--- title: Articles – Church Life Journal | self-giving love description: self-giving love | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: ARTICLES [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Pirtle-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/08/19/a-new-song-for-the-new-evangelization-in-the-beginning) ## [A New Song for the New Evangelization: In the Beginning](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/08/19/a-new-song-for-the-new-evangelization-in-the-beginning) Published by [Carolyn Pirtle](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/carolyn-pirtle) Few things impact the celebration of the liturgy more concretely than music. Ask any Mass-goer exiting the church to recap the Gospel and he or she may begin to resemble the proverbial deer in the headlights. However, ask that same person to name any hymn sung during the liturgy and you’re not only more likely to receive an actual answer (or even a serenade), but you’re also likely to receive an o... Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [August 19, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/08/19/a-new-song-for-the-new-evangelization-in-the-beginning) [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/articles) / [Archive](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/archive) / [carolynpirtle](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/carolynpirtle) / [Jesus Christ](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/jesus-christ) / [liturgical music](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/liturgical-music) / [self-giving love](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/topic/self-giving-love) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/OMalley-12OT-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/06/16/kings-of-the-king) ## [Kings of the King](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/06/16/kings-of-the-king) Published by [Timothy O'Malley](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/timothy-omalley) This isn’t the behavior of a Messiah. You can almost hear the crowd gathered around Jesus murmuring this to themselves. They haven’t followed this prophetic miracle-worker, this teacher extraordinaire to watch him die. 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The disciples sing a hymn welcoming the long hoped for king into the great city: “Blessed is the king who comes/in the name of the Lord./Peace in heaven/and glory in the highest” (Lk 19:38). The reader is returned to the angelic hymn sung by angels at the birth of Jesus. Yet soon, we will find ourselves e... 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