Give Thanks to God, the Father

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Give thanks to God, the Father

Versifier: James J. Quinn (1980, alt.)
Published in 2 hymnals

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	CHURCH'S ONE FOUNDATION, THE

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Versifier: James J. Quinn

James Quinn (b. Glasgow, Scotland, April 21, 1919; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, April 8, 2010) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who was ordained in 1950. As a consultant for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, sparked by Vatican II, he has exerted influence far beyond his native Scotland. A collection of his hymn texts is available from Selah Publishing company. Sing a New Creation Go to person page >

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First Line:	Give thanks to God, the Father
Title:	Give Thanks to God, the Father
Versifier:	James J. Quinn (1980, alt.)
Meter:	7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6
Source:	Resource Collection of Hymns and Service Music for the Liturgy
Language:	English
Copyright:	© James Quinn. Published by OCP Publications Inc.

Ephesians 1:3-14
(hymns)

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Notes

Scripture References:
st. 1 = Eph. 1:3-4
st. 2 = Eph. 1:5-7a
st. 3 = Eph. 1:7b-l0
st. 4 = Eph. 1:1l-13a
st. 5 = Eph. 1:13b-14

The Scottish Jesuit priest James Quinn (PHH 220) wrote this paraphrase of Ephesians 1:3-14 "sometime before 1978." In the original Greek this Scripture passage is an extended doxology in one very long sentence. Quinn set the doxology in five stanzas of praise to God for blessings the Father has given us in Christ the Son through the Holy Spirit. The text is filled with profound theological confessions about each member of the Trinity. Like much of Quinn's work, the song text is unrhymed in order to preserve many well-known biblical phrases. The text was first published in Resource Collection of Hymns and Service Music for the Liturgy (1981).

Liturgical Use:
As a doxology, also suitable as a hymn of praise at the beginning of worship, especially when focusing on the Trinity.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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AURELIA

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DU MEINE SEELE SINGE

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