Author Archives: maddg

I am torn between my revulsion of nationalism, or worse, patriotism, being anywhere in a catholic liturgy and being glad that not every hymn is from the northern hemisphere and ill suited to Australia. Being by the wonderful Michael Herry … Continue reading →

On Michael Herry’s site he calls this a “Hymn of Trust”. The words and sheet music are there as well. He also has a version by the Marist Singers on this site. His site says the text of the refrain … Continue reading →

This c19 text with obvious liturgical uses is by George Washington Doane. CWB II has Becket G. Senchur’s modernised version (no “thees”), but this makes the tortured yoda style syntax look worse. With archaic language the sentence structure is probably … Continue reading →

This song by Lucien Deiss uses Luke 15:18 as the basis for the antiphon and Psalm 51 for the verses. I gather it is used at funerals. The text is here. The sheet music can be purchased at WLP. My … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 145 (McKenna) Praise the Lord my soul! Praise the Lord my soul! Gifts: The Cry of the Poor  (Foley) AOV 1/83 Communion: Come to the Table   (Burland) AOV NG 33 Thanksgiving: … Continue reading →

I should have mentioned that CWB II is alphabetical by first line not title so this song is near the end, as its first line is “With every mountain.” I was going to say this is a more recent song … Continue reading →

Continuing the pattern of fairly recent texts to old tunes is this hymn, especially relevant for Advent, by James Quinn, which is set to LEIBSTER JESU (c17). The text is here and there are nice appreciations of the author and … Continue reading →

My survey of the songs from Catholic Worship Book II that I haven’t already covered is nearing the end. I am up to this song with a text by Christopher Idle based on Ecclesiasticus 1 according to CWB II and … Continue reading →

This is delightful song from M.D. Ridge and with gathering, baptismal and sending forth verses it is liturgically useful as well. It is available to purchase from OCP and the text is in their preview. It is in my copy … Continue reading →

This is Ubi caritas est vera set to chant mode VI. This site gives the Latin text and an English translation. You can hear it in Latin here.