Monthly Archives: March 2019

Music for the Fifth Week of Lent Year C 6th/7th April 2019

Throughout Lent we will use a seasonal psalm, Marty Haugen’s “Be With Me”. Entrance: We Are Called (Haas) AOV 2/60 Gifts: God of Second Chances (Haas) Communion: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 Recessional: Though the Mountains May Fall … Continue reading

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That Easter Day With Joy was Bright CWB II 366

LASST UNS ERFRUEN is a very frequent Easter tune, here setting John Mason Neale’s translation of Claro Paschali Gaudio C5 Latin. It seems to be more usually set to PUER NOBIS NASCITUR. The text is public domain so I’m putting … Continue reading

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Surrexit Christus, Alleuia! CWB II 365

OK, this is another good song in CWB II that I haven’t come across before in their songs for Easter, so I should cease my complaining. This is a Taize song by Jacques Berthier where the assembly sings “Surrexit Christus” … Continue reading

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The Easter Joy of Christ CWB II 364

363 Now the Green Blade Rises … I’ve done This is a lovely song from Jennifer O’Brien for Easter that is a good find in Catholic Worship Book II. The tune has a slightly irregular structure with only seven bars … Continue reading

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Now Is Eternal Life CWB II 362

It would be uncharitable to suggest that blogging the songs for Easter in Catholic Worship Book II is a Lenten penance… so I won’t say that. 360 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today 361 Jesus Lives, Jesus Lives Today “Now Is … Continue reading

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In Remembrance of You CWB II 359

Christopher Willcock translated Didier Rimuad’s Easter text and set it to music. The text is in the preview at OCP, where you can purchase the sheet music. Listen to the preview to hear the challenging yet marvellous music. I think … Continue reading

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Music for the Fourth Week of Lent Year C 30/31st March 2019

Throughout Lent we will use a seasonal psalm, Marty Haugen’s “Be With Me”. Entrance: Hosea (Norbet) AOV 1/30 Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83 Communion: Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) AOV 1/35 Recessional: A New Heart … Continue reading

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Easter Glory Fills the Sky CWB II 358

CWB II continues its run of traditional hymnody for Easter with: 357 Good Shepherd, You Know Us … and this song set to LLANFAIR with a text by James Quinn. The text is here (thanks, Mary).

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Come, God’s People, Sing for Joy CWB II 356

This Easter song is by Keith David Pearson based on a text by John of Damascus and set to AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM. The text is here, and it is in Together In Song (391) as well as CWB II.

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Christians, Lift Up Your Hearts CWB II 355

This is a joyful Easter song from CWB II with a tune for the refrain and two separate verse tunes. The text is by John Edward Bowers and it is set to SALVA FESTES DIES by Ralph Vaughn Williams. I … Continue reading

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