Theme song for World Youth Day 2016

Blest are the Merciful

Original music & lyrics by Jakub Blycharz
English translation by Henry Michael Kurylewski
Music adaptation into English by Rev. Lukasz Misko, OP
& Christopher Mueller, OK
Keyboard arrangement by Ed Bolduc

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and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for the 2016 World Youth Day Local Organizing Committee.

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