Author Archives: maddg

I can skip a couple of already addressed songs and look at a Lutheran wedding song mainly written by Harry N. Huxhold set to HYFRYDOL. Verse three was written by John Newton. The text is at Hymnary. The sentiments are … Continue reading →

I’m wading through OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book (c2005) and have arrived at a song with a text translated from a sixth century Latin text by Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, who sounds like a spell from Harry Potter. It is set to a … Continue reading →

This sounds an old song but it is quite recent with a text by Benedictine Father Harry Hagan and music by Randall DeBruyn. This should have lots of liturgical uses but its language is as “me” centred as a many … Continue reading →

Entrance: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1 Psalm 144 (McKenna) I will praise your name forever, my king and my God. Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia (O’Carroll/Walker) AOV 1/13 Gifts: Come to Me (Norbet) AOV … Continue reading →

I have already blogged the version I knew here along with the text. I got the author of the words right, Patrick Brennan, but attributed the tune to George Elvey, which was wrong. Elvey wrote this tune ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR. The … Continue reading →

In my survey of the Guitar Accompaniment Book from OCP (c 2005) I have got to this song by Christopher Walker. The tune is inventive but I fear the verse might be a bit much for the assembly. There is … Continue reading →

Goodness, I thought I’d be able to skip a lot of songs in the Guitar Accompaniment Book, but I find there are many that I haven’t blogged after all. This a Christmas carol set to IN DULCIO JUBILO and the … Continue reading →

This is another M D Ridge tune, but this time she wrote the music as well as the lyrics. It is a lovely song of consolation with a specific use for funerals, but with enough Eucharistic references to be of … Continue reading →

M.D. Ridge wrote this text for a marriage liturgy set to LASST UNS ERFREUEN. The words are wonderful and the tune familiar so it makes a lot of sense for a service where many will be visitors. The text is … Continue reading →

We will be celebrating the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 33 (McKenna) The Lord set me free from all my fears. Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia (O’Carroll/Walker) AOV 1/13 Gifts: The Summons (Maule-Bell) AOV NG … Continue reading →