Entrance: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3
Psalm 96 (McKenna)
The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth.
Gifts: All Is Wonder (Watts) AOV NG 4
Communion: Transform Us (Dunstan) PICARDY
Recessional: Lord, the Light of Your Love (Kendrick) AOV 2/59
Entrance: Sing a New Song (Schutte) AOV 1/80
Psalm 118 (McKenna)
Lord, I love your commands.
Lord, I love your commands.
Gifts: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13
Communion: Old Treasure, New Treasure (Madden)
Recessional: Bring Forth the Kingdom (Haugen) AOV 2/4
Entrance: Holy Wisdom (Duck) BEACH SPRING
Psalm 85 (McKenna)
Lord, you are good and forgiving
Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital
Communion: Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV 1/164
Recessional: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164
I am working through Psalms for All Time, which is now in its second edition as the first volume of a three volume set from Paul Mason. I am working from the the original version and it is an amazing collection of musical ideas backed with erudition – go buy it.
This is the psalm for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B as well as a seasonal psalm for Lent. It has an obvious use for Reconciliation and would be fine for funerals. The text is in your missal or as set by Kate Keefe here.
I rarely quibble with Mason’s taste but for a song marked Legato Lament, 120 is too fast. You can hear a beautifully sung version at this speed at his site. I prefer the lovely D minor key tunes for the verses, over the more pedestrian refrain in F, although when the second vocal line kicks in makes more sense.
My backings are at ~100/min. I thought the first to fussy, so I did it again. Of course, BIAB is having nothing to do with his intricate piano backing with its expressive bass runs as it just works off the chords, so listen to the version on the website again and focus on his piano part.
This another delightful tune for a psalm setting by Paul Mason from Psalms for All Time.
It is the psalm for the first Sunday of Advent Year A, but Mason also notes its use as a seasonal psalm in the last weeks of Ordinary Time and through Lent and Advent. As a hymn it was historically an entrance song, specifically for ending a pilgrimage, and there is no reason and can’t perform that function now.
If you don’t have it in your missal, it is the same text as set by Kate Keefe here.
This is another song with extra instrumental parts, this time for flute and bass guitar. I also should note once again the excellent commentary for each of the psalms, with historical background and basis for their current use. I haven’t mentioned to date the chord chart for guitarists in the back of the book with the 22 chords he notes as the minimum set to play all the psalms with a capo. I you fudge things you could get away with half that, but it would probably wound his composer soul. Need I note that there is none of this sensible pastoral assistance in CWB II. Perhaps when he has a spare weekend Paul could devise CWB II for guitar!
This is Paul Mason’s setting for this Easter Psalm used at the Vigil and Easter Sunday. He includes the music for the “Alleluia” response as well.
If, like me, you are looking at this more as a hymn, it makes sense for Gifts.
It is from Psalms for All Time, but also available as a single sheet at Liturgical Song.
The text is in your missal but also as set by Kate Keefe.
I made a backing to sing along with on BIAB.
This is the song that we used at St Peter’s, Rochedale, that alerted me to the (pretty obvious) idea that even if you didn’t have the cantors to use Mason’s psalms as the responsorial psalm, you could use them as hymns. The wonderful Liz brought this along and it was used a lot, sung through by the assembly. I suppose they are still using it there.
It is the psalm for Holy Thursday, but Mason notes its use for Gifts, Ordination and funerals. He provides an alternative response to use for Corpus Christi.
This psalm is used for Easter Vigil, Pentecost and as an ordinary psalm with the verses varying with each celebration. Paul Mason has provided all the variations in his setting found in Psalms for All Time.
The response is singable by the assembly despite the surfeit of triplets. He worries that each verse has a different tune, so recommends a cantor. They do have the same basic structure though, so just possibly could be sung through by the assembly. It is really is a delightful tune.
The text is in your missal or as set by Kate Keefe.
My backing is the common psalm and Pentecost setting.
This is Paul Mason’s setting for the Third Sunday in Lent Year C, from Psalms for All Time. I am working from the first edition, but you can buy the updated, upgraded version, which is now the first volume of three.
As a psalm, it can be used for Ash Wednesday and Lent more generally. As a hymn, he suggests it for Gifts, which sounds about right.
The text is in your missal or they are same words set by Kate Keefe.
This song is meant to be “joyful and reflective”. Not sure if my backing does both.
Paul Mason’s collection Psalms for All Time (now volume one of three) is still available at Liturgical Song. There are 51 copies left so it would be nice to have him sell out. It is worth the money as a commentary on the psalms alone, but you get his settings with extra instrumental parts as well.
I am looking at these songs more as hymns than just psalms, because we don’t have cantors and we have started using Amanda McKenna’s responses for our psalm needs. Of course, if you have the troops, this series would great for all your psalm needs.
This one is for the fourth Sunday of Easter Year C, but is also a seasonal psalm for Ordinary Time and a natural as an Entrance, especially when there are sheep and flock readings.
If you don’t have the text in your missal it is the same as set by Kate Keefe, whose one woman industrial output is also well worth your attention.
This is my BIAB backing:
