Author Archives: maddg

This is pretty specific request for the Alleluia from Steven Janco’s Mass of the Angels and Saints. You can preview and purchase the whole thing at GIA and it does sound very grand. I’ve done a simple backing for “Alleluia” … Continue reading →

Entrance: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Psalm 146 (O’Brien) Praise the Lord, my soul, Praise the Lord, my soul. Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83 Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33 Take and Eat … Continue reading →

Getting back to the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book from 2005, there is this song with a text by Patrick Lee set to a tune by Ernest Sands. The refrain has an echoing harmony line that would seem necessary to make … Continue reading →

I got an e-mail from Brentwood Benson with a link to a free lead sheet of this song. Like “Night of Silence- Silent Night” it is a traditional Christmas song linked with new material.  Here the traditional song has a … Continue reading →

At the recent APMN conference I attended a session about the Catholic Worship Book II that is coming out soon.  Sr Jenny O’Brien went through some of the highlights and there were some very good songs. I worry they have missed … Continue reading →

This is a request for a song written by David Haas that he called a love song to God. The text is here. The sheet music is available from GIA. David Haas: Sarah Haag:

This one had slipped through my notice, as it has been used a couple of times at RS’s parish. I made a backing it for it some time ago, forgot – and then made another. It has a a similar … Continue reading →

This is a request in plenty of time for Christmas. This song by Daniel Kantor is very lovely as a stand alone song, but has been arranged with the addition of “Silent Night”. Basically just do the first verse of … Continue reading →

Entrance: Glory in the Cross (Schutte) Psalm 23 (McKenna) Lord, this is the people that long to see your face. Gifts: Blessed Be the Lord (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV … Continue reading →

I’ve blogged a modern version of this song here but this is the original. The text, that I had thought was author unknown, is listed here as by Edward Caswell. Hymnary has the text, sheet music and Caswell’s biography here or you … Continue reading →