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Over 21 million hits so far (amazing if April 7, 2014 is the actual date it was posted) of Irish priest Fr. Ray Kelly surprise song at the end of the nuptial mass for Chris and Leah O\u2019Kane. \u00a0Inspiring and beautiful. I know some liturgists have voiced their dismay at the non-liturigcal nature of the song or its use within the mass but it\u2019s done now and it was a beautiful gift for the couple. All is grace.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here is \u201cSonLight\u201d singing \u201cBe Thou My Vision\u201d (they are in the video, too, at the beginning).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SonLight Singing Be Thou My Vision\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZfqbFQrSNO4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Over 21 million hits so far (amazing if April 7, 2014 is the actual date it was posted) of Irish priest Fr. Ray Kelly surprise song at the end of the nuptial mass for Chris and Leah O\u2019Kane. \u00a0Inspiring and beautiful. I know some liturgists have voiced their dismay at the non-liturigcal nature of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3288,4,36,46],"tags":[3973,3967,3969,3972,3966,3971,3968,3965,3974,3975,3970],"class_list":["post-6139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adolescent","category-adult-faith-formation","category-grace","category-music","tag-be-thou-my-vision","tag-big-surprise-for-bride-and-groom","tag-bride-and-groom","tag-chris-leah-okane","tag-fr-ray-kelly","tag-irish-priest-sings-at-wedding","tag-original-big-surprise","tag-sining-priest","tag-sonlight","tag-sonlight-irish-singers","tag-youtube-wedding-catholic"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Best Wedding Video Ever & the Singing Priest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"  Over 21 million hits so far (amazing if April 7, 2014 is the actual date it was posted) of Irish priest Fr. 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