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More TAIZE from Gather 3rd ed, this time for Easter. The words and music are credited to the Taize community, but other sources say it is Jacques Berthier as usual. G3 has English, Czech, Polish and Croatian verses. The Czech … Continue reading →

Gather 3rd ed. has this TAIZE chant as one of its selections for Good Friday. It is an adaptation of the evening prayer and is also suitable for Lent and Palm Sunday. The tune is by the community. GIA will … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 146 (McKenna) Praise the Lord who heals the broken hearted. Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83   Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) CWB II 592 Thanksgiving: Seek Ye First (Lafferty) … Continue reading →

Gather 3rd ed lists this as for Holy Thursday, but it has more general Eucharistic applications. The text is by Herman G. Stuempfle Jnr. It is set to SOUTHWELL. They suggest the verses should alternate between cantor and assembly, but … Continue reading →

Francis Patrick O’Brien gets a lot of selections in Gather 3rd ed. This is his Holy Thursday song and it goes forever (twelve verses) so you’ll get lots of foot washing done. Is it a lovely gentle tune. There is … Continue reading →

In my survey of Gather 3rd ed, I am in the section of music for specific celebrations and I’m just doing those songs that I haven’t already blogged from other collections. Holy Thursday gets this song that faces stiff opposition … Continue reading →

This is a Scott Soper song for Palm Sunday. The assembly does the chorus and the verses are call and response with a cantor. It would still sound OK with the assembly doing it all – I don’t think the … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Us In (Haugen) AOV 1/12 Psalm 94 (McKenna) If today you hear his voice, harden not your heart. Gifts: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 Communion: Lord, to Whom Shall We Go (Herry) AOV 1/6 Thanksgiving: Seek Ye First (Lafferty) … Continue reading →

Gather 3rd ed. continues with music for specific celebrations with a song that is what is says, by Rory Cooney. It is singable and meant to be call and response between the cantor and assembly. That makes some sense if … Continue reading →

I’ve finished the songs for Lent that were new to me from Gather 3rd ed in plenty of time with this one with a text by Thomas Troeger and set by William P. Rowan. There is an introductory stanza followed … Continue reading →