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With a minimum of snark from me, let’s see how we are to celebrate the Easter Vigil from the pages of CWB II. I’ll do some of the strictly liturgical elements today. 331-332 The Blessing of the Fire and Preparation … Continue reading →

The very adventurous liturgy at RS’s parish last week included this text by Katherine K. Davis set to a traditional Welsh tune ASH GROVE. It is a song of thanksgiving highlighting God’s majesty through nature. Davis is famous for writing … Continue reading →

RS’s parish doubled down of Laudato Si with a second song from Pope Francis’s encyclical in last week’s liturgy. This one is a recent song by Curtis Stephan. It has seven verses and you can choose those with an environmental … Continue reading →

Before I dive into CWB II’s Easter Vigil, there were three songs at RS’s parish that were new to me that I’ll blog first. This is a recent (2016) Barbara Bridge song that she based on “A Prayer for Our … Continue reading →

This was a fine suggestion at our music liturgy meeting but it doesn’t appear to be under One Licence so that really gets in the way. It is an Offertory song by Sheldon Cohen. It appears to be an OCP … Continue reading →

To note the change of liturgical season we will switch to the second mass we use, Paul Taylor’s Mass of St Francis. Because we know how to sing the response, we usually use the Celtic Alleluia, which is out in … Continue reading →

For the most part these are old hymns in the public domain. When I look at a new hymn book I am looking for something that liturgically useful but fresh and appropriate to the culture of the worshiping assembly. Many … Continue reading →

I’m still in Catholic Worship Book II and looking at the songs they suggest for Good Friday. They are mostly chant and old hymns so, while this is set to PASSION CHORALE, the text is at least fairly recent. It … Continue reading →

This is another setting of the Reproaches in Catholic Worship Book II, this time by Joe Wise. This one has a refrain and verses chanted by a cantor. My people, my people, what have I done to you; or in … Continue reading →

This is Jenny O’Brien’s setting of the Reproaches. She has two sections of chant for cantors and two refrains for the assembly. I’ve done a backing with guessed chords for the first refrain. My people, what have I done to … Continue reading →