Author Archives: maddg

This is Paul Mason’s take on the Psalm for the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Year C. It’s still Psalm 16 and he has kept the same interesting but singable tune and the verses are the same as yesterday’s psalm. … Continue reading →

This is Paul Mason’s setting of Psalm 16 for the Third Sunday of Easter Year A. The tune is just about the same as yesterday’s psalm. It is from Volume 3 of Psalms for All Time. Buy this collection of … Continue reading →

I’m starting on Paul Mason’s third collection of psalms, Psalms for All Times Vol 3. Go and buy all his psalm books at Liturgical Song. You get the texts, his amazing music and extensive commentary, as well as the fun … Continue reading →

It’s Ash Wednesday already… I’d like to to keep the same songs running throughout Lent. Entrance: Merciful God – Entrance (Alonso) Gifts: All the Hungry (Doherty) Communion: Coming Home (Kirkpatrick) Recessional: Hope in Love (Bierer, Deegan, Hart, Lynch, Watts) While … Continue reading →

There are new Lectionaries that have either arrived or are coming for the English speaking Catholic world. England has theirs already using the ESV-CE translation for the readings, the USA is going with the Catholic American Bible (natch) when they … Continue reading →

Blame Mary for this one. In the context of church songs that may have become country standards, she directed us to this song by Fr. Eamonn (Eddie) Bheartla Ó Connaighle. It is a proper Irish folk song. The background for … Continue reading →

A singer at our church faced with weeks with an absence of musicians, has occasionally used the MyMIDI program and MIDI files to lead the singing at mass. She tells me it is much better if someone else presses the … Continue reading →

This apparently well known song was new to me when it was suggested at a meeting about music for Lent. I found sheet music, which attributes this song to Mary Kirkbride and Marylou Locke, but hymnary adds Peter West to … Continue reading →

Speaking of copyright disasters (see yesterday), Gio has been fossicking in the bowels of his church and found many treasures from long ago, including a hymn book called Festive People. He has scanned it for us. In amongst songs of … Continue reading →

I asked our lovely parish priest if he had any songs he liked for Lent and said to look up a song called “Coming Home”. He has also mentioned a source called With Joyful Lips, so I looked there and, … Continue reading →