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Entrance:   O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Neale) AOV 1/174 Gifts:  Advent Chant (Porter/Kirkland) AOV 2/123 Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread  (Horner) AOV 2/155 Recessional: Praise To You O Christ (Farrell) AOV 1/28

This is a surprising and stately hymn of irregular meter by Bob Hurd that would make a great recessional as well as being suitable for Eucharist. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the text is in their … Continue reading →

This is another Advent hymn that was used at Ryan’s parish recently, that I haven’t done before. I would have got to it soon, as it is in the Guitar Accompaniment Book from OCP I’ve been blogging. It is a … Continue reading →

More Advent goodness at Ryan’s parish, this time by Michael Joncas. This is mainly for the cantor with assembly doing the hallelujahs. You can pick verses to suit each week in Advent or play the whole thing to prepare for … Continue reading →

I can interrupt my survey of the Guitar Accompaniment Book for some more urgent Advent songs. This is James Chepponis’s gathering song for Advent with a refrain repeated by the assembly, with the short verses sung over the that by … Continue reading →

Entrance: O Emmanuel (Mangan) Gifts: You Are Mine   (Haas)  AOV 2/2 Communion: Christ Be Our Light  (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Recessional: Sing Out Earth and Skies (Haugen) AOV 2/32    

This is an interesting song by Bob Hurd based on passages from Galatians. It could be used for RCIA, but its minor key and text might suit Lent as well. The lyrics are here and the sheet music can be … Continue reading →

Tim Schoenbachler wrote this song with verses for Holy Thursday and Good Friday. While the tune is singable enough, the infrequent use of such a song might suggest a cantor for the verses. The sheet music can be purchased at … Continue reading →

Back in OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book, I am up to this song by Bob Hurd based on Psalm 63. The melody goes into interesting directions while still remaining singable. The text is here (scroll down) and the sheet music can … Continue reading →

More Advent goodness, this time from RS’s parish. I’ve blogged this text before here, but this is more from Trevor Thomson, who has done a moving setting. It appears a solo proposition to me, but your assembly might be game. … Continue reading →