Monthly Archives: May 2025

This is another Arnold Strals song from Sister Janet Mead’s album, With You I Am. The words are based on Psalm 31. It appears all the texts are either parts of the Mass or Psalms. It is in a blues … Continue reading →

It is a pity the sheet music album, With You I Am, that accompanies the record by Sister Janet Mead is out of print. It’s ambitious to say the least. She wrote the music herself for this setting of the … Continue reading →

I’m looking at Sister Janet Mead’s album, With You I Am. She used five songwriters on this record and Arnold Strals wrote five of them including this song and the hit version of “The Lord’s Prayer”. He was active in … Continue reading →

This is a trip back to the seventies and Sister Janet Mead‘s album, With You I Am, which contained her hit version of “The Lord’s Prayer”. I picked up the sheet music second hand many years ago and never looked … Continue reading →

This is reggae style story song based on the life of Moses from the Wildfire group at Lismore. It is the final song from their latest EP, Kingdom Come. This could be used in primary schools and is a fun … Continue reading →

This is a sung prayer for Adoration from the Wildfire group in Lismore, but is obviously useful in other prayerful settings. Without sheet music I won’t be making backings, but a lot of people play off chord charts, and I … Continue reading →

This is title track from Wildfire Proclaim Lismore‘s latest EP, Kingdom Come. As a youth ministry they make songs primarily for that segment of the church but they are great songs in any case. This one is a performance piece … Continue reading →

This is the next song from Wildfire Proclaim Lismore‘s latest EP, Kingdom Come. This lovely song of encouragement is ideal for school settings. I’m not making backings because they only have chords charts, but listen to their clip and play … Continue reading →

I’m going to take a sharp turn from all the hymnal archeology I’ve been doing and publicise some recent achievements of Catholic youth, specifically, Proclaim Lismore Wildfire. They describe their mission thus: Proclaim Lismore Wildfire, or ‘Wildfire,’ is a contemporary … Continue reading →

This is a new Marian hymn that is sincere and singable and written by Brigid McNally. I often say here that I have trouble with songs about Mary due to my Protestant upbringing, but this is good. The sheet music, … Continue reading →