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Entrance: Pilgrims of Hope (Herry) Psalm 89 (Whittaker) Gifts: This Blessing Cup (Andersen) Communion: In Every Age (Whittaker) AOV NG 77 Recessional: Be Hope (Bryant, Jorna, McNally, Madden)

Erwin Cabucos also sent me his lovely setting of the Hail Mary. The sheet music is available at Sheet Music Plus. I made a backing, with some subtle chord embellishments: He used that to make another vocal version:

I covered as many Jubilee songs as I could find earlier in the year, but Erwin Cabucos has just sent me his contribution, so I will interrupt my slog through CWB I to look at it. He has taken the … Continue reading →

While a lot of the songs I am finding in Australia’s Catholic Worship Book are not Australian, just what was suggested for Australian Catholic Churches largely from England, Europe and the United States, this one has a very Australian pedigree. … Continue reading →

This song from the Morning Office survived into CWB II with a different setting that I blogged here. CWB II used SPLENDOUR, but CWB I chose the traditional tune, DANBY. James Quinn’s text is here. CWB I leaves the second … Continue reading →

CWB goes into a series of “Oh God” prayer/hymns here including this Frederick Herman Kaan text, here set to George Clement Martin‘s CHILTON FOLIAT… not the Beatles’ George Martin. The wonderful people at Hope Publishing provide the text. It is … Continue reading →

This another song that survived in CWB II with a different setting – actually chant, which I blogged here. In CWB I, Frederick Pratt Green’s text for anointing was set to DISTRESS, from W. Walker’s Southern Harmony. The words are … Continue reading →

I have already looked at this text when covering OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book, but in CWB it is set to DAY OF PRAISE instead of the commoner setting of ST THOMAS, and the text has been altered by the editors … Continue reading →

I had high hopes this might be a replacement for “How Great Thou Art”, to which I have an illogical aversion – it screams kitsch to me but is much loved by many. This text is by Michael Saward, based … Continue reading →

Fred Kaan‘s recessional text (actually Frederick Herman Kaan, thank you CWB) did survive into CWB II, but CWB used the commonly associated backing NIAGARA, which was replaced in CWB II with WINCHESTER NEW. Hymnary lists 157 texts set to WINCHESTER … Continue reading →