgetfulmuse Okay, will do :) I'm at work right now (shhh!) but I will email it to you when I get home this evening.

[forgetfulmuse]

@DecemberSnow1231 lol Thanks again. :)

[lamar23IV]

@elirivalkespie. look up TobyMac and MIIKESCHAIR, both Christian artists whose music is more fast paced or up beat..

[eliviralikespie]

Epic song I r not a very religion song but I like this son a lot nicely put together thanks for putting this up some other religious song r so slow and to me thts baka thank again

[annab1012]

I love ow upbeat this song is:P one of my favorite songs:P I'm lutheran...

[songlore]

Fun to sing when I was in music ministry in high school.

[MyBeautifulZombie]

LOVE THIS SONG. :)

they sang this song for mass today, the beat the words, everything. i just love this. :)

[countrylifterdw]

I was raised Mormon; I left the Church when I was 16. For years, I had no religion. Then when I went to College, my friend Alex invited me to a mass, this Song was the closing song. I have since decided to become Catholic; I will be baptized, confirmed, and receive first communion this Easter vigil Mass. Thank you God for letting me find my way.

[SamHendric]

We sang this at my school every Tuesday in 2010. It was AWESOME!

[Magzillas]

I'm a methodist who attended a catholic mass for the first time at the behest of my girlfriend, who is catholic. We sang this song at the end; truly beautiful.

[DecemberSnow1231]

@Magzillas My husband is Presbyterian and I'm Catholic, and we started attending each other's churches on a weekly basis after we'd been dating for a while. It's helped us so much to understand each other's religious beliefs. Kudos to you for seeing what Mass looks like!

[Durufle68]

Ok....the way I know this song is about 1 1/2 times faster than this!!

[marcydancer24]

We Sing This At Church

[mosergd]

Thank you for uploading this song!!!



[mosergd]

Thank you for uploading this song!!!

[mkl62]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today (September 26), our Sunday School Lesson was taken from Exodus 34: 1, 4-10. The title was "God's Steadfast Love." This hymn is recommended when this Scripture is read. It is #723 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.

[mansuet23]

nice song, different style of hymns when compared to those traditional type.

[daveg655]

absolutely beautiful

[comrade1789]

I love this song!!! We sing this from time to time during Mass. Everytime I hear it and join in singing it, I feel it is a battle song, a song of victory to all the enemies of the Church and of Christendom, a warning and a prophecy against those who would mock us when we are down, who would crown us with a crown of thorns and use our shame against us. " you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Beautiful Song.

[daveg655]

@comrade1789 I couldn't agree with you more! It is a prophecy for remember the words of this song are interpreted from the Magnificat.

[elbarto149]

@comrade1789 I agree- it stirs your blood and make you to go out and spread the word. It is a wonderful song--a song of hope & courage.

[riespark]

This song is amazing!!!

[oneeyedbear123]

oh.my.goodness i just heard this song and fell in love!!!!!!

[megdance123]

i love this song



[lec27613]

this song kinda get boring after awhile! :(

[gmvoort]

AHHHHH I LUUUUVVVV THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mattmac0912]

this is a pretty badass song

[sirensbane17]

Amazing song. But what do the pictures have to do with the words?

[Seriasis004]

Love this song! havn't heard this in soo long!

[mahandfull]

I could listen to this song all day!

[kfales12175]

I fell in love with this song in December when we sang it at mass every Sunday of Advent. Great rendition with the celtic. I love it!

[BOOGEEBUZ]

I just ordered the CD that has this song on it. I can't wait to add it to my collection.

[BOOGEEBUZ]

Wow!!! I'm from Omaha so I recognized all of the places in the video. This is such a haunting melody; thanks for uploading it.

[FrankIero1000]

whos myplag?

[MyPlag]

All the boys in my class are obsessed with this song!! i'm starting to like it too

[FrankIero1000]

omg catherine i know thats you!!! this is tony i know sumoodio is aweosme!!

[BuckeyeGirl0304]

lol tony it is me! :D lol

[Charlestheverger]

When we installed the new Bishop of California in 2006, this was sung. it was amaing to hear a full cathedral singing it.

[BuckeyeGirl0304]

my music teacher sings this!!! hes SOOOOO good at it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RedMaistre]

This is one of my favorite vernacular Christian hymns. A powerful expression of the prophetic denunciation of the rich and powerful that runs so strong through both the New and Old Testament, which we in our complacency too often forget . Praise be to Christ Our Lord and long live the Revolution !

[turkey2083]

masterorganist, I believe you mean arranger. This is an old traditional tune.

[maxxtara21]

who is this song by

[masterorganist]

Rory Cooney is the composer, and his wife Theresa Donahoo is the vocalist.

[maxxtara21]

this is so fricken cooollllllllllll 

loloolololololololol

[Gamer1159]

pssh my school does this song and it sounds so freakn dramatic when we do it. we have guitars, this rly cool flute, we do it like double time and have a full string and flute orchestra behind us

[NortheastOrganist]

Man, this is bad.

[whoismarlo]

This song is the BEST. ;)

[roryah]

lol. holy ppl are funny

[chrissypp23]

i'm so happy to find this song. The first time I heard it was when I was 18 and at a Sisters of Charity event at the Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC. The song moves me!

[cbhagman]

I was so pleased to find this here on YouTube. It's one of my favorites, and we only sing it at mass a couple of times a year, if that.

The tune itself is, of course, "The Star of the County Down."

[barysnikov]

@cbhagman Yeah, it's no secret that most hymns(especially the good ones) were based on folk/bar songs. At least

[barysnikov]

@cbhagman Yeah, it's no secret that most hymns(especially the good ones) were based on folk/bar songs. At least that's what i've come to believe.

[DecemberSnow1231]

You're welcome! I found it on iTunes, in case you wanted to get the song for yourself. I think it was from the album "Safety Harbor".

[mabedwel]

Thanks for the post. I've been trying to find a quality version of this song for a long time.