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Bernard Sexton wrote this song for the Fiftieth International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in 2012. The text is here, although CWB II has five verses and I’ve seen six. Apart from from the range being somewhat too wide for the … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged this text by Frederick William Faber here set to HYFRYDOL. Catholic Worship Book II prefers IN BABILONE. The text has more stanzas than CWB II uses (see here) but those chosen by the editors, which I have … Continue reading →

This is a song for Pentecost with a social justice edge by Brian Wren set to LAUDS by John W. Wilson. I’m sure it has a liturgical fit more generally as well and CWB II is to be applauded for … Continue reading →

I missed the meeting at which the songs were chosen for the next few weeks as I was accompanying my daughter to an antenatal class of all things. So with thanks to the team here are this weeks’ selections. We … Continue reading →

This is a c18 text by Thomas Olivers based an older Jewish original and Rev 4-5. There are many other verses and variations but the text below is as per CWB II. Here it is set to LEONI by Meyer … Continue reading →

This is a typical CWB II hymn. A text from c20, with a tune from much further back in time – here c18. The text is by Bryn Rees and will suit any liturgy with a focus on the Reign … Continue reading →

Back in CWB II is a Delores Dufner text set to MARTYRDOM. GIA have Michael Joncas’s setting and her text is in their preview. This is my backing for the tune used here.

There is no misprint in the title, this is from Catholic Worship Book I. It is also in The New Living Parish Hymn Book 269. It is a charming 70s song for Eucharist from Mark Arnold. Brett was looking into … Continue reading →

I’m nearly in the home stretch covering Catholic Worship Book II. This is a social justice text from the seventies by Fred Pratt Green and set to WAREHAM, an c18 tune by William Knapp. Both the text and sheet music … Continue reading →

Entrance: Table of Plenty  (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Psalm 67 (McKenna) God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor. Gifts: Come To Me  (Norbet) AOV 1/37 Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Thanksgiving: Sing … Continue reading →