Author Archives: maddg

With pretty much all I ever intend to cover in Gather Australia done, I’m turning from GIA to OCP and their selections adding to Breaking Bread for 2021. It’s nice to see what new songs are out there. This solemn … Continue reading →

Getting to Christ the King means I’ve pretty much covered the songs for Feasts and Seasons in Gather Australia that I hadn’t already done from other sources. This text by George K.A. Bell is here set to BEVERLY by Charles … Continue reading →

This is another one of the selections in Gather Australia for the Body and Blood of Christ. Christopher Willcock wrote the tune and used 1 Cor 11:24-25 for the refrain and 1 Tim 3:16 for the verses. The tune drifts … Continue reading →

This is listed for the Body and Blood of Christ by Gather Australia, but has general Eucharistic applications. The text is by John Bell and it is set to AFTON WATERS. It is in his collection Enemy of Apathy. The … Continue reading →

This is a Trinitarian hymn with a text by Daniel Thambyarajah Niles. It is set to Elena Granada Maquiso’s tune HALAD. An extensive analysis of the song including the text is available here. I got the chords from Together In … Continue reading →

Skipping lots of Easter songs in Gather Australia already covered gets to to another challenging text from Shirley Erena Murray. GA leaves out a whole verse about new wineskins that while biblical might have been too challenging for us Catholics. … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) CWB II 535 Psalm 17 (McKenna) I love you Lord, my strength. I love you Lord, my strength. Gifts:  A New Commandment (Unknown) Communion: Will You Love Me?   (Boniwell) AOV 1/40 Thanksgiving: Deep In the Spirit … Continue reading →

Much of what I haven’t covered in Gather Australia are these useful pieces for specific liturgical purposes like this one, with the text by Kevin Lenehan and Jane Wood and the tune by Jane Wood. John 4:14 appears to be … Continue reading →

If you were thinking that the one thing wrong with the Easter Vigil readings was that they weren’t long enough, then Jane Wood and Kevin Lenehan have the answer for you. After each of the first seven readings they have … Continue reading →

Having the used the church copy of the this book for some years I felt obliged to buy a copy of my own which arrived today. I paid $50, which is astonishing value and Amanda provides sung Psalm responses for … Continue reading →