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I’ve blogged this one many years ago, here, but I’m posting it again in the context of this collection of mantras from Monica Brown, Holy Ground. This is a lovely song for Confirmation and Pentecost, with the beautiful solo verses … Continue reading →

You’d think puting up simple mantras would be nice and simple, but not with Monica Brown. Her penchant for changing time signatures every bar makes it rather tedious to make a Band in a Box backing, yet when you hear … Continue reading →

This mantra from Monica Brown’s Holy Ground, can be done simply as a personal prayer or expanded into many descants and harmonies as in her clip below. You can buy the sheet music collection at Emmaus for $A5. All praise, … Continue reading →

I am working though a book of mantras by Monica Brown called Holy Ground. This site has background on the meaning of “Shekinah” and helpfully also has the lyrics of this song. The sheet music can be downloaded for almost … Continue reading →

Entrance: Come to the Water (Andersen) AOV 1/74 Psalm 28 ( McKenna) The Lord will bless his people with peace. Gifts:  Baptised in Water (Saward; tune BUNESSAN) CWB II 99 Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared (Horner) AOV 2/155 Recessional: Springs of … Continue reading →

Entrance: We Three Kings Psalm 71 ( McKenna) Lord, every nation on earth will adore you, will adore you. Gifts: Star Child (Shirley Erina Murray – Carlton R. Young) AOV 2/43   Communion: The First Noel – verses 3-5 Recessional: Joy … Continue reading →

Entrance: Joy to the World Psalm 127 (McKenna) Happy are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Gifts: What Child Is This Communion: Summoned by Love  (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/18 Recessional: Angels We Have Heard On High

A long time ago in a parish far far away a liturgy team put together the Christmas liturgy of all time. Instead of a few hoary old carols there was a pre-mass extravanganza of readings and marvellously selected songs like … Continue reading →

This is another of Monica Brown’s mantras that indulges her skill in mixing up time signatures. It is a sung prayer for private contemplation that would still fit in liturgy. You can down load the whole sheet music collection, Holy … Continue reading →

This Monica Brown mantra from Holy Ground, is based on Luke 23:46. You can buy the sheet music for almost nothing at Emmaus. She is very fond of changes in time signatures in these mantras but it seems to work. … Continue reading →