Author Archives: maddg

Entrance: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164 Psalm 19 (O’Brien) The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart. Gifts: Holy Spirit Come (Mangan) AOV NG 67 Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195 The Beatitudes (Kearney) Thanksgiving: Enemy of … Continue reading →

So much for my hope that this book would find missing OCP songs post AOV 1996-2006. However, this version in OCP’s “Guitar Accompaniment Book” raises some interesting questions. They give the first two verses on the original text by Martin … Continue reading →

This is a noble simple text from Genevieve Glen OSB, set in this case, to PROSPECT an old tune from William Walker’s The Southern Harmony. If you need a song for St Joseph this will do nicely. The sheet music can … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish use this song set to OLD HUNDREDTH. The text is at Hymnary that notes other settings that appear more popular. The words are by Charles William Everest. I’ve already blogged the tune here.  

I have bought a second hand copy of OCP’s “Guitar Accompaniment Book” on Abe Books. It is the 2005 edition but has some songs from the 2006 and 2007 supplement inserted into the loose leaf binder. It appears to be … Continue reading →

I’m still catching up with songs I don’t know from liturgies posted here. Ruth C. Duck wrote this text that is set to BEACH SPRING, the tune of “God of Day and God of Darkness”. The text is here (scroll … Continue reading →

I realised looking through some music for liturgy posted here that I never have blogged this hymn that I sang as a child in the Presbyterian church and that is still used. The text is by Reginald Heber and the … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish do this hymn with a text by George William Kitchin, revised by Michael Robert Newbolt and set to CRUCIFER by Sydney Hugo Nicholson. Text and music are at Hymnary, although my copy in Together in Song has slightly … Continue reading →

Entrance: Be Not Afraid  (Dufford) AOV 1/114 Psalm 54 (O’Brien) The Lord upholds my life. Gifts: The Servant Song (Gillard) AOV 2/169 Communion: One Bread One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129 Prayer For Peace (Haas) AOV 1/91 Thanksgiving: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 … Continue reading →

Yola has suggested a different setting for this text by James Quinn SJ that they do at her parish.  The tune is ANDREA by David Haas. Cantus Mundi has the text and some You Tube samples. I could not find … Continue reading →