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Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C May 10th/11th 2025

Entrance: Christ Light, Shining in the Darkness (Grant) CWBII 468 Psalm 99 (McKenna) We are his people, the sheep of his flock. Gifts: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/160 Communion:  To the Table We Are Called (O’Brien/Harvey) AOVD Recessional: Alleluia! … Continue reading →

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Music for the Third Sunday of Easter Year C 3rd/4th May 2025

Entrance: Behold the Glory of God (O’Connor) AOV 1/156 Psalm 29 (McKenna) I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. Gifts: Will You Love Me? (Boniwell) AOV 1/40 Communion: Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV 1/164 Recessional: Jesus is … Continue reading →

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Music for the Second Sunday of Easter Year C 26th/27th April 2025

Entrance: We Walk By Faith (Haugen) AOV 1/63 Psalm 117 (McKenna) Give thanks to the Lord for he is good., his love is everlasting. Gifts: This Blessing Cup (Andersen) Communion: Bread of Heaven  (Manibusan-Hart) Recessional: Alleluia! Love is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, … Continue reading →

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An Australian Christmas Carol PTG 53

I am completely ignoring the many songs that the Praise to God hymnal got from the New Living Parish Hymn Book, because I will look at that collection soon enough, but a collection that was used surprisingly little by the … Continue reading →

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O Father, Take In Sign of Love PTG 243

The last song I will look at in the Praise to God parish hymn book that the editors took from James Quinn‘s New Hymns for New Seasons, is “O Father, Take in Sign of Love”. It was a new text … Continue reading →

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Bless’d Be the Lord Our God! PTG 223

This is one of three songs from James Quinn’s New Songs For New Seasons, that was used in the Praise to God parish hymnal, that I haven’t already covered on this blog. I have already blogged “This Is My Will“, … Continue reading →

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O Praise My Soul, The Lord PTG 135

Another of the collections that the Praise to God parish hymnbook used was Father James Quinn‘s, New Hymns for New Seasons, from 1969. These were new hymn texts often set to old tunes. While that collection is out of print, … Continue reading →

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Hear, O Heavens PTG

This is a much later song from the Weston Priory that was used in the Praise to God hymnal. This is from 1989, so Gregory Norbet was long gone by this stage. Cathy Polinski is noted as a songwriter for … Continue reading →

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We Thank You Father PTG 294

This is yet another song in the Praise to God parish hymn book sourced from Weston Priory‘s Locusts and Wild Honey collection, written by Gregory Norbet. It is a sung prayer. Copyright © (1971), from the recording “Locusts and Wild … Continue reading →

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The Goodness of God Cries Out PTG 102

This is another Weston Priory song with instructions to be “lively” – it seems to be their watch word. Like the others it was written by Gregory Norbet from the collection “Locusts and Wild Honey” and was sourced from there … Continue reading →

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