Monthly Archives: December 2019

A hymn for morning prayer or Lent adapted from Jam Christe sol justitiae by Harry Hagan OSB. The range is a bit much for me in the the tune BOURBON, I’d drop it from Ab to F if you can … Continue reading →

Entrance:    We Three Kings Psalm 71 (McKenna) Lord, ev’ry nation on earth will adore you, will adore you. Gifts:    Star Child (Shirley Erina Murray – Carlton R. Young) AOV 2/43   Communion: The First Nowell Thanksgiving:  Christ Be … Continue reading →

Skipping over songs already blogged gets me to this paraphrase of Psalm 103 by James Montgomery set to ST THOMAS. This is the text used by OCP. 1 O bless the Lord, my soul, his grace to thee proclaim, and … Continue reading →

Continuing my seemingly never ending survey of the songs in an old copy of OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book, I find Eugene Castillo’s gathering song. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the text is in their preview.

We have had weeks of heatwaves and bush fires and thick smoke in the air but last night’s huge storms left us with an uncharacteristically cool wet Christmas day. Delightful. I strummed along supporting one of our great pianists, who … Continue reading →

Entrance:    O Come All Ye Faithful Psalm 127 (McKenna) Happy are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Gifts:    In Love We Choose to Live (Cotter) AOV 2/63 Communion: Table of Emmanuel (Alonzo) tune: Holly … Continue reading →

This is Cyprian Consiglio’s setting of this c17 text for evening reflection by Paul Gerhardt in English translation. OCP gives us two verses from the Lutheran Book of Worship. There are other translations with many more verses – see Hymnary. … Continue reading →

Entrance:   O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Neale) AOV 1/174 Gifts:  Advent Chant (Porter/Kirkland) AOV 2/123 Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread  (Horner) AOV 2/155 Recessional: Praise To You O Christ (Farrell) AOV 1/28

This is a surprising and stately hymn of irregular meter by Bob Hurd that would make a great recessional as well as being suitable for Eucharist. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the text is in their … Continue reading →

This is another Advent hymn that was used at Ryan’s parish recently, that I haven’t done before. I would have got to it soon, as it is in the Guitar Accompaniment Book from OCP I’ve been blogging. It is a … Continue reading →