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This is David Yackley‘s dance track version of the Beatitudes. The refrain is quite singable for the assembly and while they suggest a choir or cantor for the verses they are only really a challenge of breath. The text is … Continue reading →

Today I have a song that starts “You viper’s brood” if that’s what you need for your liturgy. It is by John Angotti and it is heavy rock that only requires the assembly to sing the title of the song … Continue reading →

This is an epic Aaron Thompson song that answers the question, can you get the “dromedaries of Midian” into a song. You’ll need a versatile cantor and assembly the can take over the melody line of the refrain through two … Continue reading →

The sequence is sung to the tune of “Song of Joy”. Entrance: Hearts on Fire (Mangan) AOV NG 62 Psalm 103 (McKenna) Lord send out your spirit and renew the face of the earth. Gifts: Holy Spirit of Fire (Mangan) Communion: Seed … Continue reading →

I’m back in WLP’s Voices As One Volume 2 for a while surveying any songs that I haven’t already blogged.  If I skip one I’ve already covered it. This is Paul A. Tate‘s update of a text by Charles Wesley. … Continue reading →

Entrance: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76 Psalm 46 (McKenna)     God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.   Gifts: The Fullness of God (Andersen) AOV 2/62 Communion: Bread of … Continue reading →

This is the last David Haas song from Gather Comprehensive I can find that I haven’t already blogged from another source. This is his setting of a text by Borghild Jacobson. It could be used to gather the assembly or … Continue reading →

I’m nearing the end of the David Haas songs in Gather Comprehensive that I have yet to blog from other collections. This charming song has a simple singable refrain for the assembly and verses with enough variation to suggest a cantor.  … Continue reading →

I’ve still got a few stray David Haas songs that have eluded me in other collections but turn up in my copy Gather Comprehensive to blog. This is a Eucharist song with a singable refrain for the assembly in 4/4 … Continue reading →

I’m running out of David Haas songs in Gather Comprehensive but before I do the last couple, here is a psalm setting by Bobby Fisher that Ryan called “quite the production” when used at his parish recently. The refrain is … Continue reading →