Monthly Archives: June 2019

Readings: Proverbs 8:22-31 Romans 5: 1-5 John 16: 12-15 Entrance: Sing Out Earth and Sky  (Haugen) AOV 2/32 Psalm 8 (McKenna) O Lord our God, how wonderful your name in all the world Gifts: Blessed be Our God (McKenna) AOV … Continue reading →

I know this trinitarian hymn is written by John Henry Newman, but it has a touch of the doggerel about it to my ears. All the “I”s make it less wonderful for an assembly as well. CWB II set it … Continue reading →

This is one of the few hymns to use the Didache’s call for unity as a resource. F. Bland Tucker is listed as the translator. The text is at Hymnary, although CWB II gets rid of the the archaisms this … Continue reading →

A translation of a C7 Latin Eucharistic text Sancte, venite, Christi Corpus sumite by J M Neale. It came from a manuscript found in an Irish monastry. It is here set to a traditional Irish tune GUSTATE, which is quite … Continue reading →

Readings: Acts 2:1-11; Romans 8:8-17; John 14:15-16 The reading from Acts stops at verse 11 but what follows is interesting. Amazed and confused, they kept asking each other, “What does this mean?” But others made fun of the believers, saying, … Continue reading →

This is an interesting text that convicts the singer of their faithlessness and empty words – at least I hope that it is an examination of our conscience rather than a condemnation of others. It is written by Herman G. … Continue reading →