Ashes by Tom Conry (REVISED LYRICS 2021)
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We rise again from ashes, from the good we've failed to do. We rise again from ashes, redeemed, O Lord, by you. our penance, lord, our sorrow, our grieving hearts renew, an offering of ashes, an offering to you
We offer you our failures, we offer you attempts, the gifts not fully given, the dreams not fully dreamt. Our stumblings, give direction, our visions wider view, an offering of ashes, an offering to you
Then raise us up from ashes, your healing ease our pain. Though spring has turned to winter, and sunshine turned to rain, your rain will nurture growing, and create our world anew an offering of ashes, an offering to you.
Give thanks to God the Father, who gave us life and breath. Give thanks to Christ our saviour who saved us by his death, who, with the Holy Spirit, creates the world anew from an offering of ashes, an offering to you.
Text: Tom Conry, b. 1951, alt., copyright 1978, 2019, OCP. All Rights Reserved. Music: Tom Conry, copyright 1978, OCP. All rights reserved - เพลง
So beautiful and moving. The new words make more sense to me. God raises us, we cannot raise ourselves. An offering of ashes, makes me think of the Little Flower,all her good deeds are like rags compared to Christ's sacrifice for us.
I completely agree. The songs were a little unwieldy the first couple of times I sang through it to make this recording, but I will get used to it and I do think they will flow better. God bless you
Everytime I look for mass songs you come thru for me with songs thanks Chris
I can’t wait to hear the 2023 version of this song on Ash Wednesday I love this song during the start of lent it’s the most beautiful thing.
Wonderful music. I’m a recent convert in the choir and becoming familiar with Lenten music. Thank you for your videos!
You’re welcome! Glad they’re helpful
I look forward to hearing the 2022 version this Lenten season your beautiful voice has gotten me though the pandemic and healing and strength as I battle mental health it sucks but better days. Will come I have faith I’ll get though the dark light.
This song puts me in the spirit of lent...
You are awesome.God Bless you always Sir Chris🙏
신부님! 감사합니다! Your sing is my strength! Thanks be to god~
Life saver!! Thanks Chris! I got asked last minute to play and I am but a novice! Thank God for you!
You’ll offer this song wonderfully, I’m sure. God bless you for stepping up
@@ChrisBrunelle Thank you for the encouragement!
I absolutely love your voice your getting me through this Covid pandemic 😷 your voice is beautiful
Strong and clear voice!! Love how it’s a pure song…
Very very lovely. I can sing it all year round, not only in Lent
I think it would also be great for funeral services
Love the new version so much better then the old version I love it
Thank you for always posting these, as well as the gospel acclamation and psalm, your work is extremely helpful in helping me learn my parts when I cantor at my parish. Please never stop!
Never?!?! Ok, it’s a deal. :)
@@ChrisBrunelle Love this song as we begin the lenten season it’s such a beautiful song
One of my favourite hymns. Thanks Chris 🙏
Thank you for recording this with revised lyrics! We can always count on you, Chris!
No problem! I hope that enough people take a look at the song before they get to mass on Ash Wednesday or they might get quite a surprise. :-)
@@ChrisBrunelle Chris you have a beautiful voice your Catholic music and songs have been such a healing source during this Covid pandemic I should give you a suggestion you should do a TH-cam live once a week and take requests of Catholic music songs because honestly it’s great healing during this Covid pandemic thank you for your beautiful music and song
Now we will be able to sing this beautiful song again on Ash Wednesday.
It also works very well as a solo imho, Chris sounds so great on this! Obviously it was originally written for Ash Wednesday but I would love to have it sung at my funeral also
Its official: You are now my "Breaking Bread" reference musician. I'm a piano player, but still you always pop up when I look for a song I discover at Mass. A Spanish living in the Netherlands and attending a US military chapel. There you go! You are amazing, congratulations!
Thank you for taking the time to write! God bless you 😊
@@ChrisBrunelle Nothing compared with the time you take to bring us the beauty of the Lord. Your music is really inspiring when in front of the Lord. God bless you!
Thanks so much! Everything else online has the old lyrics
I like the Revised version. Well performed.
I love it!
Sounds nice revised!
Why do they always change the original lyrics, leave the original alone. That ones the best.
I just compared the two sets of lyrics. The revised lyrics place the focus on God's grace rather than our works.
In light of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic joint declaration on Justification, while actions matter, they are only enabled by the grace of God. Some might not understand the intent of the original lyrics, particularly those whose personal efforts are to merit heaven (aka Pelagianism). We cooperate with grace (thus, with God) by being the hands and feet of Christ in the world, for faith without works is dead.
As proclaimed at the Eucharist: "Rend your hearts and not your clothing" (Ash Wednesday), and again, "Is this not the fast I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free..." (Friday after Ash Wednesday).
Chris,
Thank you for this!
I would like to do this next Sunday, but I don't have the new lyrics with the sheet music. Do you have the sheet music you can share with me?
Thanks in advance for you help. Thank you for all you do the help us all make our music ministries easier.
For bless you always!
At the end of the video, and also in the description, there should be a link that will take you to the OCP website to be able to purchase the music. Or send me a note at csbrunelle@msn.com and I’ll help you :)
Hello, Chris! This Ash Wednesday we decided with my choir that we sing this and should we make the lyrics as the revised one? I'll wait for your answer, God Bless!
Hi! So these new lyrics appear in the 2021 OCP Breaking Bread and music issue products. So if you have those in your pews, and if you have parishioners in your pews, you would probably want to use the new lyrics otherwise it won’t match what they’re looking at. The text was revised to be a little more theologically accurate, although I can’t tell you specifically what lines were the issue. I would just try to match what you’re singing with what the congregation might be looking at. God bless
@@ChrisBrunelle Chris I just wanted to say I love the new version of the ashes song it’s so beautiful during this holy season of lent this pandemic is so different not having the ashes on my forehead was 😢 today at the Catholic Church I miss it and I’ll miss the Easter and Easter vigils this year because of Covid pandemic it’s sad 😢 I keep praying to get vaccinated soon.
@@ChrisBrunelle the line “we create ourselves anew” is rooted in paganism. We don’t create ourselves anew. God does.
@@JewelBlueIbanez I didn’t write it.
@@JewelBlueIbanez I believe the revised lyrics are, "create our world anew"
why the revisions?
Not that the original lyrics always made sense, but I feel like there is some awkward phrasing in the revision that will definitely take some getting used to. (I know some people hated "stumblings" being stretched into three syllables, but that was one of my favorite lines. They didn't even change the words there, just the order of the words to eliminate "stum-bl-ings." haha) Looking at the music on OneLicense, I wonder if Tom Conry was involved in the revision. The way they put "Tom Conry, alt" in the copyright line suggests to me that he was not. I'm not sure if he's still in the liturgical music world, but just an interesting thing I noticed when looking at the music.
I love the original as it was. That's how I will always sing it.
Tom isn't involved in liturgical music anymore....hasn't been for sometime. He does still live and work (as a teacher) here in Portland, but I tend to agree with you that he wasn't involved in the revision. I think the last piece of his that was published by OCP could be 25 years ago now
Words have meaning, and the words here are not correct theologically as a Christian. "We" don't create ourselves anew.
I just make the videos, I don't analyze them for theological correctness. The composer has a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard U and is still around the Portland area. I wonder if he's changed his thoughts on this
I love it!