Author Archives: maddg

I’m in Gather 3rd ed. blogging music for specific feasts and celebrations that I haven’t already covered in the years of blogging hymns. I’m up to Trinity Sunday and this song whose c19 text by John Marriott was adapted by … Continue reading →

This is a song based on Psalm 104 for Pentecost by Scott Soper. The refrain is singable but the verse has some fiendish pushes and odd intervals to trip up the unwary, so enlist a cantor. GIA will sell you … Continue reading →

When going through large collections of hymns these days I find all the ones that for some reason never got taken up in the churches I’ve played in Australia. The common categories are, female songwriters, otherwise inculturated (Spanish and African … Continue reading →

There are an awful lot of Pentecost songs in Gather 3rd ed. and, surprisingly, a few that haven’t been blogged here yet. This is Veni Creator Spiritus by Rabanaus Maurus (c9) in a translation by John Webster Grant. The tune … Continue reading →

Entrance: The King of Glory (Jabusch) Ritual Song 628 Psalm: Be With Me Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion: Will You Love Me?   (Boniwell) AOV 1/40 Thanksgiving: Merciful God (Bringle/Alonso) Recessional: Jesus Remember Me (Berthier) … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Psalm: Be With Me Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion: Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) AOV 1/35 Thanksgiving: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 Recessional: Holy … Continue reading →

Entrance: Hosea (Norbet) AOV 1/30 Psalm: Be With Me Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 Thanksgiving: Merciful God (Bringle/Alonso) Recessional: A New Heart for a New World   (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158

Entrance: To You O God, I Lift Up My Soul (Hurd) AOV 2/14 Psalm: Be With Me, Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion:  Our Blessing Cup  (Mason) Thanksgiving: Be Merciful (Haugen) Recessional: Bring Forth the Kingdom (Haugen) … Continue reading →

We are learning a new (for us) transfiguration song by Bob Hurd. Entrance: Christ be Our Light  (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Psalm: Be With Me, Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion: I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV … Continue reading →

For Lent this year we will again use “Be With Me, Lord” as a seasonal psalm. We also decided to use “Oh God Why Are You Silent” all through Lent as an offertory. That said, not everything will be written … Continue reading →