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Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 138 (O’Brien) Lord your love is eternal, do not forsake the work of your hands. Gifts: The Servant Song (Gillard) AOV 2/169 Communion: O God You Search Me (Farrell) AOV 2/31 We Are Many … Continue reading →

Tom Booth wrote this adaptation of Psalm 23 which has been listed as a funeral song in Spirit and Song. It would work as a solo or choir vehicle (using the harmony line in the refrain) in that circumstance, but … Continue reading →

I’ve written a chorus based not on this Sunday’s texts, but on readings from the Assumption: the Beatitude in Luke 11:28 (Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it) and some thoughts from the readings 1 … Continue reading →

This is a funeral song from Bob Hurd. Funerals are hard from a musical point of view. You can accept the fact no-one is going to sing and use a song like this or “Go in Peace” (SAS 2/239) as … Continue reading →

This song by Trevor Thomson is designated for a Sprinkling Rite and is a terrific song, but again the verses are really solo material.  The chorus is fine for the assembly. The text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music … Continue reading →

I’ve discovered these ritual sings in Spirit and Song Vol 2 have their purpose in small print at the bottom of the page. This song by Joshua Blakesley is suggested for RCIA and is a fine pop song. It has … Continue reading →

Well that was fun.  My virus checker decided it didn’t like a BIAB upgrade and crippled the program without telling me. Sweet …all reinstalled and back in business now. This is a special week as it is the parish’s fortieth … Continue reading →

I skipped one Bob Hurd song, “Flow River Flow” because it’s in As One Voice and I’ve already blogged it and here is another Bob Hurd song next in Spirit and Song Vol 2. This is a very nice 6/8 … Continue reading →

This is the fifth week I’ve written a song based on the upcoming week’s readings. This is much shorter and simpler than the previous ones. This folk chant sounds like a ripoff of every folk sing ever written but I … Continue reading →

This is a terrific song by Bob Hurd in a Latin style with one set of verses for gathering and another for sending forth. Oddly it sounds a bit like the bush ballad “Augathella Station”. The text of the refrain … Continue reading →