Great thread.   There are so many that speak to me... including many that have been named above.

Thanks, Bobad, for the You tube link to Tantum Ergo. Though I frequent Youtube on a regular basis, it never occurred to me to seek out something like Tantum Ergo there. I've just spent the last hour searching and listening to many songs from my earliest church experiences. Holy God, We Praise Thy Name, Come Holy Ghost, Tantum Ergo, etc. (Bobad, did you catch the toddler singing Tantum Ergo?)


Janie said, "As I contemplate the premise of the thread title, I find I make distinctions between songs that are favorites because of the associations they have with childhood or family significance, and songs that 'speak' to me spiritually. Anybody else notice that?

Yes, Janie, AND I noticed that many that had strong significance to me as a child, still do, not only because of their association to my childhood, but because they held a sacredness then and still do - a sacredness which I find less evident in much of the contemporary music.

KT