Author Archives: maddg

This one popped up at RS’s parish last week. It is by Scott Soper and would be liturgically apt for Entrance, Communion and Recessional. This one is also child friendly. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the … Continue reading →

Entrance: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76 Psalm: Psalm 65 (McKenna) Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. Alleluia Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia No. 1 (Fishel) AOV 1/15 Gifts: A New Commandment (Unknown) Communion: I Have Loved … Continue reading →

John Becker’s very useful litany is not feasible on BIAB as you will adapt it for your local circumstances but it is certainly worth a recommendation nonetheless. The text is here and the sheet music is available at OCP.  

I’ve actually blogged this already under the name of “Tell Out My Soul.” I didn’t realise that until I made a new backing so here it is:

Ryan told me that Trevor Thomson did a modern version of Salve Regina – Hail, Queen of Heaven. Thomson has taken the guts of tune and inserted it into a more metrical version – but he has a lot of … Continue reading →

Entrance: Summoned By Love (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/18 Psalm: Psalm 32 (McKenna) Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia No. 1 (Fishel) AOV 1/15 Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: Lord, … Continue reading →

I’m still in the difficult territory (for me at least) of Marian hymns found in Gather Australia that I have not blogged already. This is a clever text, even in translation from Didier Rimaud‘s French, by the tunesmith himself Christopher … Continue reading →

This venerable Marian hymn haunted my wife’s school days but as a young heathen I managed to avoid it.  Then again I had to sing “Onward Christian Soldiers”. Godsongs has all the details including the usual text and sheet music, … Continue reading →

I’ve never posted this Marian Hymn from Gather Australia and I doubt I really should because BAND IN A BOX CAN’T DO CHANT. The text is Latin from the eleventh century translated in the twentieth century by John Selner.  The … Continue reading →

Being May I suppose I have to go back to Gather Australia and plough through their Marian Hymns. This is a canon in four parts. The Latin text is here. Cantus Mundi have the melody line and English text. My backing … Continue reading →