SAINT PAUL, Minn. — As Joe Biden wrapped up his first nationwide address as president-elect, he shared the lyrics of a song. "In the last stage of the campaign, I began thinking about a hymn that ...

Fr. Michael Joncas was watching President-elect Joe Biden's victory speech Nov. 7, but not even he was expecting Biden to quote from his well-known hymn "On Eagle's Wings." Biden gave an fairly ...

Eli Federman’s op-ed “The Bald Eagle Is Heaven-Sent” (Dec. 31) brings to mind the beautiful hymn “On Eagle’s Wings,” which is often sung both at Roman Catholic funeral Masses and at many Protestant ...

The Rev. Jan Michael Joncas has written 17 collections of liturgical music but he's best known for "On Eagles' Wings," a hymn he composed in the late 1970s as a seminary student. The song became one ...