Song for Pope John Paul II

Song for John Paul II
     by Erin Berghouse

Chorus
Holy Father   
Here we gather
John Paul II
We love you (repeat)

You’re the Roman Pontiff Verse 1
You’re the Vicar of Christ
In the words that you speak to us
And the letters you write
You bring hope to our lives

Chorus

You’re the Shepherd of Bishops Verse 2
You’re the voice of the Church
Your holiness nourishes
All across this earth
You bring hope to our lives

Chorus

You’re the Valiant Defender Verse 3
Of our beautiful faith
You’re the Pilgrim Leader
Of World Youth Day
You bring hope to our lives    

with love in Christ...
in love with Christ,

To stand before the face of the living God that is our vocation... To stand before the face of God continues to be the real content of our lives. -Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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April 4th, 2005, 05:45 AM 
Song for Pope John Paul II
by Erin Berghouse   This is the link that I started at but the song is no longer there.. Go down to the nest link to listen to the song
I had to use the wayback machine to find the recording of the song. The link at catholicexchange.com for the song no longer works but the internet archives DID have it!
 It is my very favorite song...in all the world!]


TO LISTEN TO THE SONG GO TO THE LINK BELOW...
You will have to wait a few seconds for it to load. Then the page will open your media player and begin playing the song. :) 
Song for John Paul II
     by Erin Berghouse

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From April 4, 2005

The following is from the Editor of Catholic Exchange, Tom Allen:

In this time of waiting and uncertainty, we send you this gift from noted Catholic songwriter Erin Berghouse on the occasion of Pope John Paul II's decline. We pray that he has a blessed, holy death and we thank God for his inspired life and historic pontificate. We humbly deliver him into the loving embrace of the Father, and pray that he can go to his eternal reward in peace. While it will be hard carrying on without him, I am sure he will be interceding for us in heaven.
Please click here http://www.catholicexchange.com/lt/lt.asp?ltID=1188 to download and listen to Erin's inspiring song, "Pope John II," and raise up your hearts and prayers for our Holy Father. Lyrics are as follows:
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The page that the above link goes to no longer exists so I had to use the 'Wayback Machine" to see if I could find it ...and it was there  so if you go to the link below you can hear the song. You must wait a few seconds for it to load . Then it will open your Windows media (or whatever you use for your media app) and begin playing the song.

http://web.archive.org/web/20050404031248/http://www.catholicexchange.com/lt/lt.asp?ltID=1188

I tried to find a link to buy the song but all of the links I found to the song and/or to Erin Berghouse do not work anymore... :(
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THis is the link that I began with while trying to find this song.
April 4th, 2005, 05:45 AM 
Song for Pope John Paul II
by Erin Berghouse