Author Archives: maddg

We are in a run of social concern songs from John Bell in Gather Australia that fit well with Lent and Holy Week coming up. The text is at Hymnary where I found the chords that weren’t in the arrangement … Continue reading →

I’ve blogged this song here and here but I was never happy that I got the gist of how I play the song into the BIAB backings. They do however accurately reflect the proper melody. I think Angrisano plays it … Continue reading →

Entrance: Blessings on the King (Lynch)  AOV 1/104 Psalm 21 (McKenna) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Gifts: Be With Me, Lord (Haugen) Communion: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 Will You Love Me (Boniwell) AOV 1/40 … Continue reading →

I’m able to skip quite a lot of the songs in GA because of the shared repertoire with As One Voice, and so I’m up to this song, which is another John Bell composition. GA has an awful lot of his … Continue reading →

Marty Haugen wrote this, which is his version on the the Breastplate of St Patrick. It’s a little odd in that the first verse has an entirely different tune to verses 2-5. The text is at Hymnary.  The sheet music … Continue reading →

This song by Timothy R Smith was used at RS’s parish last week. It was new to me and I find it a gentle prayerful song. I appreciate people putting the musical choices for their parishes in the comments as … Continue reading →

A traditional sounding recessional with a text by James Quinn SJ (1919-2010) set to SONG 34 by Orlando Gibbons (1593-1625). Orlando didn’t think to put guitar chords on and there are none in GA, but Together in Song came to the … Continue reading →

This is a text by Graham Maule based on Luke 6:20-26 – the Sermon on the Plain – set by John Bell. I can’t find the text anywhere (its a paraphrase of the Beatitudes alright) but there is a snippet … Continue reading →

The music liturgy team selected these songs for mass next week: Entrance: Come As You Are (Brown) AOV 1/31 Responsorial Psalm for Lent: Be With Me (Haugen) Gifts: God of Second Chances (Haas) Communion: Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) AOV … Continue reading →