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Fiona Dyball devoted a section of her talk on “road tested repertoire for prayer services at Catholic Secondary Schools” in 2018 to Taizé. She notes you can purchase then for download at their website, but good luck sorting through that … Continue reading →

I’m expanding on Fiona Dybell’s presentation she gave in 2018 looking at “road tested repertoire for prayer services at Catholic Secondary Schools”. Who Will Speak by Marty Haugen (there is a misprint on the handout – it’s not by Bernadette … Continue reading →

Continuing with my amplification of Fiona Dyball’s presentation: O God You Search Me by Bernadette Farrell. Dyball suggests this for wonder, God’s love and trust. The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP (NB the … Continue reading →

Fiona Dyball’s notes for those playing along at home. I Will Choose Christ by Tom Booth This is a sung prayer on the theme of discipleship. The text is here and you can purchase the sheet music at OCP. Like … Continue reading →

Looking further at Fiona Dyball’s presentation of road tested repetoire of music for prayer and devotion there is: Fill Us Up by Fr Rob Galea Dyball notes this to be a prayer about God’s love, which is fair enough. The … Continue reading →

Last November I latched onto Fiona Dyball’s presentation at the APMN conference, “Singing the Sacraments”, and expanded it into some posts here. I found another of her presentations looking at “road tested repetoire”, this time for prayer services at secondary … Continue reading →

I’ll finish this run of Lenny Smith songs with this one, that would work for a Sprinkling Rite or Baptism. This is is an easy flowing(!) song in a country style. The text is simple and direct like many of … Continue reading →

This Lenny Smith song goes all the way back to 1976. It is based on Colossians 1:25-27. The verse in in D, but the refrain goes to Am, which is quite the modulation. The sheet music can be purchased here. … Continue reading →

I’ll do a few more Lenny Smith songs before venturing elsewhere. This is a fine adaptation of Psalm 42:5-11 and a sung prayer for times of distress. The sheet music can be purchased here. 1 Hope thou in God, O … Continue reading →

This is a sweet song of praise from Lenny Smith, firmly located in its American setting – birds flying south etc – you get used to things being the wrong way round in songs when you live in the southern … Continue reading →