Monthly Archives: November 2020

O Word of Christ BB 593

Breaking Bread have added this song by Sarah Hart and Dwight Liles for 2021. The text covers a lot of ground from Christmas to Easter to emphasise the love of God and will work for Gifts, Eucharist and as a … Continue reading

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Music for Christ the King Year A 21st/22nd November 2020

Entrance: All You Works of God (Haugen) AOV 1/19 Psalm 22 (McKenna) The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. Gifts:   The Lord is My Shepherd (Boniwell) AOV 1/26 Communion: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/26 Thanksgiving:  Hymn to … Continue reading

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O Jesus, Healer of Wounded Souls BB 660

Pedro Rubalcava wrote this gentle hopeful song for anointing and the world’s current state. It has been added to Breaking Bread for 2021, although it is nearly twenty years old. It goes from 9/8 to 6/8 and back again in … Continue reading

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O God of Light, the Dawning Day BB 625

Luke Rosen set this text by James Quinn in 2018 and it was included in Breaking Bread for 2021. It is, unsurprisingly, a hymn for morning prayer. The text is here. The setting is really is quite lovely and the … Continue reading

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No Hay Amor Mas Grande / No Greater Love BB 368

Bob Hurd wrote this very pretty song for Holy Thursday especially based on verses from John 15 in 2004. It has been included in Breaking Bread for 2021. It can be sung in Spanish, English and Bilingual forms. The sheet … Continue reading

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Lord, to Whom Shall We Go BB 405

This Scott Soper song based on John 6:68 has been added for Breaking Bread. We use Michael Herry’s song of the same name and I doubt we would switch, nice though the song is. OCP sell the sheet music and … Continue reading

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In the Breaking of the Bread BB 180

Timothy R. Smith‘s song for Eucharist is nearly twenty years old but it got a guernsey from Breaking Bread for 2021. Patience has its rewards. I already blogged this here as it is in Spirit and Song. The text is … Continue reading

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Come Share This Meal

I had a request for this song by Australian songwriter John Burland. It is a Eucharistic song that, while aimed at children with repetition and simple words, nonetheless is fine for adults. It is from his collection God Loves Me. … Continue reading

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Willow Moves to Digital Only (Almost)

This is an announcement from Monica O’Brien that most of you will have already heard of by now. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MONICA O’BRIEN,MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WILLOW PUBLISHING  New Digital Music Market Place for Catholic/Christian Music in Australia.  Dear Friends, In 2021 Willow … Continue reading

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Music for the Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time Year A 14th/15th November 2020

Entrance: Christ be Our Light  (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Psalm 127 (McKenna) Happy are those who fear the Lord. Gifts:   Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Communion: We Are Many Parts  (Haugen) AOV 1/86 Thanksgiving:  God of Day and God of Darkness  (Haugen) … Continue reading

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