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Come to Set Us Free CWBII 233

I’ve already blogged this song because it is As One Voice (1/39). It is also in Gather Australia (277). The arrangement appears identical to that in Gather Australia but wins over that, because it is all on two pages rather … Continue reading

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Come, O Long Expected Jesus CWBII 232

It’s too wet to do much else here today, so I might make a start on CWBII in Volume 2 with songs for Advent with this Charles Wesley text that I haven’t blogged before. Fair warning, if I keep to … Continue reading

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The Power of the Spirit by Paul Mason

I’m still looking for a next project, as I have been looking at Australian songwriters and have done some Chris DeSilva, Brian Boniwell, Leo Watt and Michael Mangan. There is an astonishing treasury of Michael Herry songs that are available … Continue reading

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Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 20th/21st October

Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 32 (McKenna) Lord let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd)  AOV 1/58 Thanksgiving: … Continue reading

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Song of Blessing

Michael Mangan closes out his album Setting Hearts on Fire appropriately, with a lovely song for farewell and benediction based on Numbers 6. The sheet music can be purchased at Litmus, where you can buy CDs and even proper backing … Continue reading

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The Love Song

This one is combined recitation and song suitable for weddings. It is found on Michael Mangan’s Setting Hearts on Fire available for purchase at Litmus. It is based on 1 Corinthians 13. My backing is just the sung section twice … Continue reading

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One Body, One People

At this point in Michael Mangan’s Setting Hearts on Fire there are three songs for Eucharist. I have already blogged “Given For You” and “The Bread of Life” so I can move onto “One Body, One People”. Mangan notes that this … Continue reading

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Jesus Our Saviour

I’m still working through Michael Mangan’s wonderful collection Setting Hearts on Fire. He says it this one is a song for “times of sadness, desperation and despair”. Always timely – lament is especially needed now. Jesus Our Saviour Words & … Continue reading

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I Am the Way

This is a song based on John 14 by Michael Mangan, this time in a country style. The sheet music can be purchased at Litmus. The chorus is fine for the assembly but there are enough changes in the structure … Continue reading

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St Theresa’s Prayer

Continuing in Setting Hearts on Fire, this is Michael Mangan’s take on this famous prayer. St Teresa’s Prayer Words & music: Michael Mangan Christ has no body now but mine, No hands, no feet on earth but mine. Christ has … Continue reading

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