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I mentioned this hymn briefly in this post but since it is in this collection I will give it a blog of its own. This is a text based on Psalm 23 with other inspiration from all over the Bible. … Continue reading →

This is a text from forty-three years ago set to a tune one hundred and fifty years old. The words are by Melvin Farrell and have a specific use for Christ the King. It is set to ICH GLAUB AN … Continue reading →

The songs in OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 that I haven’t covered elsewhere are often of a genre not frequently used in Australia (Gospel, Spanish), require cantors, or are archaic. This is the latter. It is a c19th translation by … Continue reading →

I have blogged this Tom Kendzia song years ago when covering the Spirit and Song collections here. I have revisited it because OCP have a simpler, more assembly friendly version in their Guitar Accompaniment Book. They got rid of an … Continue reading →

This is an Advent song with a fine old hymn tune. It is from a Latin original Instantis adventum Dei by Charles Coffin and translated by Robert Campbell. It is set to OPTATUS VOTIS OMNION of unknown authorship but collected … Continue reading →

I missed the music liturgy meeting, which is a shame because we may be heading back to normality (OK a new normal) with no community spread in Queensland of Covid 19. I was going to play at mass last night … Continue reading →

The ongoing quest for an acceptable Palm Sunday entrance song continues. This Cyprian Consiglio song is better than some of the hymns for this purpose I’ve used in the past but its only a maybe. The text is a bit … Continue reading →

Jumping from GIA back to OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005, I find this Advent hymn by Harry Hagen set to CHRISTE SANCTORUM. The text reads like a poem and sounds great without music. OCP provide the text in their preview … Continue reading →

The last of the five songs being provided for a short time by GIA here, is this song by Christian Cosas. It is a WLP song, but they have been swallowed up by GIA. It was the Association of Catholic … Continue reading →

This is another of the “Hymns for Healing” posted by GIA here. GIA provide the text for John Bell’s powerful hymn here. If you are strong enough, you sing it to the tune WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT by Georg … Continue reading →