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This Monica Brown song must have been in a school liturgy I helped out with – they really wanted my son the drummer so I carried the drums and strummed a bit. You can hear a sample and buy the … Continue reading →

This is a Marty Haugen song that I like but didn’t catch on locally. It is in his “All Are Welcome” collection and I bought that to get “The Hand of God Shall Hold You” and found the Eucharist song … Continue reading →

I came across this song by Bernadette Farrell when going through Spirit & Song looking for new communion songs.  I was initially taken with the text and was pleased to find the tune was just as good. We have used … Continue reading →

This song has always been very popular at our church.  It is by Michael B. Lynch, otherwise known as Ukelele Mike. (To digress, it is a sin not to learn the uke – or to put it another way, buy … Continue reading →

This is a hymn from Bob Dufford SJ, and we used to use the first verse and refrain as the the “Lamb of God” when we used his Mass. It had an odd unbalancing effect because, for some reason, it … Continue reading →

I’m scratching my head to remember this, but it sounds like an advent song and is by Bob Hurd. You can hear a sample and buy the sheet music at OCP. My backing is fake church organ. Refrain Await the … Continue reading →

This is one of the highlights of Holy Thursday liturgies for me.  A song that can be as long as you need to have as many feet washed as you could possibly want.  Dan Schutte has written a devious and … Continue reading →

This is a restrained hymn from Estelle White. We’ve used it a lot but it can be very dreary if not done with care. You can listen to a solo vocals of the song here and here. It was in … Continue reading →

I think we did this for Holy Thursday one year.  It is by Fred Pratt Green and the tune is a waltz version of “The Water is Wide” (O Waly Waly). Listen to a solo vocal version here. You should … Continue reading →

This is a good song that we have sung often by Tom Conry. You can hear a (noisy) version at OCP and buy the sheet music there. This is an enthusiastic version. For some reason this always struck me as … Continue reading →