Author Archives: maddg

This is a choral song for the Holy Family and Christmas from OCP, that they have added to Breaking Bread for 2026. It was written by Angela Birkhead-Flight who suggests it as a wedding song. It’s a simple text and … Continue reading →

This is another new song for 2026 in OCP’s Breaking Bread with a text by Owen Alstott and a setting by Rick Modlin. OCP describe it thusly: This new text by Alstott is full of social justice concerns and the … Continue reading →

Tom Booth has written a song for Gifts and Eucharist that has been added to Breaking Bread by OCP for 2026. It is a simple song with an impressive bridge. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the … Continue reading →

This is another Dan Schutte song that has made OCP’s list for Breaking Bread in 2026. It is a song imagining the vigil of Mary Magdalene at Christ’s tomb. It is a conversation between the Magdalene and Jesus so I … Continue reading →

This is a setting of Horatius Bonar‘s venerable text using THE MOREEN a traditional Irish tune. It has been added to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2026. Growing up a Presbyterian I sang a lot of this Scotsman’s words but not … Continue reading →

After putting up a Worship Now psalm by Gabriel Wanous yesterday I recalled that they also had a free offer on this psalm for The Presentation of the Lord earlier in the year. Alas that has expired but it is … Continue reading →

Back to the 2026 Breaking Bread selections from OCP for 2026. This is by Dan Schutte and is described as a “stirring, patriotic tune”. If it meant to be about the USA, as an outsider looking from across the Pacific … Continue reading →

I used a free offer from Worship Now for the sheet music of the Psalm for this week, the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. Worship Now have modern American Catholic music and if you go there now … Continue reading →

Somehow it appears I have never blogged this Frank Andersen folk classic that we are singing tomorrow. How is this possible? You can buy the sheet music at the MSC site. I lazily imported an ancient MIDI of mine into … Continue reading →

This is a very recent text and tune in a very traditional mode. It was added to Breaking Bread for 2026 by OCP. The words are by Lynné D Gray and set here by Daniel Partridge. It’s a lovely tune … Continue reading →