Author Archives: maddg

This is another wedding hymn in CWB II. The first two stanzas are by Harry Huxhold, to which John Newton’s blessing has been neatly added as a third verse. The text is here (scroll down). Set, as here, to the … Continue reading →

This is another wedding song, for when we have weddings again in the future. M. D. Ridge wrote the text and it is set to LASST UNS ERFREUEN. The familiar tune will encourage participation in the encouraging and supportive words. … Continue reading →

As I get to the wedding songs in CWB II, all weddings in Australia are now limited to the celebrant, participants and witnesses after Covid 19 was spread far and wide by a recent nuptials. I love this tune, SUSSEX … Continue reading →

I’ve skipped the specific Litany of the Saints for Ordination (131) – it starts like the Easter one but goes on longer – to get to this ordination song. Cannily set to THAXTED, the text is by Bernard Kirkpatrick. 1 … Continue reading →

One last song for Anointing of the Sick is in CWB II. It’s text is by Edward Hayes Plumptre and is here set to a tune just called MOZART (attributed to Mozart) but I also have seen it called GOSHEN … Continue reading →

There will be no Mass at which we can sing these songs next Sunday but I’ll put up the selections as a resource for my future self. First Reading: Ezekiel 37:12-14 Psalm 129: With the Lord there is mercy and … Continue reading →

This is another song for the anointing of the sick, so very apposite. Bernard Kilpatrick set his text to LARGO from the New Word Symphony by Antonin Dvorak. I found chords on the internet for this – no easy task … Continue reading →

Another anointing song with a text by Fred Pratt Green available at Hymnary. CWB II leaves out their third verse. Here it is set to the chant, JESU DULCIS MEMORIA, which is a singular choice, that is not one of … Continue reading →

Hymns for anointing are especially appropriate just now. Cases of Covid 19 have spiked in Queensland. We have had no cases at our practice yet but my hands are raw from washing and my throat hoarse from reassuring those who … Continue reading →

It had to happen. https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/news-events/covid-19-updates/