Author Archives: maddg

This Millie Rieth’s paraphrase of the Magnificat with its obvious liturgical uses. This is a nice relaxed setting. As usual for songs from this book the sheet music is available at OCP where the text is in their preview.   … Continue reading →

This is an award winning Marian hymn by Mary Frances Fleischaker set to DRAKES BROUGHTON by Edward Elgar. OCP has the sheet music here and the text is in their preview. I’ve down a fake organ backing on BIAB. This … Continue reading →

This Marian hymn was written by Jeanne C. Frolick SFCC. The sheet music is at OCP where the text is in their preview. I’m trying new instruments for melody lines.  I don’t think this one works.         … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 122 (McKenna)   Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy. Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: Bread of Heaven (Manibusan-Hart) Thanksgiving: Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166 Recessional: As A Fire … Continue reading →

Having exhausted the new material from Chris deSilva and needing a break from the syncopation of WLP’s Voices As One Volume 2, I’ll return to the Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 from OCP. I’m getting to OCP songs that weren’t selected … Continue reading →

Another perfectly singable liturgical song by Chris deSilva from Perth. It s based on Psalm 33, which comes up in the nineteenth week in Ordinary Time soon, but has a more general Eucharistic application. You can take you pick of … Continue reading →

I still working through Chris deSilva’s newer songs that he showed us at the APMN conference last year but aren’t up on his website yet. This is an entrance song for a funeral. From Time to Eternity

This is a funeral song designed as a song of farewell. There are no chords in the sheet music so I made some up that are almost certainly incorrect. It still sounds a good song. Eternal Rest I’d love to … Continue reading →

I’m still putting up the newer songs of Chris DeSilva (from Perth) that he hasn’t yet put up on his site. This is a Christmas song with lovely lilting tune that deals in the paradox of the Christmas story. This … Continue reading →

Because it’s our parish mass at St Peter’s this week we are using the psalm from the Mass of Saints Peter and Paul. Entrance: Christ Be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Psalm 33 (McKenna) The Lord set me free from all … Continue reading →