Monthly Archives: May 2026

For the thrill seekers amongst us, the New Living Parish Hymn Book included Benjamin Britten’s arrangement of this cheery number. Does this really get played at funerals? It would need a very high level of expertise to pull it off. … Continue reading →

I covered this McAuley/Connolly Advent classic from its appearance in CWB II, but their work is always worth promoting. Note McAuley’s straight forward concise text. The sheet music is available at Willow. I’m leaning rather heavily on Chris’s LiturgyShare site … Continue reading →

This is also based on Veni Creator Spiritus but with far different lyrics, though still for Pentecost. It is here set to TALLIS’ ORDINAL. Godsongs has some background. It is in CWB II so I blogged it there. The backing … Continue reading →

More chant… This is Veni Creator Spiritus, a C9 Latin Pentecost hymn translated by Edward Caswell. John de Luca gave his arrangement of the plainsong chant for the New Living Parish Hymnal. I got the chords from LiturgyShare, where there … Continue reading →

This is a Pentecost hymn, that I covered many years ago from its appearance in As One Voice. The text is six hundred years or so old, by Bianco da Siena (NB Wikipedia’s incorrect date of death) and translated by … Continue reading →

This is just Gregory Norbet‘s wildly popular song, “Hosea”, but, as previously noted, everything thing in the New Living Parish Hymn Book is on a first line basis. It remains a useful song for Lent and Reconciliation. I was kind … Continue reading →

Entrance: Mercy from the Heart of God (O’Brien/Ogilive) AOVD Psalm 66 (McKenna) O God, let all the nations praise you! Gifts: All the Hungry, Come (Doherty) Communion: To the Table We Are Called (O’Brien/Harvey) AOVD Recessional: Hope in Love (Bierer, Deegan, … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 84 (McKenna) Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation. Gifts: Blessed be Our God (McKenna) Communion:  Mercy from the Heart of God (O’Brien/Ogilive) AOVD Recessional: Send Us … Continue reading →

Entrance: You Are Welcome (Watt) Psalm 144 (McKenna) The hand of the Lord feeds us, he answers all our needs. Gifts: Bless Our Gifts (Grant) AOVD Communion: Here at the Table (Ogilvie/Harvey) Recessional: Send Us Out (Bryant) AOVD

Entrance:  Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 118 (McKenna) Lord, I love your commands. Lord, I love your commands. Gifts: Blessed be Our God (McKenna) Communion: Old Treasure, New Treasure (Madden) Recessional: Hope in Love (Bierer, Deegan, Hart, Lynch, … Continue reading →