Author Archives: maddg

How lovely that Richard Connolly did a setting of Ubi Caritas. He paraphrased the Holy Thursday liturgy and set it to his tune, JEREMY. The text is here. As One Voice have a sample of the sheet music here and … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Us In (Haugen) AOV 1/12 Psalm 112 (McKenna) Praise the Lord, who lifts up the poor. Alleluia. Praise the Lord. Gifts: Will You Love Me?   (Boniwell) AOV 1/40 Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Thanksgiving: … Continue reading →

This is a refreshing, challenging and simply amazing text from John Bell. The text is here and it is set to NETTLETON. I have several of his songbooks and am only restrained from blogging them by their lack of chords … Continue reading →

This is another newish song that turned up at RS’s parish by Ricky Manalo and Bob Hurd. OCP sell the sheet music here and the text is in their preview. There are verses for gathering and Eucharist so pick those … Continue reading →

I’m on the home straight with CWB II, but leaving that for today, this one is from a liturgy as RS’s parish. It is by Bob Hurd and based on Matt 25. It is a gentle song that goes a … Continue reading →

This is Christopher Willcock’s setting of Psalm 25. It is based on The Grail but he appears to have slightly altered some of the words. At this site (scroll down) the antiphon is verse one. Verse one in CWB II … Continue reading →

It is always a joy to have a text by Shirley Erena Murray come up. This song has a timeless environmental theme. It is set to TENDERNESS by Colin Gibson. The lyrics are at Hope Publishing Company along with links … Continue reading →

Entrance: A New Heart for a New World   (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158 Psalm 50 (McKenna) I will rise and go to my father. I will rise and go to my father. Gifts: Be Merciful (Haugen) Communion: Table of Plenty   (Schutte) AOV … Continue reading →

Yet another relatively recent text to an old tune in CWB II. Fred R. Anderson paraphrased Psalm 150 for this c20 text and it is set to DARWELL a c18 tune by John Darwell. The text for this stirring song … Continue reading →

When you take out the hymns available in As One Voice from Catholic Worship Book II you are left with a lot of fairly recent texts to rather old tunes. This is another one is by the very prolific Michael … Continue reading →