Maurice Cocagnac

Auguste-Maurice Jean Cocagnac OP (born June 20, 1924 in Tarbes , † December 18, 2006 in Paris ) was a French Dominican priest who was best known as the author and singer of his own religious chansons.

Life and work

Cocagnac first studied architecture in Paris and, after joining the Dominican order, theology in Rome . In the 1950s and 1960s he wrote numerous religious chansons and new spiritual songs . He also wrote illustrated Bible editions for children and a book about his encounter with Carlos Castaneda, and engaged in a deep study of the spirituality of India . His main concern was to introduce the youth to biblical topics, but also to deal with the religious traditions of other cultures.

Works

Books

• Encounters with Carlos Castaneda and the healer Pachita. ( Rencontres avec Carlos Castaneda et Pachita la guérisseuse ). Nietsch, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, ISBN 3-929475-48-0
• India trip: on the streets of meditation ( Aujourd'hui l'Inde spiritual ). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1977, ISBN 3-451-17915-6
• Patmos Bible. 2 volumes. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1967, ISBN 3-491-79026-3
• What Does the Bible Tell Us? ( Les mots de la Bible ). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1969, ISBN 3-451-14841-2
• The story of our holy mass ( Pour comprendre ma mass ). Freiburg 1965

Songs

• "Zacchaeus, hurry down from the tree," 1963
• “If God did not love us” (beginning of the text: “Did the Lord God not love us”), 1963
• “The Blind Born”, 1963
• “But God never grants himself rest”, 1963

All German text transmissions of Père Cocagnac's chansons were provided by the Protestant pastor Helmut Oeß (born on September 26, 1921 in Pforzheim ). With this transfer work, which was carried out at the request of Père Cogagnac and on behalf of Patmos Verlag in Düsseldorf , a friendship developed between the two authors. Helmut Oeß now lives in Varel / North Sea resort Dangast .

More song titles

• "No one in the country except Noah stood by me"
• "Turrets of Babylon"
• "Abraham, move away, move away!"
• "Just pretend to be deaf, Pharaoh"
• "David only took five pebbles with him"
• "The tired prophet" (Elias)
• "O Canaan lovely land"
• "God is not in the wind"
• "On the rivers of Babylon"
• "O Jerusalem"
• "Where are you, God, Lord full of glory"
• "Did you know how dearly I loved you"
• "The lost Son"
• "The lost sheep"
• "The Adulteress"
• "But God never grants himself rest"
• "The man born blind"
• "The Two Blind"
• "The Samaritan"
• "Doors"
• "The little donkey from Jerusalem"
• "Paul"
• "Faces during Lent"
• "The Apocalypse"
• "Put away the luggage"

• "Your eyes tell me (you are often so clever and wise)"

In addition to these "Biblical Chansons", a number of "Religious Chansons" were created, which have a more meditative character. (Helmut Oeß)

Web links

• Works by and about Maurice Cocagnac in the catalog of the German National Library

• Le frère Maurice Cocagnac (French)