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Music for the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Year C February 15/16th 2025

Listening to the backing for the psalm reminds me that I made these quickly, some time ago just to learn them and I was paying no attention whether the style was suitable. This one isn’t. Entrance: A New Heart for … Continue reading

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Music for the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time Year C February 8th/9th 2025

All but one Australian song, this week. Entrance: Come, Now is the Time to Worship (Doerksen) AOV NG 29 Psalm 137 (McKenna) In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord. Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital Communion: … Continue reading

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Music for the Presentation of the Lord Year C February 1st/2nd 2025

No fourth week in ordinary time this year. This liturgy has only Australian music as we use Paul Taylor’s Mass of St Francis. Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 23 (McKenna) Who is this king of glory? … Continue reading

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Hand It Over

It is the weekend of the Tamar Valley Folk Festival here in George Town, Tasmania, so this is a good day to look at this folk song from David MacGregor of Brisbane, Australia. It is a reflective song that is … Continue reading

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Hallelujah! / Christ the Lord is Risen today

This is David Macgregor‘s joyous setting of Charles Wesley’s Easter text. The sheet music is at his site. Christ the Lord is risen todayLet the whole creation sayRaise your joys and triumphs highSing now, heaven, and earth reply Hallelu, hallelujahHallelu, … Continue reading

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Growing Up With Jesus

I’ve hit a rich vein of children’s songs by Brisbane’s David MacGregor. The sheet music is hard to download from his site so I have converted it to pdf and posted it below.

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Music for the Third Week in Ordinary Time Year C 25th/26th January 2025.

This is also Australia Day. Entrance: One Body In Christ (McKenna) AOV NG 102 Psalm 18 (McKenna) Your words, Lord, are spirit and life. Your words, Lord, are spirit and life. Gifts: Blessed Be Our God  (McKenna) AOV NG 13 … Continue reading

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Music for the Second Week in Ordinary Time Year C 18th/19th January 2025

Entrance: A Place at the Table  (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1 Psalm 95 (McKenna) All proclaim God’s marvellous deeds to all the nations. Gifts: One Body (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/146 Communion: From the Many Make Us One … Continue reading

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Got to Be Trusting

I’m in a run of children’s songs by David MacGregor from Brisbane, Australia. It a sweet song of reassurance for bad times, urging trust in God. The sheet music is one of his older ones that are hard to link … Continue reading

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God’s Word, God’s World

I’m slowly working through David Macgregor‘s music and I’m still only up to “G”. I’m looking on this one as a recessional – an uptempo song he suggests to be played “moving along.” They key change after the bridge takes … Continue reading

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