Mixing alternative rock styles and gentle ballads, The End and the Beginning is packed with slick, superbly recorded songs that promise to top the charts. Fortunately, this style doesn't come at the expense of sincerity and devotion. "Love Has Come" opens the album with a big, energetic sound marked by driving drums, a steady groove and excellent guitar work. His spellbinding "Litany" was used in the Papal Evening Prayer at World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, where Matt was a featured performer. "You Know Who I Am" was co-written by friend and mentor Tom Booth, who sings and plays bass and percussion on several songs. The title track, a fast-paced rock gem extolling the Eucharist as a glimpse of the "heavenly banquet," closes the album with a rush. The End and the Beginning is only the beginning for this gifted young songwriter and musician. Praise for The End and the Beginning "This collection—which takes a place among the very best—reflects distinctively Catholic theology and spirituality more profoundly and effectively than any contemporary release on the market." —Steve Flannery, CBA Marketplace "With supercharged spiritual muscles, newcomer Matt Maher flexes his six-pack with cuts and rips that will bring the hardest of young hearts to his/her knees. I gotta shout, 'Wow! '. . . [The title song] stands alone amongst all others in its all-encompassing revelation and Catholic message — and it rocks hard with polyrhythmic energies and driving electric guitars rivaling anything from the secular bins." —P.J. Littleton, Catholic Parent

CONTENTS Better Is One Day Just Like You Kyrie Lamb of God Litany of Saints Love Has Come The End and the Beginning The Heart of Worship Wonderful to Me You Are the Lord You Know Who I Am Your Love Is Extravagant