Author Archives: maddg

I’m still working through Leo Watt’s “Precious in My Eyes” collection that can be purchased following the directions here. This song is like a blessing hymn but also has themes suitable for a recessional. I love this tune. 1 May … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 145 (McKenna) Praise the Lord, my soul! Praise the Lord, my soul! Gifts: Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166 Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Thanksgiving: You Are Mine (Haas)  AOV 2/2 Recessional: Christ be Our … Continue reading →

This is a song by Leo Watt that he says would work for entrance and as a recessional and I think he is quite correct. The original says “gather in St Eugene’s name”, his home parish, but I’ve made the … Continue reading →

Leo Watt describes this as a “meditative hymn for any occasion”, but especially Good Friday. You can get the sheet music following the instructions here. 1 No greater love the world has ever seen That our God lived among us … Continue reading →

Leo Watt has written a song about the word of God that might work as a gathering song, especially for a Liturgy of the Word. He adapts Psalm 105, John 5:24 and Isaiah 55:11 in his text. It is from … Continue reading →

I am lucky enough to have Leo Watt’s music book “Precious in My Eyes” so that I can put backings up. Godsongs has background on his work. I have actually blogged this song before but since it is the title … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 14 (McKenna) The just will live in  the presence of the Lord. Gifts: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: Bread of Heaven (Manibusan-Hart) Thanksgiving: A New Commandment (Unknown) Recessional: A New … Continue reading →

I saw at Pray Tell a post about a new mass by Julian Revie called the “Mass of Welcome”. He is an award winning Australian-Canadian Catholic composer with an impressive body of work. I have listened to the mass and the … Continue reading →

This is the last song in Brian Boniwell’s album ‘People of the Resurrection”. I have another wonderful album of his to go through, but I’ll do a couple of other songwriters first before I get back to him. He based … Continue reading →

The title comes from Psalm 92:12. The righteous will flourish like palm trees; They will grow like the cedars of Lebanon. Brian Boniwell adds his own reflection in the verses looking at the Word, the Spirit and the water of … Continue reading →