Monthly Archives: March 2020

This is another song for the anointing of the sick, so very apposite. Bernard Kilpatrick set his text to LARGO from the New Word Symphony by Antonin Dvorak. I found chords on the internet for this – no easy task … Continue reading →

Another anointing song with a text by Fred Pratt Green available at Hymnary. CWB II leaves out their third verse. Here it is set to the chant, JESU DULCIS MEMORIA, which is a singular choice, that is not one of … Continue reading →

Hymns for anointing are especially appropriate just now. Cases of Covid 19 have spiked in Queensland. We have had no cases at our practice yet but my hands are raw from washing and my throat hoarse from reassuring those who … Continue reading →

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The more I look at Volume One of this collection, the more it seems that this is an excellent resource of music for specific liturgies attached to a mediocre hymn book in Volume Two. This is a lovely simple tune … Continue reading →

Back in the useful first volume of Catholic Worship Book II, where all the liturgical goodies are, is this somng for penance by Bernard Kirkpatrick. He cast his net wide for the text with a verse from Ezekiel, Isaiah, Micah … Continue reading →

Since Mass is cancelled I may as well have a virtual mass for myself and note the somewhat incoherent brief random thoughts on the readings I would have as if I was hearing them proclaimed: 1st Reading 1 Sam 16:1, … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish used this Christopher Walker tune recently. It is a setting of Psalm 33 and the refrain is singable. The verses, however, will need a practiced cantor because the tune goes in weird and wonderful places. The sheet music … Continue reading →

Looking at music liturgy choices posted here makes me aware of new songs that I would otherwise not know about. This is another from RS’s parish by Trevor Thomson with obvious liturgical uses when the readings come up and Eucharist … Continue reading →

RS’s parish recently used this setting of the Beatitudes with a text by Delores Dufner and music by Scot Crandal. They suggest doing the verses in groups of two before each refrain. The Beatitudes can be used in lots of … Continue reading →