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This is a rather obscure Peter Kearney song from 1987 from the album Songs of the Lord’s Travellers, that was selected for the Praise to God parish hymn book. It is a lovely restful tune, but I can’t find it … Continue reading →

While they sourced the anonymous song, ” I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” from the collection, Songs of Praise from the Word of God movement, the Dominican Fathers showed they knew how to play the game by transcribing their own … Continue reading →

The Praise to God parish hymnal found some of their material in collections like Songs of Praise from the “Word of God” movement in the USA. This song by Donald Kopinski is an adaptation of Isaiah 60, oddly enough. It … Continue reading →

The editors of the Praise to God parish hymn book found another Peter Kearney somg for their book, this time from the eighties and his collection, “Signs of Hope”. This one is a Irish sounding sung prayer and you can … Continue reading →

In 1977, the monks of Weston Priory were still in folk mode and singing songs by Gregory Norbet. This song, from the album Spirit Alive, was chosen to be in the Praise to God parish hymnal. The text is at … Continue reading →

This was another Peter Kearney selection from way back in 1966 that was used by the Praise to God parish hymn book. You can hear his version and his updated lyrics at his bandcamp site, where he provides some background … Continue reading →

Peter Kearney had been famous in the Australian Catholic music scene long before he had songs collected for this hymnal – the Praise to God parish hymn book. The editors selected three songs from Kearney’s album, Songs of Brotherhood from … Continue reading →

There is another Willow song from before As One Voice that was collected by the Praise to God parish hymnal and it is Trish Watts and Monica O’Brien’s, “One For Others” from the album Take Shelter. Even though this is … Continue reading →

This is Marian song with music by Trish Watts and lyrics by Monica O’Brien from 1984, so Willow before As One Voice again. It was in Trish Watt’s colletion, Prophets of Hope, and was selcted for the Praise to God … Continue reading →

This is another very early song from Trish Watts that came from her collection, Prophets of Hope, that found its way into the Praise to God parish hymnal. While that collection is long out of print, the sheet music for … Continue reading →