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This is title track from Wildfire Proclaim Lismore‘s latest EP, Kingdom Come. As a youth ministry they make songs primarily for that segment of the church but they are great songs in any case. This one is a performance piece … Continue reading →

This is the next song from Wildfire Proclaim Lismore‘s latest EP, Kingdom Come. This lovely song of encouragement is ideal for school settings. I’m not making backings because they only have chords charts, but listen to their clip and play … Continue reading →

I’m going to take a sharp turn from all the hymnal archeology I’ve been doing and publicise some recent achievements of Catholic youth, specifically, Proclaim Lismore Wildfire. They describe their mission thus: Proclaim Lismore Wildfire, or ‘Wildfire,’ is a contemporary … Continue reading →

This is a new Marian hymn that is sincere and singable and written by Brigid McNally. I often say here that I have trouble with songs about Mary due to my Protestant upbringing, but this is good. The sheet music, … Continue reading →

Payl Taylor’s Mass of St Francis is a very popular setting in Australian churches. There were six settings recommended initially and this was one of three that were playable in a typical suburban church. It was one of two we … Continue reading →

This is the last song from the Praise to God parish hymn book I’ll be doing for now. There are others to cover, but I was looking at ones derived from smaller collections that I am unlikely to ever cover … Continue reading →

This is 60s folk song that the Dominican’s Praise to God parish hymn book got from the Young People’s Folk Hymnal, who presumbaly got it from the Franciscan’s release by Sebastian Temple. Mary at Godsongs is all over the Folk … Continue reading →

This is more folk mass loveliness from Sebastian Temple that made it into the Praise to God parish hymn book. Temple has a very similar fingerpicking style to Paul Simon so I assume they learnt it from the same English … Continue reading →

The last collection that I will look at that was used in the Praise to God parish hymn book takes us back from obscurity to the American mainstream with the Young People’s Folk Hymnal Volume 1. This was a WLP … Continue reading →

This is a song based on Colossians 3 by Father Jim Cosgrove. It was the title track of a 1985 collection and apart from that I can find nothing about this song anywhere. He cowrote the song with G. Quaglio. … Continue reading →