Author Archives: maddg

Lucien Deiss wrote this song of praise with the antiphon based on 1 Peter 2:9. I’ve seen up to seventeen potential verses and CWB II picks seven. I’ve found a text here but they pick a different six. The sheet … Continue reading →

Back in Catholic Worship Book II, we have this fine song of praise with a text by Rusty Edwards and here set to NETTLETON. The text and sheet music are available from the wonderful people at Hope Publishing. You could … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 32 (McKenna) Happy the people the Lord has chosen to be his own. Gifts: We Walk By Faith  (Haugen) AOV 1/63 Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Thanksgiving: Without Seeing You … Continue reading →

This is an anonymous c18 text based on Psalm 148, although the third verse is by Edward Osler. The triumphant nature of texts like this give me pause. The Psalms rarely come from a position of power, so they work … Continue reading →

This is a song of praise with a liturgically useful trinitarian verse. A c9 latin text Christe cunctorum dominator alme, translated by Maxwell J. Blacker and fiddled with by others, it is set to ISTE CONFESSOR. Let’s hope our voices … Continue reading →

When I blogged this text by William Henry Turton here, I noted three variant titles. Here’s a fourth. I found a fifth with “Christ” for “Lord” as well. That a song praying for Christian unity has been tweaked into so … Continue reading →

A c12 Latin text by St Bernard of Clairvaux and paraphrased by Ray Palmer. I have no Latin but it seems clear that it is not meant to be an actual translation. Even with this version I have found variant … Continue reading →

I’m having a break in Tasmania, but I’ll post occasionally while here. In my seemingly never ending survey of Catholic Worship Book II, I am skipping songs I have already looked at, which have often been from the more recent … Continue reading →

I’m back in Catholic Worship Book II, for this gathering song by Anthony Nye. The text is here and I suspect it sings better than it reads. It is set to CRUGER. CWB II sets it in Eb , which … Continue reading →

This is a song based on Psalm 118 by Ed Bolduc from Voices As One 2. The refrain is call and response and the verses are for a cantor who can hit an F. The tune is quite lively and … Continue reading →