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Entrance: We Three Kings Psalm 71 (McKenna) Lord, ev’ry nation on earth will adore you, will adore you Gifts: Star Child (Shirley Erina Murray – Carlton R. Young) AOV 2/43   Communion: The First Noel Thanksgiving: Born in the Night … Continue reading →

Entrance: Joy to the World Psalm 104 (McKenna) The Lord remembers his covenant forever. Gifts: What Child is This? Communion: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Thanksgiving: Away in Manger Recessional: Angels We Have Heard on High

This carol from Trinidad might be suitable for a children’s Christmas pageant. The text is here. Musicnotes will sell you the sheet music – GIA only had a handbell arrangement.

I’m still trying to get all the Christmas songs that I haven’t already covered elsewhere from Gather 3rd ed. before Christmas arrives. This is a lovely song with a text by Sylvia G. Dunstan and set by Bob Moore. There … Continue reading →

This is another Christmas song of merit from the team of Mary Louise Bringle (words) and Sally Ann Morris (music). I like the line “summer’s heat or winter’s chill” as I think it’s the first time I’ve seen a Christmas … Continue reading →

I love the text of this Christmas song by Mary Louise Bringle based on Isaiah 9:1-6 with its obvious liturgical applications. The tune by Sally Ann Morris works well too, but I’d bring it down from Gm to Em for … Continue reading →

There are few more of these topical songs from Gather third ed. to get through before Christmas. Francis Patrick O’Brien, a priest from Boston with the most Irish name of all time, seems to be a GIA artist whose songs … Continue reading →

The guitar version of Gather third edition has a few more Christmas songs that are new to me. This one is a gentle Christmas song that is a singable alternative to the usual carols. It is by Francis Patrick O’Brien. … Continue reading →

Surprisingly after all the collections that I have blogged, Gather 3rd edition has some Christmas songs that I have not touched on as yet. This one has a wonderful text by Shirley Erena Murray. The text is available from the … Continue reading →

Having looked at the Advent songs in Gather 3rd edition, almost in time for Advent, it’s time for a break. I’ve slipped past ten years of this odd hobby of blogging hymn tunes and I will see what changes Christmas … Continue reading →