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This one sounds like an amalgam of psalms. In our current debased world I don’t think these words are very singable. For some reason I skipped it when doing the Praise to God parish hymn book, so I will include … Continue reading →

I looked at this song many years ago, because it was in a folder of copied songs from the parish at which I played. It had been heavily amended and had no attribution. I thought it was by Brian Boniwell, … Continue reading →

This is a song for Eucharist by Brian Boniwell that was sung by Father Paul Gurr on his album, The Comforter. It has a fair old range that is probably too much for an assembly. I’m racking my brain to … Continue reading →

Some time ago I came across a collection called, “The Comforter”, which consists mainly of songs by Brian Boniwell. It accompanied a cassette made by Father Paul Gurr in the 1980s. I haven’t been able to find this sheet music … Continue reading →

This is a song Greg Scheimer sent me which, despite its title, was not written for this year’s Jubilee. I’ll let him fill you in on its origins: Hope of Pilgrims was written in 1966. It was called Pilgrim Song … Continue reading →

After another well prepared and moving morning prayer, we were straight into Rita Ferrone’s second keynote, “Can Liturgy Change the World?” I found her exposition of the assembly’s self offering as participation in the Priesthood of Christ exercised in liturgy … Continue reading →

Day two started earlier and went straight into morning prayer. The next keynote was from Rita Ferrone entitled, “Friends on the Way.” She noted the distinction between tourism and pilgrimage, which was a response to a call to travel to … Continue reading →

The biennial conference was held in Adelaide this year and I was there, at the Hilton Hotel, which is agreeably placed between the Adelaide markets and the Cathedral, both of which came in handy. As usual, the organisation was top … Continue reading →

This is the last song from the hymn section of CWB I that I haven’t already covered elsewhere. As usual there were far more songs to cover than I had thought possible and with a lot of them being of … Continue reading →

CWB was fond of Lucien Deiss and here is another of his songs. The antiphon is based on Luke 15:18 and the ten verses come from various psalms, and are suitable for Reconciliation, Lent, Easter and funerals. The sheet music … Continue reading →