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Memorial Song for Pope Shenouda III

March 16, 2013March 7, 2013 by David Bebawy, posted in Audio, Coptic, Coptic Hymn, Media, Song

A song written in memorial of the life of H.H. Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. The song was composed by Mark Semaan and was recorded for the One Year Memorial of the departure of our beloved Pope Shenouda III. May Pope Shenouda watch over us and intercede for us before the Lord’s throne.

David Bebawy – O Pope Shenouda

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Source: https://soundcloud.com/dbebawy/o-pope-shenouda

Lyrics for O Pope Shenouda – Composed by Mark Semaan

REFRAIN: O Pope Shenouda, O our father, and our shepherd, who showed us Christ.

You were a teacher, for everyone, you became a preacher, for the Only Son.

You left the world, to be with your God, and you sold all, and followed Christ.

In love you succeeded, in fasting you excelled, in prayers you pleaded, and to Christ you held.

You were chosen, by Our Savior, to become our Pope, and our leader.

You were a writer, a man of words, and you’re light was brighter, than the whole world.

You saw persecution, you saw tribulation, yet your love for Christ, was not moved or shaken.

You fought the good fight, you finished the race, you have gained Christ, and have joined the saints.

Intercede for us, before the Lord’s throne, we your children, as we also say.

Daniel Yousef – The Tuesday Psali

March 13, 2013July 29, 2019 by David Bebawy, posted in Audio, Coptic, Coptic Hymn, Media, Song

The word Psali is a Greek word which means chant (song). There are seven Psalis and each day of the week has one Psali specifically for that day. The Psali is distinguished among our Coptic hymns in that it is organized around the name of the Lord Jesus, which is repeated in almost every verse. With this we discover that the Coptic hymn is a dialogue with the Name of Salvation, the Name of Jesus Christ. It is not just a regular song. The Coptic fathers truly brought out the value of repeating the name of Jesus for the salvation of the person. It even became the center of their worship, and they breathed it since there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Daniel Yousef – The Tuesday Psali

Download: Daniel Yousef – The Tuesday Psali.mp3

Source: https://soundcloud.com/dmyousef-1/tuesday-psali

Lyrics for The Tuesday Psali

Come to us today, O Christ our Master, shine upon us, with Your exalted divinity.
Send to us, this great grace, of Your Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.

+ So that I may speak, with great honor, about Your holy, and blessed name.
+ This is He who was glorified, by the mouths of, Your righteous saints, who lived upon the earth.

By those wandering people, in the barren mountains, threatened by hunger and thirst, frost and cold.
They were needy and suffering, and afflicted, according to, Paul the apostle.

+ But Your holy name, O my Lord Jesus, upheld and delivered them, in all their sufferings.
+ Your holy name, O my Lord Jesus, saved them from all, their afflictions.

For them it was, a living food, which filled their souls, and their bodies too.
For them it was, a fountain of living water, sweeter than honey, in their mouths.

+ When they call upon it, their hearts rejoiced, and their bodies, blossomed.
+ When they uttered it, their minds were enlightened, and their hearts ascended, to the heights.