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Blessed the People the Lord Has Chosen

This is also Psalm 33 but with a different response and altered verses. It is Paul Mason’s setting for the Psalm for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C from his Psalms for All Time Vol 3. You can … Continue reading

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Lord, Let Your Mercy Be On Us

This is Paul Mason’s setting of Psalm 33 for the Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A (ie soon) from Psalms for All Time Volume Three – buy the sheet music from Liturgical Song. There are samples of the some of … Continue reading

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Remember Your Mercies, O Lord

This is Paul Mason’s setting of Psalm 25 for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. It is from Psalms for All Time Vol 3, which should be purchased from Liturgical Song – it’s that good. His notes for … Continue reading

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I Love You, Lord

This is Psalm 18 for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A and the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, as set by Paul Mason. Find it in Psalms for All Time Vol 3 at Liturgical Song. I … Continue reading

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You Are My Inheritance, O Lord

This is Paul Mason’s take on the Psalm for the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Year C. It’s still Psalm 16 and he has kept the same interesting but singable tune and the verses are the same as yesterday’s psalm. … Continue reading

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Lord, You Will Show Us the Path of Life

This is Paul Mason’s setting of Psalm 16 for the Third Sunday of Easter Year A. The tune is just about the same as yesterday’s psalm. It is from Volume 3 of Psalms for All Time. Buy this collection of … Continue reading

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Keep Me Safe, O God

I’m starting on Paul Mason’s third collection of psalms, Psalms for All Times Vol 3. Go and buy all his psalm books at Liturgical Song. You get the texts, his amazing music and extensive commentary, as well as the fun … Continue reading

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Music for Lent 2026

It’s Ash Wednesday already… I’d like to to keep the same songs running throughout Lent. Entrance: Merciful God – Entrance (Alonso) Gifts: All the Hungry (Doherty) Communion: Coming Home (Kirkpatrick) Recessional: Hope in Love (Bierer, Deegan, Hart, Lynch, Watts) While … Continue reading

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Lectionary Wars

There are new Lectionaries that have either arrived or are coming for the English speaking Catholic world. England has theirs already using the ESV-CE translation for the readings, the USA is going with the Catholic American Bible (natch) when they … Continue reading

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The (Home of the) Nazarene Song – Come Follow Me

Blame Mary for this one. In the context of church songs that may have become country standards, she directed us to this song by Fr. Eamonn (Eddie) Bheartla Ó Connaighle. It is a proper Irish folk song. The background for … Continue reading

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