<P> "On Eagle's Wings" is a devotional song composed by Michael Joncas . Its words are based on Psalm 91, Book of Exodus 19, and Gospel of Matthew 13 . Joncas wrote the piece in either 1976 or 1979 . It was recorded in 1979, with Douglas Hall as producer, published by North American Liturgy Resources and later purchased by New Dawn Music, a subsidiary of Oregon Catholic Press . It has become popular as a contemplative song at Catholic masses as well as at Mainline Protestant services . </P> <P> It is now sung during services of many Christian denominations, including Pentecostal churches, and was performed at many of the funerals of victims of September 11 . It is often performed either at the beginning or the ending of a Roman Catholic funeral mass . It has been performed at many internationally broadcast papal Masses, was selected as part of the 2007 funeral Mass for Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy, also broadcast internationally . </P>

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