Monthly Archives: August 2017

This text by Walter C. Smith is set to ST DENIO, which I have already blogged here. I remember it from my Presbyterian childhood but I haven’t heard it in a Catholic church around here. It could be an entrance … Continue reading →

I can jump a couple more already blogged songs in OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book circa 2005 and look at Grayson Warren Brown‘s “If God Is For Us”. This is a slow gospel song based on Romans 8:31-39 and I suspect … Continue reading →

Entrance: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1 Psalm 66 (McKenna) O God, let all the nations praise you. Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83 Communion: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Table … Continue reading →

Gerard Chiusano is popping up a lot in the songs that I haven’t come across before in the Guitar Accompaniment Book.  I’m not sure if that is good or bad. He based it on Ezekiel 36:23-27 and it is perfectly … Continue reading →

Still looking at OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 I can skip several already blogged songs to get this one by Bob Hurd. This is his amalgam of elements of Psalms 148,149 and 150 and is a song of praise that would … Continue reading →

Entrance: Sing Out Earth and Skies (Haugen) AOV 2/32 Psalm 84 (McKenna) Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation. Gifts: As Gentle As Silence (White) GA 470 Communion: Be Not Afraid  (Dufford) AOV 1/114 Bread Broken, Wine Shared (Horner) … Continue reading →

This song written by Delores Dufner was used at Ryan’s parish on Sunday. It is set to STUTTGART. The text suits all these “seed” readings from the last few weeks but is a recessional as well. The text is here. … Continue reading →

This Ruth Duck text was sung at RS’s parish last Sunday. It is sung to BEACH SPRING which I have blogged already here. It would make a fine recessional. The text is here. You can also find it in OCP’s … Continue reading →