If Anyone Has Ears | Parable of the Sower Song | M.Haugen / Song of Mark | Catholic Choir w/ Lyrics

"If Anyone Has Ears" by Marty Haugen is drawn from his landmark choral cycle The Song of Mark (GIA Publications, 1995) and sets Jesus' own words from the Parable of the Sower: "If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear!" This Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Church gives us the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:1-2;: the sower scatters seed on the path, on rocky ground, among thorns, and on rich soil, and only the seed that falls on good, open, receptive soil bears fruit thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold. Recorded live by the Sunday 7pm Choir at SFDS Parish, Ajax ON Canada. Thanks for listening and God bless! 🙏🏼 Song Title: If Anyone Has Ears Artist(s): Music and Text: Marty Haugen, from The Song of Mark; © 1995, GIA Publications, Inc. Publisher: © 1995, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Where to Purchase: https://giamusic.com/resource/the-song-of-mark-full-score-print-g4416fs Lyrics WOMAN I: He was telling stories along the sea, all the people came to the shores of Galilee, he got into a boat and began to preach, many the truths and many the tales that he would teach, and he said, JESUS: Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, Some seed fell along the path where the earth is hard and bare, some seed fell along the path and it found no welcome there, for the birds flew down to eat that seed before it sent up shoots, and the seed that falls on the barren path will never bring forth fruit. REFRAIN: If anyone has ears, come and listen to my story, the one who truly hears learns a lesson of great worth, the Reign of God appears when these words take root within your heart, and you may bring the tiny seed to birth. JESUS: Some seed fell on rocky ground where the earth is thin and dry, some seed fell on rocky ground and that seed was quick to die, when the sun beat down on the tiny plant, it withered at the root, and the seed that falls on the rocky ground will never bring forth fruit. (Refrain) JESUS: Some seed fell among the thorns where the evil seed was found, some seed fell among the thorns and they sprang up all around, when the tiny plant began to grow they choked it at the root, and the seed that falls among evil thorns will never bring forth fruit. (Refrain) JESUS: Some seed fell on fertile ground where the earth is rich and deep, some seed fell on fertile ground and it sprang up from its sleep, from that tiny plant at harvest time a hundred fold was found, for the seed that falls on the fertile ground will spread new seed around. (Refrain) #IfAnyoneHasEars #MartyHaugen #SongOfMark #CatholicChoir #Sunday7pmChoir #ParableOfTheSower #FifteenthSundayOrdinaryTime #GIAPublications #LiturgicalMusic #GoodSoil Thanks for watching the video If Anyone Has Ears | Marty Haugen | Song of Mark | Catholic Choir w/ Lyrics | Parable of the Sower