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This weeks liturgy team have selected these songs: Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Gifts: A New Commandment Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 I am the Bread of Life  … Continue reading →

A Veni Sancte from Peter Kearney in fine folk style. The extract at AOV is a great listen, but I suppose that sort of folk music is out of fashion these days. His website is here. A document from Adelaide … Continue reading →

This is a wedding song by Erica Marshall.  It is basically a solo, but the assembly has a small part to sing and the chorus can be replaced by prayers for the bride and groom. The extract at AOV can … Continue reading →

John Bell’s chant, “Behold, I Make All Things New” would be an interesting recessional. It would be hard to know when to stop, but as it best sung acapella you could keep singing as you leave. The extract at AOV … Continue reading →

Another song from Sandra Sears that you can hear a snippet at AOV or buy as a single download there. It sounds like she is channeling Carl Sagan, which is no bad thing. We’ve never sung it but it would … Continue reading →

This is a very pleasant piece by the late Br Colin Smith. You can buy it as an MP3 or a single sheet or just listen to a sample at AOV. The refrain appears to be from Ps 103 but … Continue reading →

A funeral song from the brother and sister songwriters Maria Millward and Damien Halloran. You can hear a sample and purchase the MP3 at AOV here. This is a professionally written song but designed to be sung as a solo … Continue reading →

I had never noticed how many Wild Goose compositions there were in AOV 2.  This is another from John Bell and Graham Maule. Listen to the sample at the As One Voice website. The two vocal lines are an octave … Continue reading →

The liturgy team for this week has selected these songs: Entrance: God of Abraham (Farrell) AOV 1/137 Gifts: Will You Love Me (Boniwell)  AOV 1/40 Communion: Jesus Come to Us (Haas) AOV 1/148 Here I Am Lord (Schutte) AOV 1/90 … Continue reading →

This song by David Haas is one that we use a lot. It sings easily enough and the assembly sing it well. Listen to the excerpt at AOV. This is a poor quality recording and is a bit slow but … Continue reading →