Category Archives: Uncategorized

This is another from Chris’s parish, this time by Dan Schutte.  I don’t recall ever doing this song but my memory isn’t so good these days. The text is at spiritandsong and the song can be purchased for download at OCP. … Continue reading →

This blog allows me to learn new hymns that other parishes are using and this is one from Chris’s parish by Ruth Duck. The text is all kinds of wonderful (here) and the old tune Beach Spring is the same … Continue reading →

This is another of Suzanne Toolan‘s Taizé style chants. Each verse sung over the ostinato refrain has a different tune. It also has Spanish lyrics – “Tu Voluntad.” You can purchase the sheet music for download and hear a snippet … Continue reading →

This is another song for solo prayer in a circumstance where it makes sense to the singer.  I don’t think it is one that has general applicability really. It is by Tom Franzak and the text is at spiritandsong. If … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 145 ( O’Brien) I will praise your Name forever, my King and my God. Gifts: Come to Me (Norbet) AOV 1/37 Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33 Seed Scattered and Sown … Continue reading →

This is another fine song for solo use by Rich Mullins in the praise genre. I’m not sure about songs that say “O God, you are my God” but I suppose that is sorta psalmlike. The text is at spiritandsong … Continue reading →

This is a bouncy song by Amy Grant and Wes King that would be best as a childrens’s song. The text is based on Matt 6:33 and can be found here. I couldn’t find downloadable sheet music so you’ll just … Continue reading →

This song by Jesse Manibusan is more suited as a prayer for the assembly than most of the songs in the Spirit and Song Vol 1, Prayer and Praise section. I am bit worried by lots of D notes  to … Continue reading →

Tom Booth‘s setting of Br Charles de Foucauld’s prayer is a reflective song for private prayer. The text is at spiritandsong. For background on the prayer see here. The sheet music is available in several collections at OCP. You can hear … Continue reading →

This song by Leonard E. Smith Jnr is based on Isaiah 52:7. The text is at spiritandsong and the sheet music can be purchased for download at musicnotes. My backing is a bit bluegrass: Lenny Smith’s laid back country version of this … Continue reading →