Monthly Archives: November 2020

This uplifting Stephen Pishner hymn for Advent needs an assembly that can syncopate and a cantor with Gospel skills. If you have that in your church go for it. Otherwise it is ideal for a choir. GIA will sell you … Continue reading →

Entrance: O Emmanuel (Mangan) Gifts: O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Neale) AOV 1/174 Communion:  Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Recessional: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness   (Sands) AOV 1/131

Entrance: Emmanuel (Angisano) Gifts: Prepare the Way of the Lord (Boniwell) CWB II 250 Communion:  Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Recessional: The Magnificat (Kearney) AOV 1/52

Entrance: O Emmanuel (Mangan) Gifts: Come to Set Us Free (Farrell) AOV 1/39 Communion:  Praise To You O Christ (Farrell) AOV 1/28 Recessional: A Voice in the Wilderness  (Robinson) AOV 1/60

With Covid 19 pretty much under control in Australia, we have been allowed to double our numbers, which really should get us back to normal. There is still social distancing and extra cleaning measures after Mass, and we still have … Continue reading →

When Willow shut down its physical store I got a copy of GIA’s three volume Gather 3rd Ed for Guitar at half price. Each volume is still hefty but manageable on a strong music stand. It has a proper spiral … Continue reading →

I have blogged this M.D. Ridge Easter text as set to THAXTED here, but this is the setting by Casey McKinley that has been added to Breaking Bread for 2021. It is a fine tune giving the text a very … Continue reading →

Maureen Braire wrote this lovely prayerful song based on Micah 6 in 2016. It has been added for Breaking Bread in 2021. OCP recommend it for Lent but the first four verses sound great for Advent as well. As always, … Continue reading →

This Barbara Bridge song fills a lot of liturgical uses and will be a useful addition to Breaking Bread for 2021. The refrain has extra versions for Advent and for Evening Prayer. The eight verses allow selections for healing, justice, … Continue reading →

I’m still looking at songs that are new to Breaking Bread for 2021. This is Scot Crandal‘s recent stirring setting of James Quinn’s paraphrase of Psalm 100. The sheet music is available for purchase at OCP where the text is … Continue reading →