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More bird song! This is a beautiful and singable song from Bob Hurd that has lots of liturgical uses – healing services, times of trauma etc. It can purchased for download at OCP. You can hear the original at Bob … Continue reading →

I’m in Spirit & Song Vol 1’s Prayer and praise songs and am up to Ken Canedo‘s adaptation of Psalm 139. While it is certainly singable by an assembly it still is probably best as a solo devotional. The lyrics … Continue reading →

This is a very beautiful solo devotional piece with lots of long held notes and short trills that make it less suited for assembly use. It is by Twila Paris and has a swelling bridge and a big key change to … Continue reading →

Entrance: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164 Psalm: Lord Send Out Your Spirit (Zsigray) Gospel Acclamation: Halle Halle Halle (Unknown) AOV 2/46 Gifts: Holy Spirit Come (Mangan)  AOV NG 67 Communion: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Lord … Continue reading →

This is a fun, if lyrically simplistic, reggae song written by a committee.  The lyrics are by Tony and Lynn Melendez and Augie and Dawn Leal with music by Tony Melendez and Augie Leal. The text is at spiritandsong. I … Continue reading →

This song by Steve Angrisano and Tom Tomaszek has verses based on a prayer by St Francis and a chorus that isn’t. It is singable but best as a vehicle for private prayer rather than a communal rite. I suppose … Continue reading →

This is essentially an uptempo chant by Tom Tomaszek that rocks along nicely and is not too hard to sing. It is a beatitude from Luke 11:28 or maybe Ps119. The text, which is just repeated for as long as you … Continue reading →

This is a song by Rich Mullins that I have heard about for years but never actually heard until now. In Mullins’ sadly short life he wrote some pretty good songs, some of which come up soon, but I doubt … Continue reading →

I’m blogging Spirit and Song Vol 1 and have got to the section called Prayer and Praise songs. That means that these songs are less likely to have a liturgical function and are more likely to be solo vehicles. If … Continue reading →

Entrance: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76) Psalm 47 (O’Brien) God mounts his throne with shouts of joy; A blare of trumpets for the Lord. Gifts: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: Bread Broken, … Continue reading →