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Peter Grant sent me this lovely hymn. It is based on Psalm 5:1-3 and it is a prayerful song with many situations where it would be useful. The sheet music can be purchased at Willow Publishing. Peter has many songs … Continue reading →

Finishing up the additions to Breaking Bread in 2018 is this song for Good Friday, with a text by Genevieve Glen set by Randall DeBruyn. The stirring text is in OCP’s preview. OCP sell the sheet music here.

I’m nearing the end of the songs that OCP chose for Breaking Bread in 2018. This restrained, lyrical song for Eucharist is by Sarah Hart and Robert Feduccia. As a singable communion song it is most welcome. The text is … Continue reading →

This is an old song that was added to Breaking Bread in 2018. The text is a translation of Praecursor altus luminus by St Bede the Venerable from the sixth century translated by John M Neale c19. It is a … Continue reading →

Paul Inwood’s fine recessional was selected for Breaking Bread in 2018 by OCP. The refrain for the assembly is singable, sweet and predictable – in a nice way. The musical interest is in the key change for the verses with … Continue reading →

Entrance: Come to the Water (Andersen) AOV 1/74 Psalm 89 (McKenna) Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! Gifts:  I Give You a New Commandment (Hurd) Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 … Continue reading →

This week marks the end of the Season of Creation. Entrance: Summoned By Love (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/18 Psalm 127 (McKenna) May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives. May the Lord bless us all the days of … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 18 (McKenna) The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart. Gifts:  Blessed be Our God  (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) CWB II 592 Thanksgiving:  I Give You … Continue reading →

This is migrant and refugee Sunday. Entrance: Come As You Are (Brown) AOV 1/31 Psalm 53 (McKenna) The Lord upholds my life. The Lord upholds my life. Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83   Communion: Bread of … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 114 (McKenna) I will walk in the presence of the Lord, in the land of the living. Gifts: We Walk By Faith (Haugen) AOV 1/63 Communion: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG … Continue reading →