Monthly Archives: January 2020

Brian Boniwell suggests this lovely song as a reflection. It is based on Matt 13:4-9,18-23 and would make sense when those readings come up. It would make a good solo. It is from the collection Spirit of Love available from … Continue reading →

I’ll give OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book a rest again and finally get around to this excellent collection from Australian songwriter, Brian Boniwell. This collection is of songs that are all suitable for liturgy. Godsongs has a good overview of the … Continue reading →

Ricky Manalo wrote the music and refrain for this song that can be used for prayer. It may have once been used for the gospel acclamation but I’m not sure that would be OK these days. He gives five psalm … Continue reading →

More from Sr Genevieve Glen. With obvious liturgical uses this text is set to WINCHESTER NEW. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP and the text is in their preview. Same tune and title – different text:

Entrance: Summoned By Love (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/18 Psalm: Canticle of Creation (Watts-O’Brien) AOV NG 20 Gifts: Prayer for Peace  (Haas) AOV 1/91 Communion: Will You Love Me?   (Boniwell) AOV 1/40 Thanksgiving: A Blessing Hymn for Australia (Herry) CWB II 655 Recessional: … Continue reading →

I’ve blogged this text before while looking at songs for a Corpus Christi Mass, but OCP set it to MELCOMBE by Samuel Webbe rather than DUGUIT. The words are by St Thomas Aquinas and are here translated by Edward Caswell, … Continue reading →

OCP suggests this hymn for adoration, but it is also obviously a Eucharistic hymn. Irvin Udulutsch OFM write the text for the verses and the refrain is c19 Italian. It is set to FULDA. You can purchase the sheet music … Continue reading →

This is a text suitable for funerals by Frederick Lucian Hosmer set to GELOBT SEI GOTT. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP. 1. O Lord of life, where’er they be, Safe in your own eternity, Now live your … Continue reading →

I am in OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book and if I skip something it means I have blogged it elsewhere from another source. This song by Genevieve Glen OSB is a night time prayer that would work for All Saints. It … Continue reading →

This Christopher Walker song is for anointing or Lent and based on Psalm 61:2-5. I gather it is the same tune as his song”O God, Hear Us”. I can’t find the lyrics anywhere but OCP sell it as part of … Continue reading →