Author Archives: maddg

Just in time for Christmas, I’ve reached the run of Christmas songs in AOV.  I can’t pretend anyone needs to find out about these songs for the first time and the lyrics are well known, so I’ll just put up … Continue reading →

No, I haven’t forgotten song 165 – all will be explained tomorrow. This song by Jesse Manibusan is very useful and is played often at our church.  We have used it to frame the prayers of the faithful for special … Continue reading →

Bernadette Farrell’s song is a Eucharist song, so always something I’m looking for.  It is awfully slow and would need expert singing to avoid problems I suspect. A version (though not the lyrics as in AOV) can be heard here. You can … Continue reading →

Bob Hurd‘s song is new to me but is very pretty and suitable for baptismal situations.  We would probably use Andersen’s “Come to the Water” or even Rita Baloche’s “Flowing River” but this is worth a listen.  The original can … Continue reading →

Another hymn from Christopher Willcock that sounds as if the the tune is ancient but was published in 1991. The snippet at AOV gives you the idea. It’s not the sort of hymn I’m used to – sort of recent … Continue reading →

An ancient blessing indeed from Numbers 6:22-27 by Stephen Robinson. You can hear a snippet here at AOV. If you feel the need “the Lord” would replace Yahweh. May Yahweh bless you and keep you. May Yahweh let his face … Continue reading →

Another Bob Dufford song from the seventies still in high rotation nearly forty years later. The original can be heard here. Obviously a candidate for any liturgy needing shepherd songs and an alternative to all the Ps 23 settings – … Continue reading →

A hymn from Christopher Willcock, that has a lot going for it, although I dislike the style of singing in the snippet at AOV. It has a lot of words with extra notes in that might prove a bit fiddly. … Continue reading →

This song is extremely popular (& justly so) at our church and sung a lot with great gusto.  It is by Trish Watts and Monica O’Brien. We use it for everything but it works especially well as a gathering song and a … Continue reading →

This is a terrific song from Monica Brown except its in the key of B.  She suggests capo 1 but capo 4 would cheer up the guitarists more I think. I’ve done it at 98 bpm. It would be a nice … Continue reading →