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This is the last David Haas song from Gather Comprehensive I can find that I haven’t already blogged from another source. This is his setting of a text by Borghild Jacobson. It could be used to gather the assembly or … Continue reading →

I’m nearing the end of the David Haas songs in Gather Comprehensive that I have yet to blog from other collections. This charming song has a simple singable refrain for the assembly and verses with enough variation to suggest a cantor.  … Continue reading →

I’ve still got a few stray David Haas songs that have eluded me in other collections but turn up in my copy Gather Comprehensive to blog. This is a Eucharist song with a singable refrain for the assembly in 4/4 … Continue reading →

I’m running out of David Haas songs in Gather Comprehensive but before I do the last couple, here is a psalm setting by Bobby Fisher that Ryan called “quite the production” when used at his parish recently. The refrain is … Continue reading →

Entrance: Alleluia! Love is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart) Psalm 97 (McKenna)     The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power; his saving power. Gifts: As I Have Done For You (Schutte) Communion: Will You Love Me?  (Boniwell) AOV … Continue reading →

This uplifting song for Eucharist or gathering is a David Haas song designed for acappella use plus intermittent percussion. The text is in the page scans at Hymnary and the sheet music can be purchased at GIA. You’ll need confident singers … Continue reading →

This is a one line chant from David Haas. The text and melody line is at Hymnary and I can’t find the sheet music at GIA. Christ will be your strength! Learn to know and follow him!      

This is another of the songs by David Haas that I have found in my copy Gather Comprehensive that I haven’t looked at before from other collections. I’m pretty sure Haas pulled this one out at the Perth APMN conference … Continue reading →

This is David Haas’s setting of Fred Pratt Green’s lovely text of social justice. The text is available from the wonderful people at Hope Publishing. The sheet music is available very cheaply at GIA in a collection called “To Be … Continue reading →

This lovely song from David Haas is based on Phillipians 4:5-9 and would be a suitable prayer in many liturgies, especially funerals. One of the You Tube clips suggest it was written in response to the 9/11 tragedy. It is … Continue reading →