Monthly Archives: October 2025

The biennial conference was held in Adelaide this year and I was there, at the Hilton Hotel, which is agreeably placed between the Adelaide markets and the Cathedral, both of which came in handy. As usual, the organisation was top … Continue reading →

This is the last song from the hymn section of CWB I that I haven’t already covered elsewhere. As usual there were far more songs to cover than I had thought possible and with a lot of them being of … Continue reading →

CWB was fond of Lucien Deiss and here is another of his songs. The antiphon is based on Luke 15:18 and the ten verses come from various psalms, and are suitable for Reconciliation, Lent, Easter and funerals. The sheet music … Continue reading →

This looks like a hymn for the parents at a child’s Baptism. The text is by Frederick Herman Kaan and is here set to ST CLEMENT, by Clement Cotteral Scholefield. The text and sheet music are available from the wonderful … Continue reading →

This a useful Eucharistic hymn by Lucien Deiss. The text is on page eight of this handout: https://www.bbcatholic.org.au/ArticleDocuments/12448/15th%20Sunday%20%20-%20Home%20Liturgy%20a.pdf.aspx CWB got it from Biblical Hymns and Psalms Vol 2, which was published by WLP in 1970, and is now available very … Continue reading →

More necessary prayers for the evening from CWB, this time from St Joseph’s Abbey. The text is here. It is set to the venerable KINGSFOLD.

This is a text by the Benedictine Nuns of St Mary’s Abbey in West Maling. I have it in RitualSong, and other GIA hymnals, as a chant (TE LUCIS ANTE TERMINUM) for night prayer. In CWB it is set to … Continue reading →

I’m not sure what to make of this stirring – nay triumphant – hymn set to an Italian tradition melody NOI VOGLIAM DIO, the tune for the anthem of the Papal States. This in turn was a co-opting of a … Continue reading →

This is a translation by Louis Blenkner OSB of the C4 text Te Deum laudamus by St Nicetas. Blenkner was a scholar who published concerning the Gawain poet. I wrote a very dodgy dissertation on the same poet in the … Continue reading →