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This Patrick Keady song from Emmanuel Worship‘s Revolution collection from the 2000s sounds a bit like a Green Day song. It is a solo vehicle that goes very high and involves a bell solo of all things, but is mostly … Continue reading →

This is another gathering song for a youth rally from Emmanuel Worship‘s mid 90s collection, Revolution. This one was written by Roby Curtis. This is the voice of a new generation from twenty years ago. It is a solo vehicle … Continue reading →

I’m planning to spend most of the rest of the year going through the astonishing work, The New Living Parish Hymn Book, but as a brief change of pace I am going back to the recent past of 2005-6 and … Continue reading →

This is the last song in Psalms for All Time Vol 3 by Paul Mason. Volumes four and five are planned for those with the stamina to match Mason. The sheet music is at Liturgical Song. This “psalm” is Isaiah … Continue reading →

For Vigil this year, we are doing what we did last year: For Vigil we will use Tony Alonso’s Exsultet and I’m hoping our priest will sing his bit. Last year we had an opera singer booked but she lost … Continue reading →

Our priest likes things quiet and basic for Good Friday, with no music except for Veneration of the Cross and Communion. That is fine with me, except I don’t think we should have communion on Good Friday. Behold the Wood … Continue reading →

The music for the Triduum is not going to change without a good reason. Entrance: Glory In The Cross – Holy Thursday (Schutte) Psalm 115 (Mason) Our blessing cup is a communion with the blood of Christ. Washing of Feet: … Continue reading →

This is Isaiah 12, which can be used as the “psalm” for the Baptism of the Lord Year B, as well as Easter Vigil and Sacred Heart (B). For some Australian Catholics, we can only hear Frank Andersen’s lively chorus, … Continue reading →

We will likely go with the same music liturgy as in the past: Entrance: Blessings on the King (Lynch) Gifts: Glory in the Cross (Schutte) Communion: We Remember (Haugen) Recessional: Jesus Remember Me (Berthier) The psalm response is Psalm 21: … Continue reading →

This is from Daniel 3 and is sung at The Most Holy Trinity Year A. Read the commentary on the YouTube clip below (ie open it in YouTube) to get an idea of the commentary in Paul Mason’s book, Psalms … Continue reading →