Monthly Archives: July 2020

This is a spiritual based somewhat on Jeremiah 8:22. Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Although it is PD, OCP sell the … Continue reading →

This is a repetitive chant based on John 1:14 by Thomas H. Troeger set to JESU DULCIS MEMORIA. The text is in the preview at OCP where they sell the sheet music. This is a terrible backing I made some … Continue reading →

This is a powerful Easter poem by Genevieve Glen set to ROCKINGHAM. I’ve never heard it sung and can find no performances on the web. I encourage you to read her text in the preview at OCP, where they also … Continue reading →

The Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 that I purchased second hand some years ago is a truly remarkable book if not quite the “Hitch Hikers Guide to the Universe”. For what seems like forever I have been (on and off) surveying … Continue reading →

This song is a folk styled song from the sixties, and it sounds like it for good or ill. Happily, I love sixties folk music, but this is from before my time in the Catholic church and I was unfamiliar … Continue reading →

This is an anonymous c19 text supposedly based on Isaiah 7:14 set to VENITE ADORAMUS. To be picky it is actually a hymn based on traditional sources from outside the canon that create an aural nativity scene for those in … Continue reading →

This is quite the production for Good Friday; and Lent in anticipation of that. It is by Anne Quigley and starts with a Latin refrain sung by the assembly or choir “at least three times” to begin with. This is … Continue reading →

If you want to know where things are precaution wise with church locally, look here where you can book your free tickets to Mass from next week onwards. Entrance: Canticle of Creation (Watts-O’Brien) AOV NG 20 Psalm 64 (McKenna) The seed … Continue reading →

I mentioned this hymn briefly in this post but since it is in this collection I will give it a blog of its own. This is a text based on Psalm 23 with other inspiration from all over the Bible. … Continue reading →

This is a text from forty-three years ago set to a tune one hundred and fifty years old. The words are by Melvin Farrell and have a specific use for Christ the King. It is set to ICH GLAUB AN … Continue reading →