Author Archives: maddg

I am in the liturgical section of CWB II looking for useful songs, and am in the baptism section. There are useful acclamatory phrases (102-106) for various parts the liturgy that remind me of the value of this collection. The … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged a lot of the songs for baptism in CWB II, but this one I have not. The text is by Roger Tappert and it is set to LASST UNS ERFREUEN. The text is here (labelled AGPS #238).

All fired up from the APMN conference last year our music leader has chosen this song for Lent. The text is by Mary Louise Bringle and the music by Tony Alonso. There is a refrain for Ash Wednesday, Lent gathering … Continue reading →

To their credit the editors picked a John Bell and Graham Maule text for “The Scrutinies” in the RCIA. It goes after the Prayer of Exorcism. The tune is John Bell’s ENFOLDING. A text as gorgeous as this has much … Continue reading →

The next RCIA songs in CWB II I have covered elsewhere, up to this Ricky Manalo song (OK – I skipped Psalm 51 by Jennifer O’Brien 92) This music is not presented correctly as the chord symbols, present for once, … Continue reading →

Entrance:   We Are Called  (Haas) AOV 2/60 Psalm 102 (McKenna): The Lord is kind and merciful. Gifts: A Trusting Psalm  (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Thanksgiving: They’ll Know We Are Christians (Scholtes) AOV … Continue reading →

This is a song with a text specific to the dismissal of the catechumens. It is by John W Kerns and the music is lovely, which makes it’s particularity rather a pity. The first line is generic enough – In … Continue reading →

I am going through the liturgical pieces in volume one of Catholic Worship Book II. This is for the dismissal of the catechumens in the RCIA and is by the wonderful Sister Jennifer O’Brien. She also wrote CWB II 87, … Continue reading →

One way or another I’ve blogged most of these RCIA songs already, but not this one. It is for the signing of the senses and is just Jesse Manibusan’s song “Open My Eyes” with a special set of lyrics- well … Continue reading →

This Eucharistic song, with a text by Tony Alonso, is set to SIMPLE GIFTS. That’s the tune for “Lord of the Dance” and I thought I’d note it, as it is set for this week’s mass. I should note that … Continue reading →