Author Archives: maddg

I’m currently in Gather Comprehensive looking for David Haas songs that I have missed from other sources in the past. Here, David Haas has used Joel 2:12-13 and Psalm 51 to craft this moving song for Ash Wednesday and Lent more … Continue reading →

I should have said that we have marked the change of liturgical season by switching back to Mason’s “Mass of Glory and Praise”. We are currently using the Celtic Alleluia as the Gospel Acclamation as we know how to sing … Continue reading →

My survey of David Haas songs from Gather Comprehensive that I haven’t heard before continues with this Christmas song. The text is by Timothy Dudley Smith and here, set by Haas. I know we get used to winter symbolism in … Continue reading →

This is David Haas song for gathering or Advent that is very gentle and soothing. It does start a bit like “Rockabye Baby”, but the text is fine and it singable, although I’d bring the key down from Ab to … Continue reading →

I’m jumping from OCP to GIA for more David Haas songs. I enjoyed blogging the songs he used at the Perth APMN conference last year, which covered his more recent songs. I have already looked at everything from AOV 1&2 … Continue reading →

Entrance: Alleluia, Love is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart) Psalm 117 (McKenna) Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting. Gifts: O Sacred Flame (Marshall) Communion: Song of the Body of Christ  (Haas) AOV 1/27 Thanksgiving: Without Seeing You (Haas) … Continue reading →

My peregrinations found me in Hobart for Holy Thursday and Good Friday and back in George Town today for the Easter Vigil. We were within walking distance of St Joseph’s Church in Hobart and attended there for two well organised, … Continue reading →

This is a robust song for Advent by Gerard Chiusano. It’d got a nice flow and seems singable enough. I’ll give the OCP book a rest again for a while and pick up on something different after Easter. The text … Continue reading →

A wonderful song of praise based on a hymn from the Dakota by Joseph Renville. The text paraphrased by Phillip Frazier is at Hymnary. The tune LAQUIPARLE is named after the mission station on Dakota land. The sheet music can … Continue reading →

This is another stirring recessional, this time by retired Anglican bishop, Jeffery Rowthorn. The wonderful text is at Hope Publishing. It is set to ABBOT’S LEIGH, which I have blogged here. It is also available at OCP. A choral arrangement is … Continue reading →