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Return to God

Hymn on ONE LICENSE

Now the time of grace has come

Author: Marty Haugen
Tune: [Now the time of grace has come]
ONE LICENSE: 00143
Published in 8 hymnals

Choral

Return to God
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Author: Marty Haugen

Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepar… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Now the time of grace has come
Title: Return to God
Author: Marty Haugen
Language: English; Spanish
Refrain First Line: Return to God with all your heart
Copyright: © 1990, 1991, GIA Publications, Inc.
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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Gather (3rd ed.) #478

Gather (3rd ed.) #478

Gather Comprehensive #389

Gather Comprehensive #389

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #410

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #410

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #406

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #406

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #563

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #563

RitualSong #555

RitualSong #555

Singing Our Faith #129

Singing Our Faith #129

Worship (4th ed.) #475

Worship (4th ed.) #475
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