Author Archives: maddg

Looking at the songs from the Guitar Accompaniment Book from OCP that I haven’t already covered, it seems the reason that they haven’t come to my attention can be that they are very old hymns, very Spanish hymns and then … Continue reading →

Another notional music selection: Entrance: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76) Gifts: We Walk By Faith (Haugen) AOV 1/63 Communion: One Body (O’Brien- Watts) AOV 2/146 Thanksgiving: Holy Spirit Come (Mangan) AOV NG 67 Recessional: Lord, the Light of … Continue reading →

My never ending survey of the songs from my copy of OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005, continues with this text by Gail Coon. It is a passionate hymn of social justice so I suppose it is out of fashion – … Continue reading →

This setting of the ICEL text of Psalm 51 has a tune by Robert Kreutz. The verses are chant so that’s over to you, but I’ll do a backing for the two refrain options. Remember your love and your faithfulness … Continue reading →

OCP list the theme as “God’s Kingdom”, which is fair enough, but this is basically a text for All Saints Day by Harry Hagan. I have blogged another version of this with a chorus here, but this one lacks that … Continue reading →

I’m a sucker for O WALY WALY and when matched with this delicate paraphrase of Psalm 42 by Danna Harkin it is quite lovely. This is the 4/4 version of the traditional tune. OCP sell the sheet music and the … Continue reading →

This is Tom Conry’s paraphrase of Psalm 23. It is a lovely song but I suspect it is a solo vehicle as the verses are awfully fiddly with triplets in some verses and not others. The sheet music can be … Continue reading →

This is a hymn of thankfulness and praise by Father Michael Kwatera set to OLD 100TH. I can’t find the text anywhere on the internet and it is copyright so I’ll leave it be at that today. I can’t even … Continue reading →

This is another virtual list for a gathering that didn’t happen. Entrance: Holy Spirit Come (Mangan) AOV NG 69 Gifts: A New Commandment (Unknown) Communion: I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126 Thanksgiving: As Gentle As Silence (White) CWB II 580 Recessional: Jesus Is … Continue reading →

I have blogged this song set to AUSTRIA in CWB II here, but GAB take the safer route of setting it to HYMN TO JOY so I thought I would put it in again. The text is based on Psalm … Continue reading →