Monthly Archives: May 2026

Entrance: A New Heart for a New World (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158 Psalm 85 (McKenna) Lord you are good and forgiving. Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital Communion: Christ Light, Shining in the Darkness (Grant) CWBII 468 Recessional: Be Hope (Bryant, Jorna, … Continue reading →

Entrance: A Voice is Heard (O’Brien/Watts) AOV NG 2 Psalm 64 ( McKenna) Gifts: Here at the Table (Ogilvie/Harvey) Communion: To the Table We Are Called (O’Brien/Harvey) AOVD Recessional: Send Us Out (Bryant) AOVD

Entrance: Canticle of Creation (Watts-O’Brien) AOV NG 20 Psalm 144 (McKenna) I will praise your name forever, my king and my God. Gifts: Bless Our Gifts (Grant) AOVD Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33 Recessional: Hope in Love … Continue reading →

Entrance: You Are Welcome (Watt) Psalm 88 (McKenna) Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. Gifts:  Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital Communion: All the Hungry, Come (Doherty) Recessional: Christ Light, Shining in the Darkness (Grant) CWBII 468

Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 68 (McKenna) Lord, in your great love, answer me, answer me. Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: Here at the Table (Ogilvie/Harvey) Recessional: Hope in Love (Bierer, Deegan, Hart, … Continue reading →

Entrance: Summoned by Love (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/18 Psalm 99 (McKenna) We are his people, the sheep of his flock Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital Communion: All the Hungry, Come (Doherty) Recessional: Send Us Out (Bryant) AOVD

Entrance: You Are Welcome (Watt) Psalm 147 (McKenna) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem Gifts: This Blessing Cup (Andersen) Communion: To the Table We Are Called (O’Brien/Harvey) AOVD Recessional: Be Hope (Bryant, Jorna, McNally, Madden)

With few exceptions, I’m managing to select Australian songs for Mass. Entrance: One Body In Christ (McKenna) AOV NG 102 Daniel 3 (McKenna) Glory and praise forever. Gifts: Trinity Song (Andersen) Communion: I Believe in God the Father (Perry, STUTTGART) … Continue reading →

This is in fact Kumbayah, the ultimate three chord folk song, except John de Luca has usefully changed the words and used somewhat more than just 3 chords. It was originally an African-American spiritual that was taken up by the … Continue reading →

I am finding some hymns in the New Living Parish Hymnal that I have still not yet covered in all these years of blogging. This one is an obvious choice for Christ the King. The text is by I.J.E Daniel … Continue reading →