Author Archives: maddg

David Haas has written many songs that aren’t heard in Australian churches as many parishes stick to the suggestions in As One Voice, which while excellent are 20 years old now. I’ve blogged some of his songs from other collections … Continue reading →

Entrance: Alleluia! Love is Alive. (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart) Psalm 21 (McKenna) I will praise you Lord, in the assembly of your people. Gifts: We Walk by Faith (Haugen) AOV 1/63 Communion: Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) AOV 1/35 Thanksgiving: A New Commandment (Unknown) … Continue reading →

This is part of my review of David Haas songs in my copy of Gather Comprehensive that have not already turned up from AOV or elsewhere on my blog. It is a song that can be used in most liturgies, … Continue reading →

This is a bilingual song by David Haas, with the Spanish translation by Ronald Krisman.  It is a song for commissioning, gathering and sending. I can cop a line “Blest are we, chosen people of God,” if it is followed … Continue reading →

This is David Haas’s setting of his paraphrase of Numbers 6:24-26. He has adapted ADORE TE DEVOTE for the tune. The text and sheet music are in the page scans at Hymnary and the priest has a verse followed by the … Continue reading →

David Haas based this song on Luke 11:1-13, 17:5. My copy is in Gather Comprehensive. The text lends itself to preparation of the gifts. The verses vary the tune a little and go high enough to ask for a cantor … Continue reading →

This is more from the David Haas songs in my copy of Gather Comprehensive that I haven’t come across before. This is a song of thanksgiving that really could be used in many liturgical settings – gathering, sending forth, communion … Continue reading →

This is, obviously, a song of praise, from  David Haas. The verse is call and response between the cantor and the assembly who respond, “We praise you Lord!”  There are crossovers between these parts so a cantor is actually needed. … Continue reading →

Entrance: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 Psalm 117 (McKenna) The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone. Gifts: The Lord is My Shepherd (Boniwell) AOV 1/26 Communion: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/26 Thanksgiving: O Sacred Flame (Marshall) Recessional: Sing … Continue reading →

This is a real pip from David Haas. It would be suitable for entrance of Eucharist but the time signature changes in the refrain suggest a choir or a solo.  The verses are actually more singable than the chorus.  If … Continue reading →