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This song is pretty much a Christian version of Louie Louie. It is an adaptation of Psalm 103 by a committee comprising Dan Brennan, Marc Cavellero, Kevin Roth and Ken Canedo that makes me wonder how such a simple song … Continue reading →

I’ve moved on to the section on gathering and sending songs in Spirit and Song Vol 2, so hopefully there will be more songs with potential for liturgical use. This is an interesting song that is sung by Kathy Troccoli … Continue reading →

This song by the very talented Sarah Hart and Kevin B Hipp is a reboot of the Magnificat I suppose. There are three verses with different tunes over the same chord progression, a bridge and a coda. The tune has … Continue reading →

Tom Booth wrote this Marian song.  It is a solo vehicle. The introduction is quite pretty but the sung part strikes me as a sappy love song but that’s just me. You can hear the original here. The text is … Continue reading →

I was surprised I’ve never blogged this song by Carey Landry before. I’ve certainly played this at masses in the past. It was one of those songs that had all the subtlety removed in the execution and it is not … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Psalm 18 (O’Brien) I love you, Lord my strength. Gifts: I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126 Communion: Will You Love Me  (Boniwell) AOV 1/40 A New Commandment  (Unknown) Thanksgiving: Only a Shadow (Landry) AOV … Continue reading →

Spirit and Song Vol 2’s section of songs for special occasions offers some selections for devotion to the Virgin Mary (eg the Assumption), the first being Trevor Thomson’s “Arrayed in Gold”. The text is at spiritandsong. It is from his … Continue reading →

This song is listed as for The Trinity in Spirit & Song Vol 2 special occasions songs but that is just part of verse one – the rest has application for reconciliation, Marian and more general applications.  It is a … Continue reading →

This is a modern setting by Timothy R Smith of the old text by Reginald Heber. I sang this as a child to the usual tune NICAEA by John B Dykes and pleasant though Smith’s setting is, I’m not sure … Continue reading →

This has a pretty tune.  It is another song for the saints, this time by Bob Hurd. The text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music can be purchased for download. You can hear the original here. My version has … Continue reading →