This is the day

This is The Day

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One of our favorite verses in memory care is Psalm 118:24. I tell my friends that when the doctor asks them “What day is it today?” that they simply need to answer, “This is the day that the Lord has made!” So, when I finished working on my new song, ” This is the Day.” I felt it would be only right to record it with my friends at Sunshine Home this morning. I hope you will like this simple song and that it will lift your spirits today. With all that is going on in our country and our world it is a great encouragement for us to know that – “This is the day that the Lord has made!”

This is the Day

That is the day When the angels sang out
As shepherds watched over their sheep
So they hurried to find - down in Bethlehem town
The Babe in a manger asleep

This is the day that the Lord has made
Let us be glad and rejoice
This is His day – Yes this is His day
Yes this is the day that He made

And when they were hungry Jesus took the five loaves
And gave thanks then He gave them away
And the miracle happened as it passed hand to hand
And five thousand were fed on that day

This is the day that the Lord has made
Let us be glad and rejoice
This is His day – Yes this is His day
Yes this is the day that He made

Then on the night in dark Gethsemane
When Jesus knelt and He prayed
And He carried the Cross to the top of the hill
Yes this – Yes this is the day

When He carried His cross to the top of the hill
And then in the grave He was laid
Till on Sunday morn when the He rose from the dead!
Yes this is the day The Lord made!

This is the day that our God has made
Let us be glad and rejoice
This is His day – Yes this is His day
So to Jesus we lift up our voice


This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 KJV

This is the Day by Peter Caligiuri copyright 2022
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Mother’s Day Hymns

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This will be a Mother’s Day unlike any other at Nursing Homes around the nation. No special family visits, no taking mom out to eat or even bringing her flowers. In our community we will be able to do a drive by parade (Thank God the weather is nice). We will have signs to wave and we’ll honk our horns to honor all those moms now in isolation for almost two months. Here is a short video I made this week to send into the various homes where I used to be able to visit. God bless all of you moms out there. This is your special day!

The Day The Lord Has Made

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This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 ESV

Interestingly the day that King David was writing about in this Psalm was not the church picnic, or some other celebration. In fact when David woke early that morning he looked out his window and saw an army camped out on his doorstep and he began to cry out to the Lord for help. The rejoicing part of this psalm begins as David realizes that God is listening to his cry for help and that God will come to his rescue.

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As we face off against this latest Corona crisis, with each of us virtually barricaded in our homes it is easy to give in to boredom, frustration or even despair. But David reminds us that the circumstances we are in are not the source of our hope. Our hope is in the Lord. We are in trouble but God is listening. He knows what to do and He promises to come to our rescue. So whether God’s rescue looks like a sudden turn of events in our favor or a quiet voice reminding us that His grace is all we need; we can know one thing for sure:

This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!!