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This is a newish gathering song (2107) from Michael Joncas that has been added to Breaking Bread for 2020. It is also a song of mission and commissioning suitable as a recessional. It uses a narrative setting to advance the … Continue reading →

Is this really what OCP suggests as new music for 2020? This is John M. Neale’s translation of a C8 text by John of Damascus based on Exodus 15. The tune is GAUDEAMUS PARITER. 1 Come, ye faithful, raise the … Continue reading →

This new entry into Breaking Bread for 2020 isn’t exactly new. The text by James Quinn is from 1969 and the setting by Martin Foster is from 1996. But the lyrics are based on a c7 original and the tune … Continue reading →

OCP lists “Behold, Before Our Wond’ring Eyes” as a new entry but it used to be featured so I suppose it was removed and has now been reinstated. In any case I have already blogged that song here. This is … Continue reading →

This song by Barbara Bridge has been added to Breaking Bread for 2020. It is from 2016 and so is pretty recent. She uses Isaiah 49, Hosea 11 and Psalm 139 for her text. Any liturgy with mercy in mind … Continue reading →

The music liturgy team were able to meet for the first time in a while and we have selected these songs for next week’s liturgy: Entrance:  Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 94 (McKenna) O that today you … Continue reading →

The index for each year’s Breaking Bread is available in pdf from OCP and includes all the the songs added for the year. This is from the list of those added for 2020. Going through older hymnals I have found … Continue reading →

After years on and off I am at the end of the alphabetical section of this enormous loose leaf tome. From here on there are Psalms and then many Mass settings (redundant for the most part) with some additional service … Continue reading →

This is another baptism song, this time by James Hansen. The text is at OCP in their preview and they will sell you the sheet music.

This is a grand song by Stephen Dean for Baptism or Confirmation. He derived inspiration for the text from Romans 5:15, 6:4, 8:38-9 and Ephesians 4:4. The text has been provided in the preview at OCP who will sell you … Continue reading →