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There are two songs specifically set for Easter Sunday in CWB II. Then there are a plethora of general Easter songs that I’ll tackle a bit at a time. 344 Easter Sequence: Christians Praise the Paschal Victim The original words … Continue reading →

Throughout Lent we will use a seasonal psalm, Marty Haugen’s “Be With Me”. Entrance: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Gifts: Song of the Transfiguration (Haas) Communion: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 Recessional: Lord, The Light of Your Love … Continue reading →

There are three hymns specifically recommended for Easter Vigil in Catholic Worship Book II. I’ve already blogged 341 “At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing” a nineteenth century translation of a fourth century Latin original. As this is PD, the … Continue reading →

With a minimum of snark from me, let’s see how we are to celebrate the Easter Vigil from the pages of CWB II. I’ll do some of the strictly liturgical elements today. 331-332 The Blessing of the Fire and Preparation … Continue reading →

The very adventurous liturgy at RS’s parish last week included this text by Katherine K. Davis set to a traditional Welsh tune ASH GROVE. It is a song of thanksgiving highlighting God’s majesty through nature. Davis is famous for writing … Continue reading →

RS’s parish doubled down of Laudato Si with a second song from Pope Francis’s encyclical in last week’s liturgy. This one is a recent song by Curtis Stephan. It has seven verses and you can choose those with an environmental … Continue reading →

Before I dive into CWB II’s Easter Vigil, there were three songs at RS’s parish that were new to me that I’ll blog first. This is a recent (2016) Barbara Bridge song that she based on “A Prayer for Our … Continue reading →

This was a fine suggestion at our music liturgy meeting but it doesn’t appear to be under One Licence so that really gets in the way. It is an Offertory song by Sheldon Cohen. It appears to be an OCP … Continue reading →

To note the change of liturgical season we will switch to the second mass we use, Paul Taylor’s Mass of St Francis. Because we know how to sing the response, we usually use the Celtic Alleluia, which is out in … Continue reading →

For the most part these are old hymns in the public domain. When I look at a new hymn book I am looking for something that liturgically useful but fresh and appropriate to the culture of the worshiping assembly. Many … Continue reading →