Official hymn for World Youth Day 2008 chosen
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Sydney, Australia, May 16, 2007 / 01:20 pm (CNA).- The official hymn for World Youth Day in 2008 has just been chosen. “Receive the Power” is the title of the official hymn for the celebration of the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney. The song was written by young Australian composer Guy Sebastian. “We were looking for a hymn which would be involving and inspiring”, WYD 2008 co-ordinator Bishop Anthony Fisher OP explained.

“Above all it had to be a song which would fill the young participants with enthusiasm and capture the essence of the World Youth Day theme chosen by the Pope: You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will descend upon you and you will be my witnesses. Guy's song meets with all these requisites: it inspires the youth of the world to accept Jesus' call to follow him to the ends of the earth as his witnesses. ”

Receive the Power was chosen after a selection process involving over 120 pieces. The Pontifical Council for the Laity, which is involved in preparations for WYD on the part of the Holy See, is in agreement with the choice of the hymn. “It combines the necessary musical and thematic elements as well as being easy to sing for people of different languages. We are convinced that Receive the Power WYD hymn will be played and sung by young Catholics everywhere on the occasion of World Youth Day and from then on”, the Bishop said.

Australian composer singer Guy Sebastian made a name for himself in 2003, when he started composing music for his parish at the age of thirteen. In 2005, Guy was nominated World Vision Ambassador and went to Uganda to film a documentary on the difficulties people face there due to poverty and civil war. He has also written numerous songs for Australian singers.

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Published by: Gorret Kugonza
Kampala Uganda 06/21/2007 12:40 PM EST
I am happy for the inspiration Guy has.May God bless his effort.That song is a blessing for us the youth..And I am happy that he came to my country Ugada.
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Published by: jomar
philippines 06/10/2007 09:21 PM EST
Hey! Nobody is perfect. Only Christ. That song was selected because it was selected. Not the composer. All peoples have sins, some more public than others. If Guy Sebastian is GAY--or likes GAYs whatever--the WYD is a no-discrimination event for YOUTH. Why are you behaving as if discrimination was the object of WYD? We accept the person, not the sin. The person composed the song, not the sin.

http://worldyouthdayblog.blogspot.com
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Published by: enoch sunday
akure/ondo/nigeria 06/07/2007 07:59 AM EST
visa problem had prevented some people from atending the programm in the past.particularly nigerians.we hope it will be better this time around,Amen.
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Published by: Deborah
Canada 05/17/2007 12:28 PM EST
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Is anyone concerned that Guy Sebastian is pro-homosexual lifestyle/gay "marriage" and yet representing our Catholic faith to the youth. Here's an interview snippet:

Question: There was a mini-debate about you saying you had a lot of gay friends and so were offended by the word "faggot", but that homosexuality surely clashes with your Christian beliefs?

Guy Sebastian: That's the sad side of Christianity. That's not how it's meant to be. I've been to gay clubs heaps of times. That's the old fundamentalist way of thinking that's unfortunately spread through all these generations. They miss the whole point of Christianity which is love. God loves people whether they are black, white, gay, straight, bisexual, whatever. As a Christian, we're never going to get close to being sinless or perfect, and I'm no better than anybody on this earth, but our No.1 goal is to be as loving as we can. We aim to be like God, so for me, I think that's a really ugly side of when people get lost in religion. It's funny, Shannon (Noll) gets called that, Anthony (Callea), all my friends in the industry. That's the word everyone picks -- as soon as you're in the industry you're gay.

Question: You're not anti gay marriage?

Guy Sebastian: I'm not really anti anything. If you're a gay couple why not? I don't really have a stance because I don't know what it's like to be told
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