Lift Up Your Hearts

This is another new song for 2026 in OCP’s Breaking Bread with a text by Owen Alstott and a setting by Rick Modlin.

OCP describe it thusly:

This new text by Alstott is full of social justice concerns and the call to service. Its four verses and memorable refrain cover a wide range of topics including discipleship, evangelization, charity, unity, and love for others making it appropriate for use throughout the liturgical year. Musically reflected by Modlin’s strong, rugged setting, featuring striking harmonic shifts and an assertive foursquare rhythmic profile, it is scored for SATB choir with descant, keyboard, guitar, and trumpet in C.

The first verse suggests a problem, the second Jesus as the answer and the third and fourth the preferred outcome. With such a structure the whole song needs to be sung and the chorus is pretty short so that should work.

The sheet music can be purchased at OCP (at least 7 copies) and the text is there in their preview.

I resorted to fake BIAB organ yet again and aimed for “vigorous” as suggested:

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