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Entrance: Canticle of Creation (Watts-O’Brien) AOV NG 20 Psalm 65 (O’Brien) The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest. Gifts: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) Unless a Grain of … Continue reading →

This is a rock song that is certainly in the P&W genre but has potential for liturgical use, in that is singable and emphasises that “we” are coming together. It could easily have been in the gathering song section. The … Continue reading →

I’m nearing the end of the Prayer and Praise songs in Spirit & Song Vol 1 and if I skip one it means I’ve already blogged it. This one is words by Mike Nelson and music by Mike Nelson and … Continue reading →

This is an old Andraé Crouch song that I remember from the 70s.  I suppose it works as a personal testimony but I doubt it works in any other way. The cynic in me thinks that I’m sure he did … Continue reading →

I’m not sure I understand this song by Tom Conroy. Why are the waters beneath us? There is a well for those who are thirsting, for those who are desp’rate, the broken and poor. Where those who drink the waters … Continue reading →

This is another from Chris’s parish, this time by Dan Schutte.  I don’t recall ever doing this song but my memory isn’t so good these days. The text is at spiritandsong and the song can be purchased for download at OCP. … Continue reading →

This blog allows me to learn new hymns that other parishes are using and this is one from Chris’s parish by Ruth Duck. The text is all kinds of wonderful (here) and the old tune Beach Spring is the same … Continue reading →

This is another of Suzanne Toolan‘s Taizé style chants. Each verse sung over the ostinato refrain has a different tune. It also has Spanish lyrics – “Tu Voluntad.” You can purchase the sheet music for download and hear a snippet … Continue reading →

This is another song for solo prayer in a circumstance where it makes sense to the singer.  I don’t think it is one that has general applicability really. It is by Tom Franzak and the text is at spiritandsong. If … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 145 ( O’Brien) I will praise your Name forever, my King and my God. Gifts: Come to Me (Norbet) AOV 1/37 Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33 Seed Scattered and Sown … Continue reading →