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This is another of the Advent songs from Gather 3rd ed. and is based on the “O” Antiphons. It is by Francis Patrick O’Brien. The guitar version plays it capo 3 but since it goes to an E in the … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged this Michael Joncas song here but I thought I’d do a less bonkers backing for it. You can purchase the sheet music at GIA , where the text is in their preview.

This is an Advent gathering song with a text by Delores Dufner and here set by Michael Joncas. GIA sell the sheet music and provide the text in their preview. The tune has more than a nod to THAXTED. I … Continue reading →

CWB II set this Charles Wesley Advent text to STUTTGART, which I blogged here, but Gather 3rd ed. uses JEFFERSON. The tune is from William Walker’s Southern Harmony. There is an arrangement, which you can purchase at GIA, that goes … Continue reading →

This is a TAIZE chant for Advent by Jacques Berthier. The song is a four part canon. There is also a secondary canon of Alleluia’s to add if you head isn’t spinning already. The text is here (bottom of page). … Continue reading →

This uplifting Stephen Pishner hymn for Advent needs an assembly that can syncopate and a cantor with Gospel skills. If you have that in your church go for it. Otherwise it is ideal for a choir. GIA will sell you … Continue reading →

Entrance: O Emmanuel (Mangan) Gifts: O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Neale) AOV 1/174 Communion:  Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Recessional: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness   (Sands) AOV 1/131

Entrance: Emmanuel (Angisano) Gifts: Prepare the Way of the Lord (Boniwell) CWB II 250 Communion:  Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Recessional: The Magnificat (Kearney) AOV 1/52

Entrance: O Emmanuel (Mangan) Gifts: Come to Set Us Free (Farrell) AOV 1/39 Communion:  Praise To You O Christ (Farrell) AOV 1/28 Recessional: A Voice in the Wilderness  (Robinson) AOV 1/60

With Covid 19 pretty much under control in Australia, we have been allowed to double our numbers, which really should get us back to normal. There is still social distancing and extra cleaning measures after Mass, and we still have … Continue reading →