Author Archives: maddg

This is the English translation of the greeting and the absolution from the penitential rite from the Roman Missal. (I cribbed that straight from GIA) Except for the bits written by Rory Cooney. The music is by Gary Daigle. The … Continue reading →

Entrance: Come As You Are (Brown) AOV 1/31 Psalm 24 (McKenna) Teach Me You Ways, O Lord. Teach me your ways. Gifts: Galilee Song (Andersen) AOV 1/15 Communion: We Are Many Parts  (Haugen) AOV 1/86 Thanksgiving:  Christ Light, Shining in … Continue reading →

This is a very lyrical ballad for Lent by Lori True. The verses are just different enough to need a cantor, but the refrain is nicely singable. She provides a harmony line in the verse if you are after a … Continue reading →

This is more for Lent from Francis Patrick O’Brien found in Gather 3rd ed. He has lots of songs in this collection but I’ve never heard any of his songs played in Australia. Maybe I don’t get around enough. The … Continue reading →

Gather 3rd ed. has this song in their section for Lent by their favourite priest song-writer Francis Patrick O’Brien. The verses are in G, the refrain is in E and there are some interesting chords. In places the tune of … Continue reading →

This is another Carol E. Browning song for Lent in Gather 3rd ed. She used The Jesus Prayer as a refrain and the Agnus Dei and Psalm 51 for the verses. The assembly sings the ostinato refrain and a cantor … Continue reading →

Assuming our lock down is only three days and we are back at church next week, we will use these selections. Entrance: Here I Am Lord (Schutte) AOV 1/90 Psalm 39 (McKenna) Here I am, Lord; O come to do … Continue reading →

This Kyrie by Carol E. Browning is allocated to Lent by Gather 3rd ed. I suppose a plea for mercy is especially meaningful in Lent, but a good Kyrie is for year round use. I’ve had no luck finding this … Continue reading →

For Greater Brisbane it is a return to lockdown so no mass this weekend. We have had one case of the UK mutant Covid 19 out and about, so the city and surrounds are under restrictions for now. Hopefully, the … Continue reading →

This is an African American spiritual that is in Gather 3rd ed. and selected by them for Lent. The verse is call and response. I suspect it’s place is for choirs and assemblies where the spiritual is part of local … Continue reading →