Hi, Rene,

First, that is quite an array of guitars behind you! I was not familiar with this song before. This is a song where the verses and "chorus" are essentially the same tune which I think is a lazy way to write music. It is a pleasant melody and the words are not offensive and match your peaceful accompaniment. You use a nice fingerstyle picking. I had to go to YouTube and find another rendition to hear the words, since yours is an instrumental version.

I have been on this forum for a few years now and most of the topics here are authored by organists and proponents of traditional chanting, motets, etc. and who generally do not care for folk masses. (I grew up singing with my family leading a folk mass for many years, which we started at the request of the associate pastor of our parish.) Over time I have come to prefer more traditional music at Mass. If you understand the perspective of most posters here, then there is a lot to be learned about sacred music and the wealth of music that the Church has enjoyed for centuries.

Hi, Rene:

I don't know if you've looked into CMAA's purposes, but you can find a description on our main web site at this page:

Sacred Music in Every Parish: https://musicasacra.com/about-cmaa/join-the-cmaa/

There's more in-depth information here:
Questions and Answers: https://musicasacra.com/about-cmaa/faq/

CMAA is about promoting the Church's heritage of sacred music, which is centered on Gregorian chant, choral singing, and the pipe organ.

I see from your YouTube page that you've got about 175 videos of performance recordings, and many of them are "covers" of popular songs. Since starting in January you were posting something about every four days. That's a lot, and it's not really helpful, since the site is about liturgical music, and posting popular songs here doesn't make sense. Even posting performances of religious songs every four days is a lot.

--Richard

Thanks Carol.
In Peace,
Rene