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John Michael Talbot’s take on the Magnificat is a lovely restrained folk tune. It is delightful as a solo, but I’ll have to see if YouTube records any assemblies having a go at it (It does – see below). The … Continue reading →

This is Steven C Warner of the Notre Dame Folk Choir’s setting of Psalm 40. Like most of the songs in Voices As One it has liturgical uses beyond just the Sundays when the Psalm is set. The text is … Continue reading →

Paul A. Tate has written a beautiful prayer with a choice of verses depending on the liturgically need – or pray them all. The text is in the sample at WLP where the sheet music can be purchased.

This Ed Bolduc song has lots of liturgical uses (eg Advent) but doesn’t seem to have made much of an impact on the internet. The lyrics aren’t about and the WLP sheetmusic download is for subscribers only. You’ll have to … Continue reading →

I went to Archbishop Coleridge’s first session in a series called “Living Biblically in a Secular World” last Wednesday night. I figured if it was lousy it could be my Lenten penance. It wasn’t. There were some problems, although not … Continue reading →

I can’t see that I’ve ever blogged this song that we will be singing on Passion Sunday. The words are by the famous Australian poet James Phillip McAuley and the tune is Forbes Street by the Australian composer Richard Connolly. … Continue reading →

Entrance: Blessings on the King (Lynch) AOV 1/104 Psalm 22 (O’Brien) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52 Communion:  We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 O Jesus Christ Crucified (Connolly / McAuley) … Continue reading →

This is Ed Bolduc’s adaptation of Psalm 145 but it could easily by a song for Eucharist as well. The verses are designated for the cantor who will need to to do a show tune style leap in “He’s our … Continue reading →

This a versatile song of praise by Twila Paris. It appears to invite repetition until exhausted and can be done in various styles – see below. The text is here. The sheet music can be purchased for download at various … Continue reading →

This is a Steven C. Warner song that has a refrain for the assembly or choir and verses for a cantor.  The melody for the verse has enough subtle changes to make the cantor earn their keep and the refrain … Continue reading →