Pablo D. Sosa

Short Name: Pablo D. Sosa
Full Name: Sosa, Pablo D.
Birth Year: 1933
Death Year: 2020

Pablo Sosa (b. 1933 - d. 2020) grew up and was educated in Argentina, the U.S. (Westminster Choir College), and Germany. For years he pastored a large Methodist congregation in Buenos Aires, Argentina while composing songs, leading choirs, editing hymnals, producing religious broadcasts, and teaching liturgy and hymnology at a seminary.

Meanwhile, life in Argentina pushed him to question his assumptions about what’s best for congregational singing. During Argentina’s “dirty war,” two young women from his church were disappeared, possibly for working among the poor. As Catholic and Protestant churches hesitated whether to speak out, remain silent, or support the government, many people lost faith. Economic meltdown after the war plunged many middle-class Argentinians into poverty. Sosa’s growing social awareness widened his vision for “lifting up hope with a song.” He often describes worship as “the fiesta of the faithful,” where all are welcome and all music is seen as “part of the ‘song of the earth,’ which answers the psalmist’s call ‘Sing joyfully to God, all the earth!’ (Psalm 98:4).”

Whether in his home church, Iglesia Evangélica Metodista La Tercera (Third Methodist Church) in Buenos Aires, or at churches or conferences around the world, he urges people, “Put your body into worship!” And he reminds them of the biblical connection between justice and worship.

CICW Website Bio (http://www.calvin.edu/worship)


Texts by Pablo D. Sosa (35)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Un poco después del presente (A little beyond this our time)Pablo D. Sosa (b.1933) (English)English, Spanish2
A tí venimos Dios bueno y santoPablo D. Sosa (Translator)Spanish3
Ábranme las puertas de la justiciaPablo Sosa (Author)Spanish9
Abranme las puertas de la justicia (Open the doors of true justice and mercy)Pablo D. Sosa (Author)Spanish, English2
Alabemos al Señor, Alabemos al SeñorPablo Sosa (Translator)Spanish3
Cristo vive, fuere el llanto (Christ is risen, Christ is living)Pablo D. Sosa, b. 1933 (Author)English, Spanish1
Con amor y gratitudPablo D. Sosa (Translator)Spanish4
Cristo vive, fuera el llantoPablo D. Sosa, b. 1933 (Author)Spanish1
Deus chama a gente pra'um momento novo (In this new moment we can hear God calling)Pablo D. Sosa (Translator (Spanish))English, Portuguese, Spanish2
Dios hizo el agua cristalinaPablo D. Sosa (Translator)Spanish4
Dios hoy nos llama a un momento nuevoPablo Sosa (Translator)Spanish8
Dios, que hizo el marP. D. Sosa (Translator)Spanish2
El abuelo se pone los anteojosPablo D. Sosa (Author)Spanish2
El sol que se apaga apenas encendido (Sun that fades to darkness barely after dawning)Pablo D. Sosa, n. 1933 (Author)English, Spanish2
Este momento en punto es el momento (This is the moment now, this is the moment)Pablo Sosa (Author)English, Spanish2
Gloria, gloria gloria en las alturas a DiosPablo Sosa, b. 1933 (Author)Spanish6
¡El cielo canta alegría! ¡Aleluya!Pablo Sosa (Author)Spanish29
Heaven is singing for joy (El cielo canta alegria)Pablo D. Sosa (Author)English, Spanish2
How good and how pleasant it is When kindred live together in unityPablo Sosa (Author (refrain))English, Spanish2
Si tuvieras fePablo Sosa (Translator (English))Spanish6
La bendición del Dios de Sara, Agar y AbrahamPablo D. Sosa (Translator (Spanish))Spanish4
Lo mortal esté en silencioPablo D. Sosa (Translator)Spanish3
Many are the lightbeamsPablo D. Sosa, b. 1933 (Translator (Spanish))English2
Miren qué bueno es cuando los creyentes están juntosPablo Sosa (Adapter)Spanish29
Muchos resplandores, sólo una luzPablo Sosa (Translator)Spanish5
Open, now, open the doorways of justice! (Ábranme las puertas de la justicia)Pablo Sosa (Author)English, Spanish2
Que esta iglesia sea un árbol en el fondo de tu casa (May this church be like a tree behind your house, there in your garden)Pablo D. Sosa (Author)English, Spanish2
Quien quiera frente al malP. D. Sosa (Translator)Spanish5
Te damos gracias, padre omnipotentePablo D. Sosa (Translator)Spanish2
Todo se hace para la gloria de DiosPablo Sosa (Translator)Spanish1
Tua Palavra na vidaPablo Sosa (Translator (Spanish))Portuguese1
Tuyo es el Reino, tuyo el poderPablo Sosa (Author)Spanish3
Un poco después del presentePablo Sosa (Translator)Spanish9
Vai com Deus!Pablo Sosa (Translator (Spanish))Portuguese1
[Yours Is the Kingdom]Pablo Sosa (Author)English2
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