Author Archives: maddg

My somewhat random look through the collection, Never Too Young, has turned up this rather sweet adaption of a text from St Francis of Assisi, by Rufino Zaragoza OFM. I am skipping many songs because I have done them before … Continue reading →

This an appropriately joyful setting of Psalm 126 by Jaime Cortez. Sometimes singing psalms of joy we may not sound that way, so this is great. The sheet music says 80bpm but I suspect it is 120+. The cantor will … Continue reading →

I am picking a few songs from this collection that might bridge the gap between the OCP songs in AOV and the ones I have caught up on from later updates. This song, aka “O Come and Sing”, is by … Continue reading →

Entrance:  Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Gifts:    Open My Eyes  (Manibusan) AOV 1/166 Communion: Eat This Bread (Berthier) AOV 1/125 Thanksgiving: I Have Seen the Lord (Hurd) AOV 1/98 Recessional: As a Fire is Meant for Burning  (Duck) GA … Continue reading →

Entrance:  Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) AOV 1/156 Gifts:    I Give You a New Commandment (Hurd) Communion: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Thanksgiving: As Gentle As Silence (White) CWB II 580 Recessional: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness   (Sands) AOV 1/131

Entrance:  Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Gifts:    The Beatitudes  (Kearney) CWB II 456 Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Thanksgiving: Be Not Afraid (Dufford) AOV 1/114 Recessional: A New Heart for a New World   (O’Brien/Watts) … Continue reading →

Entrance: Here I Am Lord (Schutte) AOV 1/90 Gifts:   Blessed be Our God  (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: Lord, to Whom Shall We Go (Herry) AOV 1/6 Thanksgiving: The Summons  (Maule-Bell) AOV NG 149 Recessional: Galilee Song (Andersen) AOV 1/15

I have been sent some more liturgical music selections from my former colleagues at St Peter’s Rochedale for which I am most grateful. Entrance: Summoned By Love (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/18 Gifts:   I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126 Communion: Bread of … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Gifts:   We Are Many Parts  (Haugen) AOV 1/86 Communion: One Bread One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129 Thanksgiving: City of God (Schutte) AO)V 1/57 Recessional: Bring Forth the Kingdom (Haugen) AOV 2/4

Entrance: Sing a New Song (Schutte) AOV 1/80 Gifts:   One Body (O’Brien- Watts) AOV 2/146 Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) CWB II 592 Thanksgiving: Sing Out Earth and Skies (Haugen) AOV 2/32    Recessional: Christ be Our Light  (Farrell) AOV 2/3