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This song with a text by Deborah D. Smith and music by Michael W. Smith is not for liturgy but is the sort of song that makes everyone cry at the end of a school year or for other partings. … Continue reading →

Entrance: God of Day and God of Darkness (Haugen) AOV 1/56 Psalm 137 (O’Brien) Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you. Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52 Communion: Isaiah 49 (Landry) AOV 1/89 Will You Love Me (Boniwell) … Continue reading →

This song is another request. It is a song with lyrics by Dan Schutte and J-Glenn Murray SJ and a tune by Dan Schutte.  The text is inspired by Psalm 8 and has liturgical usefulness as a Eucharist song and … Continue reading →

This is obviously a song for Eucharist by Paul Hillebrand. The text is here, but you might want to look at the sample at WLP where you can purchase the sheet music, to see that the verse are written as … Continue reading →

This is a communion hymn with music by Steven R. Janco. The text is a translation done in the 1800s by John M. Neale of a seventh century latin hymn. It is a non syncopated singable (mostly – one short … Continue reading →

This was a request for a Marty Haugen song for Eucharist. I have it in Gather Australia 197 where it has optional refrains for Advent and Lent. I’m always after good Eucharist songs but this one has a fair old vocal … Continue reading →

This song has a text adapted from the Constitution of the Congregation of the Holy Cross and a tune by Steven C. Warner of the Notre Dane Folk Choir.  I would be very pleased to hear this choir piece as … Continue reading →

John Michael Talbot has written some beautiful songs.  This setting of Psalm 95 isn’t his best as the verses ramble a bit and I don’t really think they suit usual cantoring styles. The refrain is gentle and singable if that’s … Continue reading →

This sounds a fine celebratory song by Paul A. Tate suitable for Easter or other celebratory liturgies. The chorus has overlapping song lines for cantor and the echoing assembly and the verses are listed for a cantor.  That is not … Continue reading →

Entrance: We Are Called (Haas) AOV 2/60 Psalm 19 (O’Brien) Lord, you have the words of everlasting life. Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52 Communion: One Bread One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129 Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166 Recessional: Holy Darkness (Schutte) … Continue reading →