Author Archives: maddg

I actually blogged this way back in 2011 because it was chosen to be in AOV NG, but I will highlight it again because it is a lovely wedding song with other applications, and to note it’s availability in Hymns … Continue reading →

One of the lovely things about getting my copy of Hymns & Spiritual Songs Vol 1, is that it appears to be only way to get to know some Australian songs that should be more widely known. The Liturgical Song … Continue reading →

One of the nice things about the APMN conferences is to get hard copies of the sheet music from the booths. I caught up with Paul Mason at the Liturgical Song booth and they have an expanded version for 2025 … Continue reading →

We have a meeting coming up to look at seasonal songs selections for Advent this year. What I would like is the same music across the whole month – laying it on with a trowel liturgy wise. Entrance: Advent Song … Continue reading →

This is the last song added to Breaking Bread by OCP for 2026. It says something that this gentle minor key song for Easter is one of the more uplifting songs added. I can’t really fault any of the songs … Continue reading →

OCP have chosen this Cyprian Consiglio funeral song for Breaking Bread in 2026. Unfamiliar songs like this at a funerals have to be solos, so if that is that you need it may be a useful hymn. The sheet music … Continue reading →

This is Sarah Hart‘s setting (GAUDENS) of the Caswell translation of Aquinas’s Pange Lingua Gloriosi, which has been added to Breaking Bread by OCP for 2026. This ancient communion hymn is especially suitable for Holy Thursday, Corpus Christi and Adoration. … Continue reading →

Looking further at the new entries for OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2026 is this Bob Hurd text. He has set it to Dvorak’s “Largetto” from the New World Symphony. It is a prayer and a lament for a world that … Continue reading →

This is basically a single sentence mantra from Timothy R. Smith that has been added to Breaking Bread for 2026 by OCP. You can leave it as simple a prayer as you like or build it up into a choral … Continue reading →

This is a moving funeral song from Sarah Hart and Francesca LaRosa with inspiration from In Paridisum. It would be suitable as a solo during the ceremony – OCP suggests the Procession out of the church. It was selected for … Continue reading →