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I am still plodding through CWB II’s songs for Pentecost. I have done: 381 Come Down, O Love Divine … and so to “Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, Come”. This is an anonymous translation of Veni Creator Spiritus attributed to Rabanus … Continue reading →

CWB II gives three settings of the Pentecost Sequence. They all use Peter Scagnelli’s translation of Veni Sancte Spiritus a C13 sequence attributed to Stephen Langdon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, or possibly Pope Innocent III. 378a/b is chant mode 1 … Continue reading →

I think we can knock this over in one blog post. 372 A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing 373 Clap Your Hands All You Nations 374 Glorious in Majesty This one is an absolute delight. It is a relic … Continue reading →

Rounding out the Easter songs in CWB II is this song associated with Lutheran worship, which according to CWB II has no author – they just say based on Rev 5. Other sources say it is a translation by John … Continue reading →

369 This Day Was Made by the Lord “Who Are You Who Walk in Sorrow” is an Easter text by Herman G. Stuempfle Jnr set to HOLY MANNA by William Moore. The text is here and it is more usually … Continue reading →

I’m still in CWB II’s Easter section and have done: 367 The Day of Resurrection! The next song is by Swiss hymn writer Edmund Louis Budry and translated by Richard Birch Holye and set to MACCABEUS which is adapted from … Continue reading →

Throughout Lent we will use a seasonal psalm, Marty Haugen’s “Be With Me”. Entrance: We Are Called (Haas) AOV 2/60 Gifts: God of Second Chances (Haas) Communion: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 Recessional: Though the Mountains May Fall … Continue reading →

LASST UNS ERFRUEN is a very frequent Easter tune, here setting John Mason Neale’s translation of Claro Paschali Gaudio C5 Latin. It seems to be more usually set to PUER NOBIS NASCITUR. The text is public domain so I’m putting … Continue reading →

OK, this is another good song in CWB II that I haven’t come across before in their songs for Easter, so I should cease my complaining. This is a Taize song by Jacques Berthier where the assembly sings “Surrexit Christus” … Continue reading →

363 Now the Green Blade Rises … I’ve done This is a lovely song from Jennifer O’Brien for Easter that is a good find in Catholic Worship Book II. The tune has a slightly irregular structure with only seven bars … Continue reading →