Author Archives: maddg

For St Peter’s Rochedale: Entrance: Praise to You O Christ (Farrell) AOV 1/28 Responsorial Psalm for Lent: Be With Me (Haugen) Gifts: God of Second Chances (Haas) Communion: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 Thanksgiving: A … Continue reading →

David Haas adapted several bible passages for the text of this song (I John 1:5, 3:2, 4:15, Psalm 33:6 and Gal 3:28). Any liturgy with a theme of “light” in the readings would be suitable for this hymn. This is … Continue reading →

This is another Michael Joncas song, this time based on John 15:9-17. It is another song with a lot of variation in the verses, so drag out a cantor for this one. It is part of a mass setting available … Continue reading →

This is a Michael Joncas song that I haven’t heard before that is in Gather Australia. It is based on Psalm 27, but also has a refrain for funerals (“May the angels lead you into paradise…) The verses are fiddly … Continue reading →

This is actually the refrain from Christopher Walker’s setting of the Apostles Creed. He has several other songs called “We Believe”. You can hear it and buy the sheet music at OCP. The text is from the Roman missal: We … Continue reading →

For Lent we will continue Taylor’s Mass of St Francis and use Paul Mason’s Lenten Gospel Acclamation from the Mass of Glory and Praise. Entrance: A New Heart For a New World (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158 Responsorial Psalm for Lent: Be With … Continue reading →

The next song from Gather Australia that is new to me is by Australian Jesuit composer, Christopher Willcock. As usual the tune is distinctive and lovely so use it wherever a blessing is liturgically apt.   You can hear what it … Continue reading →

This song has another of John Bell’s extraordinary texts. He writes lyrics that are blunt and brave and unlike anyone else, except maybe Shirley Erena Murray. He uses each of the five senses until he gets to knowing and the … Continue reading →

RS’s parish used this song of thanksgiving a couple of weeks ago.  It is a stirring modern traditional hymn by Stephen Dean and I have a copy in OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book at 485. The sheet music can be purchased … Continue reading →

This one is a surprise.  The lovely tune is by Jane Wood, the general editor of Gather Australia and the text is by a Mark Coleridge who I have to assume went on to become the current Archbishop of Brisbane. … Continue reading →