Prayer and praise hymns have become an integral part of the sacred hymnody of the African American religious experience. Twenty years after the Emancipation, the children of the slaves found themselves living in the reality of separateness, and their religious practice turned increasingly inward. A unique body of hymnody grew out of that period, approximately 1885–1925. These are songs of Southern origin, of a rural people working the land. These songs are different from spirituals and Black meter music, yet show their influences. These songs are Bible-based, highly repetitive in accord with the nature of oral tradition, and of anonymous authorship.

Catholic Instrumental Classics: Volume 10 is a collection of songs that have captured the hearts of worshipers all over the world. Songs like "I Am the Bread of Life," "Blest Are They," and "Simple Gifts" have touched hearts, inspired emotion, initiated conversion, and strengthened faith. These instrumental arrangements have been crafted and recorded with great respect and integrity for both the melody and the spirit of the song. When experienced from beginning to end, the listener encounters a musical journey through some of the most beautiful musical writings of our Catholic tradition.

With a passion for liturgical prayer, the vision of Catholic Social Teaching, and witness of Pope Francis, Lori True has created a collection of sung prayer for communities who want to embrace the unrelenting love of God and the deep challenge of Christ. Here you will find songs for gathering, communion, times of grief, doubt, action, and celebration, all fashioned with texts that foster deep reflection and her signature, accessible melodies, all ready to serve a wide variety of communal gatherings. Take some time to explore Show By Your Life, and discover a very unique and prophetic collection of liturgical music that the church desperately needs.

Pilgrim Wisdom on the Way by Tony Alonso / Chris de Silva / Liam Lawton 2014 This collection of music was inspired by the journeys of pilgrims throughout history who left their places of safety to seek God's presence more deeply along the way. -Tony Alonso, Chris de Silva, and Liam Lawton Following up on their moving collaboration on Castle of the Soul, Tony Alonso, Chris de Silva, and Liam Lawton have once again joined their unique gifts to create Pilgrim: Wisdom on the Way. This stirring collection of songs is filled with images of faithful pilgrims that will resonate deep within the soul. Inspired by the Camino de Santiago, "Along This Holy Way" is a fervent prayer for God's gentle blessing on the way. "I Will Lift My Eyes" is an impassioned declaration inspired by the psalms and the writings of Thomas Merton that conveys an unwavering certainty that God walks the path beside us. The title track is an expressive song of reassurance in the One who guides our steps in ways of peace. Whether you are a road-weary traveler on this journey or you are contemplating that first step, the contents of Pilgrim will be a sure companion on the journey, offering you encouragement, hope, and strength along the way.

Born from David’s great love and passion for youth ministry and inspired by the mission of Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul where he has been campus minister for the past three years, God Is Everywhere celebrates the life of faith and the intentional connection to peace and justicethat the Christian Brothers and Sisters of Saint Joseph instill in their young students. The mass setting, Mass of Christ, Our Hope, and additional songs, hymns, and ritual songs center around themes of unity, acceptance, love of God, and love of neighbor. In addition to David’s compositions, this recording and printed collection include an original setting of Psalm 27, “I Believe I Shall See,” by Ellen Larson, a member of Cretin-Derham Hall’s graduating class of 2014. While the music in this collection was originally created for this school community, God Is Everywhere is more than a resource for youth—it is a collection for all generations of faith and is intended for all believers, because God is for everyone, everywhere!

The creation of the GIA WindWorks label represents an expanded relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications, Inc. Composers, conductors, music critics, and connoisseurs worldwide have praised the recordings conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon for their innovation, excellence, and professional standards.

Courage Can Cry is an album about victory over adversity. It glories in the triumph of the human spirit as the ghosts of fear are laid to rest. These are songs that will prompt you to rediscover the courage that lies beneath the surface of your soul. You will be inspired by the lives of many who dared to give a voice to those who have none. An ancient French writer, Blaise Paschal, who wrote, “We should always keep something beautiful in our hearts,” was the inspiration for many of the texts. These songs are meant to awaken hope and a new awareness of all that lies beneath and within, and they will help you realize that courage can cry louder than any fear or fault.

We Walk His Way is the third collection of shorter songs for worship from John L. Bell and the Iona Community. Iona's previous collections, Come All You People and There Is One among Us, contain a wealth of material that has proven to be useful for a wide range of worship experiences. The songs included in this collection are from many different cultural traditions, including Taiwanese, South African, and Guatemalan. The global scope and versatility of these simple songs for worship can link us to the universal Church. The short, memorable melodies are very sensitive and soulful. They are strong enough to bear continual repetition for meditation or as an accompaniment to liturgical action. Many of the selections are a cappella or include very simple accompaniments. Their simplicity makes them easy to learn, yet their texts convey a depth of spiritual, scriptural, and theological meaning.

This gleefully entertaining collection of dinosaur songs was written for some of Marty’s biggest fans—his grandchildren! Each track highlights the distinct characteristics of a different species of dinosaur. The wide variety of fun musical styles, kooky character voices, amusing rhyming words, and enchanting children’s choir all work together to paint vivid and imaginative pictures of each dinosaur, bringing them to life—despite the fact that they’ve been extinct for millions of years. From the fearsome king of the dinosaurs (Tyrannosaurus rex) to the thundering Triceratops, this recording will engage and delight children of all ages from beginning to end and will perhaps inspire them to investigate these fascinating creatures further.

The creation of the GIA WindWorks label represents an expanded relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications, Inc. Composers, conductors, music critics, and connoisseurs worldwide have praised the recordings conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon for their innovation, excellence, and professional standards.

Living Spirit, Holy Fire is a monumental and refreshing collection of compositions suitable for any celebration of the Spirit. In both volumes of this major work, David and his composer friends come together to share their God-given gifts of composition, resulting in a work ablaze with the fire of the Holy Spirit. Each two-CD set celebrates the role and presence of the Holy Sprit in the life of the church and in the prayer life of believers. Living Spirit, Holy Fire includes songs, hymns, psalms, acclamations, and ritual music composed for liturgical celebrations and catechetical events, focusing on celebrations of initiation, especially the sacrament of confirmation. Biblical and ritual texts and fresh settings of the challenging and powerful poetry of Ruth Duck, John Bell, Mary Louise Bringle, Bill Huebsch, and Shirley Erena Murray join together with newly written texts by David Haas and others.

The creation of the GIA WindWorks label represents an expanded relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications, Inc. Composers, conductors, music critics, and connoisseurs worldwide have praised the recordings conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon for their innovation, excellence, and professional standards.

The creation of the GIA WindWorks label represents an expanded relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications, Inc. Composers, conductors, music critics, and connoisseurs worldwide have praised the recordings conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon for their innovation, excellence, and professional standards.

It's all here: bounces, lullabies, songs for tickling and wiggling…music and rhymes from Feierabend's wonderful early childhood books! Each CD combines the very best for each age group from all 5 books—more than 60 selections on each recording, complete with a fully illustrated booklet of lyrics and special directions. All songs are performed with only one voice, guitar and string bass, following Feierabend's philosophy that simplicity in musical accompaniment makes it easier for children to focus on the important melody of the song. With this collection, John M. Feierabend and Luann Saunders present a simple way to make a connection between adult and child and develop a child's imagination, as well as enjoy a wonderful playtime together.

GIA brings you our fifth in a series of top-selling recordings: Catholic Classics, Volume 5: Simple Gifts of Praise, featuring classical guitar played by master-guitarist Stephen Petrunak and the lovely solo voice of tenor David Fischer. This unique musical duo brings a fresh twist to old favorites. The songs contained in the volumes of the Catholic Classics series have stood the test of time. These are definitive Catholic songs—the one's that are always popular, that everyone sings, knows by heart, and wants to hear over and over again. Perhaps best of all, Catholic Classics is not "for Catholics only." Catholics are joined by Christians across the other denominations in singing these wonderful and beloved hymns.

Mark A. Miller has a passion for building community through music and believes everyone is a child of God. His music has been called the soundtrack for a new generation to express and celebrate hospitality, equity, and justice. The music of Mark Miller heard on this recording is widely published and sung by communities of faith around the world. "Mark Miller, composer, minister, professor, and musical griot, is carrying on the tradition of creating New World hymns for a nation hungry for songs that speak to the head, heart, and crisis of modern living. He reminds us, hope will never fail, even when anguish and apathy seem to prevail across the landscape of our country." (Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL)

This collection is easily among David's best. These are innovative songs that will have you humming long after the music has ended. They are celebrations in the true sense of the word.

This collection will add new life to your celebration of Lent, Holy Week, Triduum, and the Easter Season. Begin on Ash Wednesday with "Return to God" and continue through the Lenten season with "I Need You to Listen" and "Let Justice Roll Like a River." Process on Palm Sunday with "Ride on Jesus, Ride." All three stations of the Triduum will be graciously linked together with "Wondrous Love" and the Vigil enhanced by "Song at the Empty Tomb." "We Are God's Work of Art" and "Come to the Feast" will enliven the great fifty days...plus, much more!

A compilation of David's most heartfelt songs celebrating the journey of our life with Jesus Christ: conversion, incarnation, discipleship, journey, restoration, resurrection, and mission—all the various stages and aspects of our relationship with the human and divine Christ. Give Me Jesus presents a musical journey that invites us to sing, pray, and celebrate our lives in Christ. It also calls us to realize our role in salvation history; how we internalize the lessons of faith, hope, and love, and then use them in our daily lives. The two-CD set includes 44 songs categorized into different aspects of our relationship with Christ.

Recorded in 1988 and still considered one of the most beautiful mass settings ever written, Michael Joncas's No Greater Love offers cathedral-style music that invites congregational participation. Multiple arrangements allow for flexibility in format and variety of instrumentation. Perfectly suited for Lenten liturgies, No Greater Love uses the Eucharistic Prayer for Reconciliation II, which has as its theme the mystery of reconciliation. The setting includes the beloved song "No Greater Love," which has become a popular "classic" and is used regularly at Catholic Masses year after year.

Iona music unfolds simply here, through the clear vocality of The Cathedral Singers. God Never Sleeps is a collection of musical firsts—first American recording of Iona music, first performance of the music by The Cathedral Singers, and John Bell's first U.S. recording. One of the most enriching and most popular songs to come out of the Iona Community, "The Summons (Will You Come and Follow Me)" is included here.

Debuted at the 2000 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, The Feast of Life reminds us of the fourteen banquets mentioned in Luke's Gospel and invites us once again to hear and experience the stories of Jesus. In this new musical by Marty Haugen, a diverse group of adults and children gather around a banquet table to retell the parables in Luke's Gospel. The group tells and sings of "The Good Samaritan," "The Prodigal Son," "The Journey to Emmaus," and other parables, as well as the birth and the Passion of Jesus.

From the Taize Community comes another stunning new recording! Venite Exultemus features many of the never-before-recorded chants that have become popular in Taize over the past few years including "The Kingdom of God," "Venite Exultemus Domino," and several wonderful chants in Spanish. Many different languages are represented on this recording as well as two songs from the eastern Christian tradition, "Alleluia, slava tiebie Boze" and "Bogoroditse Dievo."

“Come, now is the time…” to discover a sensational new recording in GIA’s popular Catholic Classics Series. Catholic Teen Classics includes 16 of the most popular contemporary songs that have become “classics” to the church’s younger generation. Monica’s Joy, the legendary choir from St. Monica’s in Santa Monica, California, under the direction of Ed Archer, soulfully and expertly rocks each track. All of the songs on Catholic Teen Classics embody the fervent passion, unbridled joy, and raw emotion that burn within the hearts of young people on fire with the love of Jesus Christ. Listen to Catholic Teen Classics today and catch the fever. We’re sure that anyone who listens to this CD will be hooked from the first note to the last.

In his new recording of inspirational piano arrangements, Seasons of Grace, Volume 2, Paul Tate seamlessly combines familiar and beloved sacred tunes, deftly weaving together both old and new. The melodies of David Haas, Marty Haugen, Tony Alonso, Michael Mahler, Lori True, and John Bell are coupled with traditional chants and hymns to create music that echoes with uncompromising faith. Also included are two of Tate’s haunting and original interludes along with the delicate “If You Love Me.” These arrangements possess a sonority that resonates deep in the soul. Like a prayer without words, each piece transcends human emotion and lifts the listener to a place so purely serene, one cannot help but experience true conversion. Tate’s captivating piano technique simply shines as he skillfully transitions from one tune to the next. Seasons of Grace, Volume 2 will tenderly inspirit all who listen. The printed music edition features the twelve arrangements on this recording. Most are of intermediate difficulty with only a few moments of more adventuresome playing. This collection is perfect for moments of instrumental reflection.