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Give Me Souls

from No Lasting City by Fr. Joseph Gill

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This is the oldest song on the album, written in 2003. On our annual silent weekend retreat at Steubenville, I was reflecting on the beauty of a vocation to the priesthood, and this song is what resulted. The end hip-hop music is from another side project, “The Lion and the Lamb” that I did for a friend of mine, Fr. Matthew Krankall. He was intending to put it in a visual novel, but that never took off, so we had this fun little track laying around – might as well put it on a CD! Many thanks to Fr. Sam Kachuba for his devastating violin solo!

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track 11 – give me souls (Matthew 28:19-20)

Lord, I’ve heard Your voice, calling amidst the noise
when I was wrapped up in myself, in the world and all its joys
but You have set me free, put a fire in my blood,
oh enraptured me in the beauty of Your love

give me souls and nothing more
I will take them, present them to my Lord
give me souls, you can keep the rest
I will lead them on the way to Heaven

all I once desired I now hold in contempt
You, my heavenly prize; You, my one intent
all this world is vain, a bitter exile for me
‘till I see You, Lord; behold Your majesty

Lord, how You put my old self to death
tried by fire and purified by love
You send me forth to a world in mourning
preaching the Cross to a people in pain

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from No Lasting City, released April 20, 2014

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Fr. Joseph Gill Stamford, Connecticut

Born in 1984, Joseph Gill grew up in a musical family. His father taught him piano from a young age, and his mother often sang in the church choir. He began writing songs very young, honing his skill further when he received his first guitar. After his conversion, he dedicated his life and his songwriting to the Lord. Fr. Joseph Gill was ordained a Catholic priest in May, 2013. ... more

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