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This is a communion song by Steve Angrisano and Tom Tomaszek. It is reasonably singable despite the syncopation and key change but I don’t think I want to use it. It’s not the singing in God’s voice problem, I just … Continue reading →

This is gentle communion hymn from Bobby Fisher. It has instrumental interludes and a key change for added interest if desired, but it a reasonable enough effort in plain vanilla mode as well. It’s nice that a hymn from the … Continue reading →

I’ve reached communion songs in Spirit & Song Vol 1 and I’m hoping that there are gems to be discovered in the songs that weren’t selected in the As One Voice Collections. “As One Unknown” is an excellent hymn but … Continue reading →

Entrance: Alleluia No 1 (Fishel) AOV 1/15 Psalm: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 (as response) Gifts: I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126 Communion: One Body (O’Brien- Watts) AOV 2/146 Song of the Body of Christ (Haas) AOV 1/27 … Continue reading →

This recessional by Paul Hillebrand has a lot going for it but it does require a cantor for the call and response verses. The text is at spiritandsong. It can be purchased as part of the “Songs of the Good … Continue reading →

This is as much a show tune as a recessional, but at least this song by Fr Ricky Manalo hasn’t too much trickery to actually be sung with one voice.  Oddly, however, the chorus is harder to sing than the … Continue reading →

Scot Crandel has set a text by Delores Dufner OSB in a gentle funk style for this song. I could be another sending forth song but has a specific intention for mission and ministry. The third verse is more like … Continue reading →

I suppose this is meant to be a recessional but it sounds more a solo vehicle with perhaps a singalong chorus.  It is by Rory Cooney and he has fun finding rhymes for Lord (hoard, bored, sword and horde – … Continue reading →

While I’m still in the gathering and sending forth section of Spirit & Song Vol 1,this song by Tom Booth, Israel Houghton and Matt Maher, for all its merits, is just not suitable for congregational singing.  The two verses and … Continue reading →

I’m still blogging the gathering and sending forth songs from Spirit & Song Vol 1. This song by Jean Anthony Greif is, at least in Tom Tomasczek’s arrangement, a gentle funk setting of the Beatitudes so I’m not really sure … Continue reading →