Published on
May 19, 2020
Video length
2 mins
Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs of surrender, 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 Easter and Pentecost.

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

 

1. "¿Con qué pagaremos? / How Can We Repay You"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God #630

Text: Anonymous; tr. by Mary Louise Bringle © 2019 GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: Anonymous; arr. Carlos Colón 
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

 

2. "Yo quiero ser, Señor amado / I Want to Be What You Would Make Me"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 618

Text: Isaiah 64:8; anonymous; tr. by Ronald F. Krisman and Adam M.L. Tice © 2011, 2019 GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune:  anonymous; arr. by Carlos Colón © 2019 GIA Publications, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. 

 

3. "Amarte solo a ti, Señor / To Love Only You, O Lord"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 609

Text: Stanza 1 in Spanish, anonymous, from Costa Rica; stanza 3 in English, María Eugenia Cornou © 2019 GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: anonymous; arr. Carlos Colón 
All rights reserved. Used by permission. 

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