Author Archives: maddg

This is a wonderful but long piece that needs to be done at the vigil. My problem is if you exclude chant there are few metrical settings. The text is here. My recollection is that the old version could be … Continue reading →

I am now living in Tasmania full time and have started playing at Mass again in the local church. I will do my own selections for the masses I play at. Currently the Psalm and Gospel Alleluia are said and … Continue reading →

Mark Friedman and Janet Vogt wrote this Advent anthem that is in Never Too Young. Like many of the songs in this collection it is not specifically for young people. There are two harmony lines provided to use towards the … Continue reading →

This song of thanksgiving from Never Too Young is by Janet Vogt, and is definitely aimed at a young audience, although the vocal range and harmony lines perhaps suggest a choir. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where … Continue reading →

My somewhat random look through the collection, Never Too Young, has turned up this rather sweet adaption of a text from St Francis of Assisi, by Rufino Zaragoza OFM. I am skipping many songs because I have done them before … Continue reading →

This an appropriately joyful setting of Psalm 126 by Jaime Cortez. Sometimes singing psalms of joy we may not sound that way, so this is great. The sheet music says 80bpm but I suspect it is 120+. The cantor will … Continue reading →

I am picking a few songs from this collection that might bridge the gap between the OCP songs in AOV and the ones I have caught up on from later updates. This song, aka “O Come and Sing”, is by … Continue reading →

Entrance:  Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Gifts:    Open My Eyes  (Manibusan) AOV 1/166 Communion: Eat This Bread (Berthier) AOV 1/125 Thanksgiving: I Have Seen the Lord (Hurd) AOV 1/98 Recessional: As a Fire is Meant for Burning  (Duck) GA … Continue reading →

Entrance:  Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) AOV 1/156 Gifts:    I Give You a New Commandment (Hurd) Communion: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Thanksgiving: As Gentle As Silence (White) CWB II 580 Recessional: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness   (Sands) AOV 1/131

Entrance:  Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Gifts:    The Beatitudes  (Kearney) CWB II 456 Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Thanksgiving: Be Not Afraid (Dufford) AOV 1/114 Recessional: A New Heart for a New World   (O’Brien/Watts) … Continue reading →