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This is the Sunday we celebrate the feast of St Peter after whom our church is named. Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 65 (McKenna) Let the earth cry out to God with joy. Gifts: Here I Am Lord (Schutte) AOV … Continue reading →

This page is also missing from my copy of Voices As One Vol 2 but I cobbled together a backing from their sample. It is another setting of Psalm 51. The cantor’s part is a little complicated with high notes … Continue reading →

I can’t do 236 in Voices As One Vol 2 because four years after I purchased it I have now noticed it is missing a few pages. I looked for any sign of Ed Bolduc’s song “Create a New Heart” … Continue reading →

This is a solo vehicle by John Angotti. I don’t see any liturgical use for it but if you need something for an ecumenical purpose this may work. The sheet music is at WLP and the text is in their … Continue reading →

This is an interesting song that is essentially a choral work but stripped of it SATBness could work as an entrance if syncopation isn’t an issue.  It is by Karen Schneider Kirner and Steven C. Warner and so is necessarily … Continue reading →

This is an Advent song by Deanna Light and Paul A. Tate. The sheet music is at WLP where the text is in their sample. My backing is a Big Band arrangement:  

Back in Voices As One Vol 2, this is a short bilingual Spanish/English song by Pedro Rubalcava. I can’t find the text anywhere and the WLP download is only for subscribers, but if you have the VAO book you can sing … Continue reading →

I must admit I’m turning a bit of a blind eye to unfamiliar songs from the liturgies posted here if they are old hymn tunes, as my fake church organ backings are somewhat on the nose. However, at RS’s parish, … Continue reading →

Our music liturgy team has picked these songs for next week’s Mass. We are still using Mason’s ‘Mass of Glory and Praise” and probably will for a good while. We have been singing Haas’s “Song of the Body…” straight through … Continue reading →

This song is another being used at RS’s parish that is new to me.   It is by Steve Angrisano, Sarah Hart and Dwight Liles. The text is here and the sheet music is available at spiritandsong. I think it very good … Continue reading →