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This is another song added for Breaking Bread in 2023 by OCP. It is a collection of musical Beatitudes from Ricky Manalo with help for the music from Jesse Manibusan and was written in 2015. It is mostly English but … Continue reading →

This is a lovely laid back song for Eucharist by Curtis Stephan that has been selected as a new addition to Breaking Bread for 2023. The range is a just little challenging and there is a little syncopation and a … Continue reading →

This is an Easter song from Bob Hurd that is added to Breaking Bread for 2023. It is actually quite new. It has a lot of competition in the rousing 6/8 Easter song area but is singable enough. The sheet … Continue reading →

This song added to Breaking Bread for 2023, although it isn’t new, is a gospel styled gathering song that also has verses provided so it can be used a Gospel Acclamation. The music is by Ken Canedo and he had … Continue reading →

I will break my moratorium on US based hymns to look at OCP’s additions to Breaking Bread for 2023. This is one of many hymns based on Micah 6:8, on this occasion written by the wonderful Bernadette Farrell and dating … Continue reading →

Entrance: O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Neale) AOV 1/174 Gifts: Advent Chant (Porter/Kirkland) AOV 2/123 Communion: Blessed One (Thompson) VAO 2/215 Recessional: Emmanuel (Angrisano) SAS 2/290

Entrance: O Emmanuel (Mangan) CWB II 241 Gifts: Like a Candle (O’Brien/Ogilvie) AOV NG 91 Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread  (Horner) AOV 2/155 Recessional: Emmanuel (Angrisano) SAS 2/290

Entrance: Prepare the Way of the Lord (Boniwell) CWB II 250 Gifts: Advent Chant (Porter/Kirkland) AOV 2/123 Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) CWB II 592 Recessional: A Voice in the Wilderness  (Robinson) AOV 1/60

We will take a leaf from my previous parishes practice and use “To You, O God, I Lift Up My Soul” (AOV 2/12 by Bob Hurd) as a seasonal psalm for Advent. Otherwise: Entrance: O Emmanuel (Mangan) CWB II 241 … Continue reading →

I’ll have a break from Shirley Erena Murray for a while after this sung prayer from Alleluia Aotearoa. The text and sheet music are at Hope Publishing. It is set to LITTLE VENICE by Gerald Knight. I got the chords … Continue reading →