Author Archives: maddg

This is another song from Proclaim Wildfire Lismore‘s 2025 album, It’s Good to be Alive. Even more explicitly than the other songs in this collection is urges gratitude and optimism. This quiet, thoughtful song was written by Ashlinn de Dassel, … Continue reading →

This song by Daniel Pereira & Laurie Prattis is from Proclaim Lismore Wildfire‘s 2025 album, It’s Good to be Alive. It is a fine ballad for personal reflection, devotions and school use. The chords and lesson plans are their site. … Continue reading →

This is another song from Proclaim Lismore Wildfire’s 2025 album, It’s Good to Be Alive. It was written by Evronia Allan & Eliza Blunn and is a very lovely song by talented young people. Get all the supporting material including … Continue reading →

I think I need a short break from traditional hymnody. I will get back to it. Coming back to the present time and songs written in Australia, it is always good to see what the youth group in Lismore is … Continue reading →

I really didn’t spend much time on Christmas Carols when I came to them when doing the As One Voice hymn books all those years ago, and my backings were… ahem – interesting. This is of course a Christmas staple … Continue reading →

This one is also in CWB II, but as “Hark! a Herald Voice is Calling” and I blogged it here. It is an Advent hymn with the text being Edward Caswell‘s translation of an ancient Latin hymn. Compared to yesterday’s … Continue reading →

This is another hymn set to AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM, but this is a new text to me. That said it is very old: a translation of a C13 text by John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury – when they were still … Continue reading →

The New Living Parish Hymn Book from 1987 compiled and edited by John de Luca, is a collection of mostly traditional hymnary in use in Australian Catholic Church of that era, with many of de Luca’s own arrangements. They are … Continue reading →

When I looked at this hymn previously, I made the mistake of thinking the setting I knew was the one all Catholics knew. Luckily, Mary at Godsongs let me know the wider picture. Still, the New Living Parish Hymn Book … Continue reading →

I covered this C19 hymn in a desultory fashion once before here, but since my home parish is now Star of the Sea, George Town, Tasmania, I really should do a bit more. We are near the Bell Bay port … Continue reading →