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I found this Bernadette Farrell song while I was tidying up. It is an entrance song that would find special usefulness with the RCIA. The lyrics are here. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP.  

I blogged this excellent song by Peter Grant here. He has sent another music file of the song he has made. It is now available to purchase at As One Voice.

I’ve got a few bits and pieces posts to do after all the David Haas posts. I met the delightful Michael Herry briefly at the APMN conference. He distributed this song, the text of which speaks for itself. 1. Here … Continue reading →

I’ve come to the end of the songs that I hadn’t already blogged from David Haas’s time at the APMN conference. This is a lovely song and illustrative of all his more recent work that our parishes reliant on AOV … Continue reading →

This is a recent stand out song by David Haas. The words pull in various Pauline texts and the song will find many liturgical uses including for reconciliation. The sheet music can be purchased at GIA, where the text is … Continue reading →

This is a David Haas song for Eucharist in the style of a Taize chant. The verses are for a cantor and they overlap the ostinato refrain in such a way that the refrain looks like it has to be … Continue reading →

I’ve had two consecutive weekends in Tasmania where I got to play at mass and this week I’ll be playing at my home parish. For Advent we are switching to Taylor’s Mass of St Francis, and using the “Celtic Alleluia” … Continue reading →

I’m getting towards the end of my catch up of David Haas’s songs from the Perth APMN conference. This is his setting of Psalm 123 so it can be used for when that psalm is set and specifically for anointing … Continue reading →

This adaptation by David Haas is a blast and just in time for Christmas.   The sheet music of his version is available to purchase at GIA, where the text is hidden in their preview. “Gaudete” is a renaissance song … Continue reading →

Entrance: Hail Redeemer King Divine (Brennan – Elvey) Psalm 22 (McKenna) The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. Gifts: The Lord is My Shepherd (Boniwell) AOV 1/26 Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 Thanksgiving: All You Works … Continue reading →