Official song for World Youth Day Rio 2013 released
Sept 20, 2012: Thousands of young people gathered in Rio de Janeiro for the release
of the official song for World Youth Day Rio 2013, titled “Esperanca do Amanhecer”
or “Hope of the Morning.”
The song was composed by Father Jose Candido, who
has written numerous liturgical hymns that are popular in Brazil. It was released
during an event for young people on Sept. 14, the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Brazilian
singers Adriana, Eliana Ribeiro, Walmir Alencar, Olivia Ferreira and Leandro Souza
lent their voices to the recording and performed the song live during the debut. Fr.
Candido, along with Archbishop Orani Joao Tempesta of Rio, and the Apostolic Nuncio
to Brazil, Archbishop Giovanni d’Aniello, also attended the event.
“I think
today is a beautiful day for all of us,” Archbishop Tempesta said. “We are releasing
the official World Youth Day Rio 2013 song, keeping in mind that out of 180 submissions,
it was a difficult choice to make in order to create a song...that would convey the
theme of WYD, 'Go and make disciples among all nations.'” Organizers told CNA translations
of the song into various other languages are not yet finished.
The lyrics
to the WYD 2013 song can be found at: http://www.rio2013.com/pt/a-jornada/hino. To
see a video of the song, visit: http://www.rio2013.com/pt/multimidia/videos/127/Clipe-do-Hino-Oficial-da-JMJ-Rio2013.