Author Archives: maddg

In OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book: 162 Gather Us In 163 Gather Us Together “Gather We Now” is a gathering and Eucharist song from Robert C. Moore that is meditative and tranquil. The sheet music is available at OCP and the text … Continue reading →

Entrance: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76 Psalm 46 (McKenna) God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord. Gifts: We Walk By Faith (Haugen) AOV 1/63 Communion: One Body (O’Brien- Watts) AOV 2/146 … Continue reading →

This is another hymn set to Sibelius’s FINLANDIA. Owen Alstott wrote the words. Just so he knows, we don’t have cold Decembers in this part of the world. Otherwise, it is a stirring hymn. OCP have the sheet music for … Continue reading →

Because the parishes I have played at have a repertoire from the last 40 years, largely from As One Voice, I have blogged most of those songs over the last few years. The songs I am blogging now, either from … Continue reading →

These songs are together because they are both set to HEINLEIN (attributed to Martin Herbst). George H. Smyttan wrote the text for the Lenten Hymn “Forty Days and Forty Nights”. The lyrics and sheet music are at Hymnary. Alan G. … Continue reading →

Continuing with the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book, I’ve already blogged: 151 Flow River Flow 152 Fly Like a Bird 153 For All the Saints 154 For the Beauty of the Earth 155 For the Fruits of This Creation 156 For the … Continue reading →

This song from OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book circa 2005 is one I’m sure I sang as a youngster.  It is by Richard Blanchard and the text is here. The sheet music can be purchased for download at OCP. It is suggested … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish also sing this song by Olive W. Spannaus set to BEATUS VIR. Hymnary have all the hymnals in which this hymn resides. The text is here although there are a few emendations in the Worship version. I have … Continue reading →

I continued to be educated by Ryan’s parish with texts that are new to me often set to venerable hymn tunes. This one is a 21st century plain speaking text by Christopher Idle, which can be found with the wonderful … Continue reading →

Entrance: They’ll Know We Are Christians (Scholtes) AOV 1/130 Psalm 66 (McKenna) O God let the nations praise you Gifts: Peace My Friends (Repp) Communion: Seed Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195 Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) AOV 1/35 Recessional: Send … Continue reading →