Author Archives: maddg

This is a simple direct Eucharistic prayer in song written by Cyril A. Reilly. OCP sell the sheet music and provide the text in their preview.

This is, unsurprisingly, a song for gathering. Theodore Baker translated the Dutch original Wilt heden nu treden using all sorts of flourishes with clever internal rhymes and alliteration. I wonder if the original is as much fun. It is set … Continue reading →

I have already looked at other translations of this text by Philipp Nicolai here. OCP has used Christopher Idles’s translation. The wonderful people at Jubilate have provided the text. You can purchase the sheet music at OCP. The tune WACHET … Continue reading →

This is an ongoing survey of hymns from OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005, that I purchased second hand. It is a loose leaf monster of a tome and the more popular and well known songs are also present in other … Continue reading →

Mass with an Assembly is cancelled in many parishes in the Logan area, as we have had four cases of Covid 19 in the area and our priest is being laudably cautious. So we are not playing at mass as … Continue reading →

M.D. Ridge took the refrain and tune of the spiritual “Wade in the Water” and replaced its verses with her own pertaining to Baptism. Her text is provided by OCP in their sample. They also sell the sheet music. My … Continue reading →

This is Christopher Walker‘s take on the Pentecost Sequence with the Ostinato refrain. I still prefer Taize. OCP have usual deal – the text is in their preview and they are happy to sell you the sheet music.

There are a lot of Sancte’s about and this is Carey Landry‘s one. I don’t think it will displace the majestic Taize version but it is still a fine setting of this prayer. OCP sell the sheet music and provide … Continue reading →

This song is in Spanish and English and as we have no Spanish speaking component in our assembly is not needed here. That does mean I won’t have come across songs like this from other sources so I get to … Continue reading →

This is an interesting song by Harry Hagan based on Genesis 1 and Psalm 127. OCP suggest it for dedicating a Church, but it also sounds like a good reflection song. The text is in the sample at OCP where … Continue reading →