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Entrance: Gather Us In (Haugen) AOV 1/12 Psalm 145 (McKenna) Praise the Lord, my soul! Praise the Lord, my soul! Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83 Communion: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG … Continue reading →

This is another late entry for completeness from when I was away. Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 17 (McKenna) I love you Lord, my strength. Gifts: A New Commandment (Unknown) Communion: I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126 Thanksgiving: … Continue reading →

Since I use this blog myself to search for suggestions from three years ago, I’ll catch up with the local suggestions for liturgical music from when I was away, so that in three years time I’ll know what we used … Continue reading →

… I’ll resume in a couple of weeks.

Just when it appears there is nothing but traditional hymns for Advent, CWB II drops this Michael Mangan bombshell. Admittedly it is twenty-three years old already but it was not originally written in Latin so that is a point of … Continue reading →

This is another traditional hymn for Advent. The text is by Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663-1745), translated by Sister Mary of St Philip in 1877. The tune is VENEZ DIVIN MESSIE a sixteenth century French tune that is a 6/8 carol … Continue reading →

I guess if I persist with CWBII I’m going to get an education in the more traditional side of catholic hymnody. This fine Advent song is a nineteenth century translation by Edward Caswall of a ? fifth to ninth century … Continue reading →

I’ve blogged: 237 My Soul in Stillness Waits (Haugen) (in Gather Australia 280 but better set out in CWBII and with chords!) This is another traditional song for Advent from CWBII. The text is from 1671 based on Isaiah 40:1-5 … Continue reading →

I’ve already covered: 234 Come, Lord Jesus, Come (Mangan) 235 Sing Out Earth and Skies (Haugen) This is a newish non rhyming translation from Mount Saint Bernard Abbey of a Latin text, which is somewhere from seventh to tenth century … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged this song because it is As One Voice (1/39). It is also in Gather Australia (277). The arrangement appears identical to that in Gather Australia but wins over that, because it is all on two pages rather … Continue reading →