Published on
March 4, 2021
Video length
3 mins
Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Lent, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

This series contains songs that can all be found in the hymnal, Santo, santo, santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, Inc., 2019). Carlos Colón served as a consultant, translator, and arranger for this hymnal. The following three songs are songs for Lent.

Learn more about Santo, santo, santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.

 

1. "Manos cariñosas / Loving Hands of Jesus"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 169

Text: Alfredo Colom-Maldonado; tr. by Mary Louise Bringle
Tune: HEINLEIN; Alfredo Colom-Maldonado; arr. by Robert C. Savage
© 1954, 1966, tr. © 2019 New Spring Publishing, Inc., admin. CapitolCMGPublishing.com
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

 

2. "What Wondrous Love Is This / Cuán admirable amor"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 177

Text: Alexander Means; st. 1, 3, 4 tr. Ronald F. Krisman, alt., © 2012 GIA Publications, Inc.; st. 2 tr. María Eugenia Cornou © 2019 GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: Southern Harmony, 1835; harm. by Emily R. Brink © 1987 Faith Alive Christian Resources
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

 

3. "La sangre de Cristo tiene poder / There's Power in the Blood of Jesus for Me"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 174

Text and Tune: Anonymous; tr. and arr. Greg Scheer © 2019
Used by permission. All rights reserved. 

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