Monthly Archives: August 2021

The music director at Ryan’s parish has set this blessing nicely and I had a stab at making a backing – warning – may be approximate. The Lord bless you. The Lord keep you. The Lord make his face shine … Continue reading →

This is Social Justice Sunday in this parish. Entrance: A Place at the Table  (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1 Psalm 14 (McKenna) The just will live in the presence of the Lord Gifts: I Give You … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 33 (McKenna) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Gifts: We Are Many Parts  (Haugen) AOV 1/86 Communion: In the Breaking of the Bread  (Hurd) AOV 1/58 Thanksgiving: Lord, to Whom Shall We … Continue reading →

I’ve stepped back from playing music and helping with liturgies as we are further along with relocating to Tasmania. I had been having frequent trips there, but Queensland is currently locked out of Tasmania and their rules for entry sometimes … Continue reading →

I’m currently looking at the songs added to Breaking Bread in 2018 by OCP. This is a useful song from Bob Hurd for Eucharist and when the readings have shepherd motifs (hint – fourth Sunday of Easter). The tune is … Continue reading →

OCP chose this beautiful Bernadette Farrell song with a text based on Psalm 42 for Breaking Bread in 2018. It would be lovely for Preparation of the Gifts. The sheet music can purchased at OCP where the text is in … Continue reading →

I’m going to jump from GIA to OCP and blog the songs that were added to Breaking Bread in 2018. I have covered the more recent additions but still hope to find reasonably new songs for our liturgical celebrations. This … Continue reading →

This isn’t in a collection I have, but was used at Ryan’s parish recently and is a song of consolation. It was written by Ron and Carol Harris. It has a fair old range and a few tricky rhythms and … Continue reading →

The last song in Volume Two of the guitar version of Gather 3rd ed. is Francis Patrick O’Brien’s song based on 1 Cor 13:1-2,8,13. Singing the line ” I am like a noisy gong” sounds great to me. GIA have … Continue reading →

This song expressing love for God was written by Duy Thiên (Fr. Nguyễn Văn Thăng) in Vietnamese with an English translation of the text by Rufino Zaragoza. More remarkable than a Vietnamese song showing up in Gather, is the fact … Continue reading →