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Entrance: Glory In The Cross – Holy Thursday (Schutte) Psalm 115 (Mckenna) Our blessing cup is a communion with the blood of Christ. Washing of Feet: As I Have Done For You (Schutte) Gifts: Blessed Be Our God  (McKenna) AOV … Continue reading →

We have a joint mass for Palm Sunday so no vigil. Entrance: Blessings on the King AOV 1/104 Psalm 21 (McKenna) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Gifts: Glory in the Cross (Good Friday verses) Communion: We … Continue reading →

This is a deep cut from Brian Boniwell that was selected for the Praise To God hymnal. The Dominican Fathers picked five of his songs that were in Father Paul Gurr’s The Lord Delights collection that used some of Boniwell’s … Continue reading →

Way back when the Praise to God hymnal was put together Monica Brown was Sister Monica Brown SGS and making songs for children. Now she has lots of music for adults as well, especially to assist with meditation. This is … Continue reading →

The editors of Praise to God actually used two collections from Sister Miriam Therese Winter. “Spirit of God in the Clear Running Water” and “God Gives His People Strength” were from Joy is Like the Rain, and I have blogged … Continue reading →

I blogged this song by Sister Miriam Winter here, and her version is indeed in the Praise To God hymnal, but the editor Nicolas Falzun OP gave us bonus material with his own setting of her text. It’s an interesting … Continue reading →

This is getting a bit obscure. This song from the Praise to God hymnal doesn’t appear to have been in any sheet music collection and I can only find it as the title track on an album of Australian Christian … Continue reading →

For the remaining song that Praise to God used from Sister Margaret Scharf‘s collection, I Hear You Calling, she took inspiration from Psalm 145. This is case where the editors have made their own arrangement and used their handwritten style, … Continue reading →

The second song from Sister Margaret Scharf‘s book I Hear You Calling that found its way into the Praise to God hymnal, is a joyful Trinitarian text that will just need “Yahweh” replaced with “Father” to be useable. It sounded … Continue reading →

One resource that the editors of Praise to God used when compiling their hymnal, was the work of Australian nuns. They took three songs from the book, I Hear You Calling by Sr Margaret Scharf OP. These makes sense as … Continue reading →