Monthly Archives: August 2025

In between the venerable hymn tunes with aged texts in CWB, there is the occasional folk mass era song that I somehow have managed not to find from other sources. This is a Joe Wise folk song from the sixties … Continue reading →

This is a Eucharistic text by Australian priest and theologian, David Michael Coffey, who died recently. CWB got it from the New Catholic Hymnal and set it to TALLIS’ CANON. Godsongs notes its use in NZ in the 1970s set … Continue reading →

I am on a voyage through the songs recommended for Australian Catholic Churches in the 1980s by their publication in the Catholic Worship Book. Many have been covered from other collections on this blog, so what I am finding are … Continue reading →

This is a wedding hymn written by Dorothy Frances Gurney for her sister’s wedding that wound up in hundreds of hymnals. CWB set it to HIGHWOOD by Richard Runciman Terry. Hymnary has more blurb than usual about this song. The … Continue reading →

This is evening prayer from the Divine Office with a text by the Benedictine Nuns of Stanbrook Abbey. It survived into CWB II with a different setting, but here it is set to O LIGHT SERENE by Howard Hughes. The … Continue reading →

Entrance: Christ Light, Shining in the Darkness (Grant) CWBII 468 Psalm 121 (McKenna) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. Gifts: Jesus Remember Me AOV 1/152 Communion: Hymn to Christ the King (Hart et al) Recessional: From … Continue reading →

Entrance: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164 Psalm 97 (McKenna) The Lord comes to rule with justice. Gifts: Blessed Be Our God  (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Recessional:  Send Us Out (Bryant) AOVD

Entrance: Come to the Water (Andersen) AOV 1/74 Psalm 45 (McKenna) The waters of the river gladden the city of God. Gifts: Springs of Salvation (Andersen) Communion: My Soul Is Thirsting (Angrisano) AOV NG 97 Recessional:  Lord, the Light of Your Love … Continue reading →

Entrance: Strong and Constant  (Andersen) AOV 1/110 Psalm 26 (McKenna) I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Gifts: Lord, We Come to Your Table (Herry) Communion: The Lord is My … Continue reading →

Entrance: Come As You Are (Brown) AOV 1/31 Psalm 32 (McKenna) The Lord hears the cry of the poor. Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83   Communion: Holy Is Your Name (WILD MOUNTAIN THYME) Recessional: Be Hope … Continue reading →