Author Archives: maddg

Throughout Advent we are running the same psalm, “To You O God” and Trish Watts’s “All is Wonder” for lighting the advent candle and Amanda McKenna’s “Blessed be our God” for Gifts. We also have the “Advent Chant” as a … Continue reading →

I was out of the country last week and didn’t get around to putting the music for last Sunday, but the music liturgy team (of which I am part) picked some interesting music, and since advent music is used across … Continue reading →

Entrance: The King of Glory (Jabusch – trad) Psalm 122 Response “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.” from Gather Australia (Willcock) Offertory: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 … Continue reading →

The liturgy team for music have selected these songs for this week: Entrance: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164 Psalm Response: Ps 97 “The Lord comes, comes to rule the earth with justice.” Paul Johnstone from the Catholic Worship … Continue reading →

Amongst the reasons I have been blogging infrequently this year (work,travel etc) is that I have been busy doing the GCTS(Liturgy) at ACU. It is a four unit course (I only did three as I had already done the Sacraments … Continue reading →

The music liturgy team selected these songs for this week. We are currently using the revised Mass of Freedom by Maggie Russell. Entrance: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Psalm 16 response “Lord when your glory appears, my joy will … Continue reading →

I’ll be out of circulation for a few weeks so I won’t be able to approve comments. Geoff  

I have recently been asked to make backings for this Mass and it is being used at the parish I am now attending so I thought I’d have another look at it. It was written and recently revised by Maggie … Continue reading →

Odd things happen. It turns out it is very easy to no longer be a parish musician. We have a new priest who for reasons I won’t be going into here has made it impossible to continue at the parish … Continue reading →

Music for Mass this week: Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm: Forever I Will Sing – Gather 41 Gifts: I’ll Be Always Loving You (AOV 1/82) Communion: Jesus Come to Us (AOV 1/148) Come Back to Me (AOV 1/30) Recessional: … Continue reading →