Author Archives: maddg

Lent is very early this year so Ash Wednesday is only weeks away. Paul A Tate wrote this song for that very celebration. His text is from the ICEL Sacramentary for the refrain and based on Joel 2:12-18 and 2 … Continue reading →

Entrance: Come to the Water (Andersen) AOV 1/74 Isaiah 12 (McKenna) You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation Gifts: Springs of Salvation (Andersen) Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Thanksgiving: Baptised in Water (Saward; tune BUNESSAN) CWB … Continue reading →

This is a song for Epiphany from The Dameans. The text is by Mike Balhoff and the music by Darryl Ducote and Gary Daigle. The text is here on page three. I can’t find the sheet music other than on … Continue reading →

Just in time for Epiphany I have got to the songs in Gather 3rd ed. for that feast. This is one that I haven’t covered before, with a text by Francis Patrick O’Brien a Boston priest who appears to be … Continue reading →

This is a “Mary” song from Gather 3rd edition. The text is by M.D. Ridge and set to THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS a traditional Irish tune. The text is at Cantus Mundi. GIA sell the arrangement by Michael Joncas. … Continue reading →

Since it is the Feast of the Holy Family this excellent John Bell piece is made for today. The text is here. This is another that GIA only seems to sell for handbells these days, although they do have this … Continue reading →

Entrance: We Three Kings Psalm 71 (McKenna) Lord, ev’ry nation on earth will adore you, will adore you Gifts: Star Child (Shirley Erina Murray – Carlton R. Young) AOV 2/43   Communion: The First Noel Thanksgiving: Born in the Night … Continue reading →

Entrance: Joy to the World Psalm 104 (McKenna) The Lord remembers his covenant forever. Gifts: What Child is This? Communion: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Thanksgiving: Away in Manger Recessional: Angels We Have Heard on High

This carol from Trinidad might be suitable for a children’s Christmas pageant. The text is here. Musicnotes will sell you the sheet music – GIA only had a handbell arrangement.

I’m still trying to get all the Christmas songs that I haven’t already covered elsewhere from Gather 3rd ed. before Christmas arrives. This is a lovely song with a text by Sylvia G. Dunstan and set by Bob Moore. There … Continue reading →