Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Elena Gonzales interviews Deacon Rich Bahnamann on this National Vocation Awareness Week for this Franciscan Moment Podcast. Deacon Rich shares his song Simple Faith as a special gift of prayer of thanksgiving for his call from God. Deacon Rich Bahnaman served St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. His gifts were evident in Lakeshore Christian Experience Weekend (CEW) and the Lakeshore Ecumenical Outreach (LEO). In this local area, he also ministered St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Community, Newton.
Lyrics to Simple Faith by Deacon Rich Bahnaman
C walk Am Am7
It’s an old and tattered bible on a dusty old night stand.
F C G
A worn and well used rosary in a pair of gnarled hands
C walk Am Am7
It’s the prayer of little children just before they go to sleep
F C G C
Pray their special angel, their soul for God to keep.
G
Simple Faith can move a mountain
F C
Or help you climb the highest hill
G F C
It will lead you through dark valleys when there’s nothing else that will.
Am Am7 F D
It’s the knowing…there’s a Savior who will love you through and through
F G C
That my friend’s what simple faith will do.
It’s my grandma and my grandpa as they plow and clear the land
But the work it is so easy when you do it hand and hand
Grandma shared with me her secret that helped her see it through
Faith held for a Savior who loved her through and through
REFRAIN
Well I’m praying that my children remember where true love is from
I pray they’ll pass the faith on to their children yet to come
And they’ll cherish that old bible and those well used rosary beads
And faith held for their Savior to heaven he will lead.
REFRAIN end with that my friend what simple faith will do x3
G
Simple Faith can move a mountain
F C
Or help you climb the highest hill
G F C
It will lead you through dark valleys when there’s nothing else that will.
Am Am7 F D
It’s the knowing…there’s a Savior who will love you through and through
F G C
That my friend’s what simple faith will do.
