Author Archives: maddg

This is a Scott Soper song for Palm Sunday. The assembly does the chorus and the verses are call and response with a cantor. It would still sound OK with the assembly doing it all – I don’t think the … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Us In (Haugen) AOV 1/12 Psalm 94 (McKenna) If today you hear his voice, harden not your heart. Gifts: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 Communion: Lord, to Whom Shall We Go (Herry) AOV 1/6 Thanksgiving: Seek Ye First (Lafferty) … Continue reading →

Gather 3rd ed. continues with music for specific celebrations with a song that is what is says, by Rory Cooney. It is singable and meant to be call and response between the cantor and assembly. That makes some sense if … Continue reading →

I’ve finished the songs for Lent that were new to me from Gather 3rd ed in plenty of time with this one with a text by Thomas Troeger and set by William P. Rowan. There is an introductory stanza followed … Continue reading →

This is the English translation of the greeting and the absolution from the penitential rite from the Roman Missal. (I cribbed that straight from GIA) Except for the bits written by Rory Cooney. The music is by Gary Daigle. The … Continue reading →

Entrance: Come As You Are (Brown) AOV 1/31 Psalm 24 (McKenna) Teach Me You Ways, O Lord. Teach me your ways. Gifts: Galilee Song (Andersen) AOV 1/15 Communion: We Are Many Parts  (Haugen) AOV 1/86 Thanksgiving:  Christ Light, Shining in … Continue reading →

This is a very lyrical ballad for Lent by Lori True. The verses are just different enough to need a cantor, but the refrain is nicely singable. She provides a harmony line in the verse if you are after a … Continue reading →

This is more for Lent from Francis Patrick O’Brien found in Gather 3rd ed. He has lots of songs in this collection but I’ve never heard any of his songs played in Australia. Maybe I don’t get around enough. The … Continue reading →

Gather 3rd ed. has this song in their section for Lent by their favourite priest song-writer Francis Patrick O’Brien. The verses are in G, the refrain is in E and there are some interesting chords. In places the tune of … Continue reading →

This is another Carol E. Browning song for Lent in Gather 3rd ed. She used The Jesus Prayer as a refrain and the Agnus Dei and Psalm 51 for the verses. The assembly sings the ostinato refrain and a cantor … Continue reading →