Author Archives: maddg

Ricky Manalo’s Marian hymn has been added for Breaking Bread 2021. He suggests it be played like a tender lullaby. The verses are written to alternate between a cantor and the assembly but I suspect the whole song is OK … Continue reading →

I have been looking at the new songs chosen for Breaking Bread 2021. “Hail Thee, Festival Day” must have dropped out of favour at OCP but has been reinstated, because it used to be in their book, and I have … Continue reading →

This old Methodist hymn is being added to Breaking Bread for 2021. The text was originally in Welsh by William Williams and translated by Peter Williams. It is here set to the exciting tune CWM RHONDDA by John Hughes. It … Continue reading →

Entrance: City of God (Schutte) AO)V 1/57 Psalm 62 (McKenna) My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God Gifts:  Holy Wisdom, Lamp of Learning (Duck) tune BEACH SPRING Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Thanksgiving:  My Soul … Continue reading →

Tom Booth wrote this low key recessional, which has been included in Breaking Bread for 2021. The words spring from a quote from St Teresa of Calcutta,” Seek out the poor, the sick, those in spiritual need”. OCP offer some … Continue reading →

Rufino Zaragosa wrote this fine new addition to Breaking Bread for 2021. It is hymn for Holy Week with three verses for communion and three specifically for Good Friday. The tune wanders off through some interesting excursions through unexpected chords. … Continue reading →

‘They’ll Know We Are Christians” by Peter Scholtes is given an affectionate reboot by Tom Kendzia in this hymn selected for Breaking Bread in 2021. The text is adapted by Kendzia and his music is new but with nods to … Continue reading →

This is another of the songs added to Breaking Bread for 2021. Lourdes Montgomery has crafted a song of consolation from the Beatitudes for use in funerals (or this week for All Souls), or of welcome for confirmations. I am … Continue reading →

This 2003 song for Eucharist with a text by Ricky Manalo and Pia de Leon and music by Manalo has been re-added to Breaking Bread for 2021. The Filipino language component is just the title so it isn’t much of … Continue reading →

I made a new backing for this song, then realised it must have been dropped from Breaking Bread by OCP and now has been reinstated. It is by Bernadette Farrell and Owen Alstott and was written for the 2001 conference … Continue reading →