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[Have mercy on me, Lord; my strength is gone]

[Have mercy on me, Lord; my strength is gone]

Composer: Robert J. Batastini
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: Robert J. Batastini

Robert J. Batastini is the retired vice president and senior editor of GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago. Bob has over fifty-five years of service in pastoral music ministry, having served several parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago and one in the Diocese of Joliet. He served as executive editor and project director for the Worship hymnals (three editions), Gather hymnals (three editions), Catholic Community Hymnal, and as executive editor of RitualSong. In 1993 he became the first recipient of the Father Lawrence Heimann Citation for lifetime contribution to church music and liturgy in the U.S., awarded by St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana, and was named "Pastoral Musician of the Year-2000" by the National Association of Pasto… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Have mercy on me, Lord; my strength is gone]
Composer: Robert J. Batastini
Incipit: 56717 5
Key: b minor
Copyright: © GIA Publications, Inc.

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Worship (3rd ed.) #215

Worship (4th ed.) #27b

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