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I’m continuing with the Lenten songs from correspondent’s music liturgies.  This song is by Mike Lynch (or Ukulele Mike Lynch). The sheet music is available at OCP and the text in the sample there.

This is a song for Ash Wednesday by Dan Schutte. It is in his collection of prayers for Lent and Easter “Ashes to Glory“. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP and the text is in their preview.

This song is on the same page of the Army and Navy Hymnal of 1921 as O Salutaris that I blogged yesterday (see Hymnary).  It is also written by Thomas Aquinas .

Frenzy Cool requested this song with a text by Thomas Aquinas and set, in this case, by Anthony Werner. The sheet music is at Hymnary.

Entrance: Blessings on the King (Lynch) AOV 1/104 Psalm 21 (McKenna) My God, My God, why have you abandoned me? Gifts: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared (Horner) AOV 2/155 Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV 1/164 Thanksgiving: … Continue reading →

I picked up two Lenten songs from our correspondents that are both set to the tune ST FLAVIAN. It must a particularly penitential tune. Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days:words by Claudia Frances Hernamen. From Ashes to the Living Font: words … Continue reading →

Now you may well be using the chant version of the Exsultet, as revised in 2010, or you may want a more metrical version, in which case Tony Alonso’s setting is worth a look. The text is here. I bought … Continue reading →

This Lenten song was used as an entrance at RS’s parish recently. The text is by Gregory the Great (ie sixth century) and translated by Maurice F. Bell in 1906.  It is set to ERHALT UNS, HERR, a sixteenth century … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish used this song as a prelude to Mass earlier in Lent. Also known as “Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here” the text is by Joseph Armitage Robinson based on Luke 9:32-33, and it is set to SWABIA by … Continue reading →

While I’ve been away the Lenten music choices from correspondents have included many songs that are new to me. A couple are chants I just can’t sort out but I’ll try to work out some of the others before Lent … Continue reading →