Receive the Power released on 1 July! The WYD08 theme song has now been officially released. You can download a copy for non-commercial use from the WYD08 official site. Lyric sheets, musical score and a theological reflection are also available to download.  

Click here to go to the official WYD08 site and download the song!!!

Receive the Power is an inspirational song that was officially released at a free outdoor event in Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour. Thousands attended this event which also celebrated the arrival of the World Youth Day Cross and Icon, considered to be the ‘Olympic Torch’ of World Youth Day.

Guy wrote the song with Gary Pinto, a Melbourne based singer and songwriter and performs with Paulini on the English language version. An international version with verses in Italian, Spanish and French has been recorded and the Italian verse of the song is sung by Robert Galea, who wrote our Sandhurst WYD song, "To the ends of the earth"

Guy has woven the lyrics around the theme for the 23rd World Youth Day chosen by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI: “You will receive the power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses.” (Acts 1:8).

“Receive the Power is a wonderful work, a foretaste of that day next year when by the power of the Holy Spirit divisions between peoples will be set aside and “every nation, every tribe” will come together for the World Youth Day,” said WYD08 Coordinator Bishop Anthony Fisher.

The song was produced in collaboration with SONY BMG Music Entertainment Pty Limited.

Receive the Power is now available on the WYD08 website

A copy of the single on CD can be purchased for $5.95 + postage & handling and the DVD for $8.95 + postage & handling from the WYD08 online shop