Monthly Archives: April 2020

The lovely thing about this first volume of Catholic Worship Book II is its comprehensive nature as a liturgical resource. Just when you thought every funeral song ever written was already covered they throw in the Latin chants. I’ve never … Continue reading →

From the seemingly inexhaustible supply of liturgical music for funerals in CWB II there is this much loved song by Ernest Sands with a refrain based in In paradisum and verses from Psalm 27 (26). The text is here. The … Continue reading →

This is yet another funeral song, this time Bob Dufford‘s adaptation of In paradisum. CWB II just gives the refrain, so if you want the whole song with all the verses you’ll have to buy it at OCP, where the … Continue reading →

This is just the ICEL text of In Paradisum set to TALLIS’ CANON. 1 May saints and angels lead you on, Escorting you where Christ has gone. Now he has called you, come to him Who sits above the seraphim. … Continue reading →

Mary at Godsongs posted about this lovely song by Michael Joncas. It is his paraphrase of Psalm 23 and a prayerful response to the Covid 19 epidemic. The text and music have been posted here for now but I think … Continue reading →

I’m skipping Philip Duffy’s chant setting of ICEL’s “Song of Farewell” (153) because BIAB CAN’T DO CHANT. CWB II also has funeral songs for the procession to the place of committal. This one is by James Quinn, the first verse … Continue reading →

This is another “Song of Farewell”, this time by the wonderfully talented and prolific Sr Jennifer O’Brien. She uses the unaltered ICEL text from the Order of Christians Funerals, which you can find here. The refrain is singable by an … Continue reading →

This is another funeral song and another version of the “Song of Farewell.” This has a text by Delores Dufner and it is here set to RICHMOND. The text is on page nine of this brochure, which has other good … Continue reading →

This version of a “Song of Farewell” for a funeral is by Dennis C. Smolarski SJ and is set to OLD 100th so everyone can sing along. OCP have the sheet music and the text is in their preview. BIAB … Continue reading →

I still working through the best part of Catholic Worship Book II – volume one, which is full of songs for particular liturgies. I’m covering songs I haven’t already blogged. In the funeral section is this text by Richard Frederick … Continue reading →