Author Archives: maddg

Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Psalm 33 (McKenna) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Gifts: Song of the Body of Christ (Haas) AOV 1/27 Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Thanksgiving: Lord to Whom Shall We Go (Herry) AOV … Continue reading →

This is the last song from Frank Andersen’s collection, “Eagle’s Wings” that I need to do a post on because the other three have already been covered here: This Blessing Cup Come to the Water The Fullness of God. “Renewal … Continue reading →

I’m sure I have played this song at church in the past but I’ve never blogged it here. He based it on Exodus 19:4. Like many of his songs Fr Andersen suggests the verses aren’t suitable for the assembly, but … Continue reading →

Frank Andersen based this uplifting hymn on Col 1:15-20. You can get his sheet music and CDs here. My old book had only three verses but the new downloadable version has four. 1 Christ the visible expression of our God. … Continue reading →

Tom Hodgson is looking for a copy of this book.   I want to obtain the new living parish hymnal accompaniment book ( blue cover ) by Lucas set written in the late 1960’s. It is the hymnal I grew … Continue reading →

Entrance: A New Heart for a New World (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158 Psalm 77 (McKenna) The Lord gave them bread from heaven. Gifts: Come to Set Us Free (Farrell) AOV 1/39 Communion: In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd)  AOV 1/58 Thanksgiving: I am … Continue reading →

This song by Fr Frank Andersen, from Eagle’s Wings is based on Philemon 1:3-11. I’m not sure how a text like this can actually be used. His music can be purchased here.   Chorus I thank my God each time I think … Continue reading →

As I continue through Frank Andersen’s Eagle’s Wings, Deep in the Spirit can skipped  as I have already covered it. This song is pretty self explanatory but none the worse for that. It is based on Psalm 139. It is a lovely … Continue reading →

I can skip Frank Andersen’s  “Trinity Song” and “My Soul is Joyful” in Eagles Wings because I have already covered them. Even in the latest downloadable version (available here) this song trips over the first word “Yahweh”. My Bible says “The Lord … Continue reading →

I got carried away in my survey of Fr Frank Andersen’s music and made a backing for this song I had already blogged here. This backing sounds different:   Refrain I ask you my friends to be still and know … Continue reading →