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Entrance: You Are Welcome (Watt) Psalm 147 (McKenna) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem Gifts: This Blessing Cup (Andersen) Communion: To the Table We Are Called (O’Brien/Harvey) AOVD Recessional: Be Hope (Bryant, Jorna, McNally, Madden)

With few exceptions, I’m managing to select Australian songs for Mass. Entrance: One Body In Christ (McKenna) AOV NG 102 Daniel 3 (McKenna) Glory and praise forever. Gifts: Trinity Song (Andersen) Communion: I Believe in God the Father (Perry, STUTTGART) … Continue reading →

This is in fact Kumbayah, the ultimate three chord folk song, except John de Luca has usefully changed the words and used somewhat more than just 3 chords. It was originally an African-American spiritual that was taken up by the … Continue reading →

I am finding some hymns in the New Living Parish Hymnal that I have still not yet covered in all these years of blogging. This one is an obvious choice for Christ the King. The text is by I.J.E Daniel … Continue reading →

While this is a text that is new to me, but was in fact the original words to the tune, BUNESSAN. It is Mary Macdonald’s Gaelic Christmas song, ‘Leanabh an Aigh’ translated by Lachlan Macbean. Bunessan was actually Mary Macdonald’s … Continue reading →

This song shares it’s refrain’s tune with yesterday’s hymn but has completely different verses. That means it is by James Phillip McAuley and Richard Connolly. It is a Eucharist song, especially intended for Corpus Christi, which comes up soon. I … Continue reading →

This is a delightful Easter hymn by the Australian team of the poet, James Phillip McAuley, and composer Richard Connelly. I blogged this out of Together In Song, here, which meant they provided the chords. Since then it was published … Continue reading →

I have looked at this as “At the Cross Her Vigil Keeping”, but not in this translation. This is Stabat Mater in translation by Ronald Knox, which I couldn’t find anywhere so it required typing the whole fifteen verses. More … Continue reading →

I looked at this less than a year ago in Catholic Worship Book I, and I thought I might find a retention of archiac language here, and yes, John de Luca has kept the older wording. I did refresh my … Continue reading →

I’ve got nothing… This is a chant setting of the Benedictus (Luke 1:68-79) arranged by John de Luca. I hope it is useful.