Author Archives: maddg

Assuming our lock down is only three days and we are back at church next week, we will use these selections. Entrance: Here I Am Lord (Schutte) AOV 1/90 Psalm 39 (McKenna) Here I am, Lord; O come to do … Continue reading →

This Kyrie by Carol E. Browning is allocated to Lent by Gather 3rd ed. I suppose a plea for mercy is especially meaningful in Lent, but a good Kyrie is for year round use. I’ve had no luck finding this … Continue reading →

For Greater Brisbane it is a return to lockdown so no mass this weekend. We have had one case of the UK mutant Covid 19 out and about, so the city and surrounds are under restrictions for now. Hopefully, the … Continue reading →

This is an African American spiritual that is in Gather 3rd ed. and selected by them for Lent. The verse is call and response. I suspect it’s place is for choirs and assemblies where the spiritual is part of local … Continue reading →

Lent is very early this year so Ash Wednesday is only weeks away. Paul A Tate wrote this song for that very celebration. His text is from the ICEL Sacramentary for the refrain and based on Joel 2:12-18 and 2 … Continue reading →

Entrance: Come to the Water (Andersen) AOV 1/74 Isaiah 12 (McKenna) You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation Gifts: Springs of Salvation (Andersen) Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Thanksgiving: Baptised in Water (Saward; tune BUNESSAN) CWB … Continue reading →

This is a song for Epiphany from The Dameans. The text is by Mike Balhoff and the music by Darryl Ducote and Gary Daigle. The text is here on page three. I can’t find the sheet music other than on … Continue reading →

Just in time for Epiphany I have got to the songs in Gather 3rd ed. for that feast. This is one that I haven’t covered before, with a text by Francis Patrick O’Brien a Boston priest who appears to be … Continue reading →

This is a “Mary” song from Gather 3rd edition. The text is by M.D. Ridge and set to THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS a traditional Irish tune. The text is at Cantus Mundi. GIA sell the arrangement by Michael Joncas. … Continue reading →

Since it is the Feast of the Holy Family this excellent John Bell piece is made for today. The text is here. This is another that GIA only seems to sell for handbells these days, although they do have this … Continue reading →