Erica Marshall’s hymn is subtitled, “A Blessing Song for God’s Mercy on Those in Grief” which says it all.
You can hear an instrumental snippet at Willow where you can purchase the sheet music.
This is my backing for learning purposes:
May the love of God and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ
Bless and console us and gently wipe each tear from our eyes.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, in the name of the Holy Spirit.
© 1994 Erica Marshall. Published by Willow Publishing.
Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71
Psalm 65
Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Alleluia.
Music by Amanda McKenna
Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115
Communion: I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126
Recessional: Sing to the Mountains (Dufford) AOV 1/92
Entrance: Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) AOV 1/156
Psalm 32
Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
Music by Amanda McKenna
Gifts: Bless Our Gifts (Grant) AOVD
Communion: Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV 1/164
Recessional: All You Works of God (Haugen) AOV 1/19
Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48
Psalm 22
The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.
Music by Amanda McKenna
Gifts: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/160
Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33
Recessional: Alleluia! Love is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart)
Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) AOV 1/16
Psalm 15
Lord, you will show us the path of life.
Music by Amanda McKenna
Gifts: O Sacred Flame (Marshall)
Communion: Emmaus (Alonso) AOV NG 41
Recessional: Jesus is Risen (O’Brien/Ogilvie)
Entrance: Alleluia No. 1 (Fishel) AOV 1/15
Psalm 117
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
His love is everlasting.
(Music by Amanda McKenna)
Gifts: I Have Seen the Lord (Hurd) AOV 1/98
Communion: Bread of Heaven (Manibusan-Hart)
Recessional: Alleluia! Love is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart)
John Coleman is producing lovely church music in a folk idiom. This song, written with his late friend, Noel Davis, is a homage to John Henry Newman’s poem.
The sheet music can be purchased at Willow.
You can hear John’s version at Bandcamp.
Lead, lead O kindly light, lead thou me on O lead,
Lead O kindly light, lead thou me on.
Amidst this circling gloom I place my trust in you.
O lead thou me on.
Lead, lead O kindly light, lead thou me on O lead,
Lead O kindly light, lead thou me on.
My soul yearns for you, God of my life,
O lead thou me on.
Lead kindly light,
Lead kindly light,
Lead kindly light,
Lead kindly light.
© 2022 John Coleman and Noel Davis.
Published by Willow Publishing.
I really like Chris Currie’s music for this adaptation of a very old text. It is calming and refreshing.
You can purchase the sheet music and listen to an instrumental snippet at Willow.
He and Peter Grant did the refurbishment of Gerald Manly Hopkins’ poem inspired by Adore Te Devote by St Thomas Aquinas.
The Latin with translation for the Aquinas text is here.
Mary at Godsongs has the details on the Gerald Manly Hopkins version.
I made my own backing:
1 Jesus loving myst’ry, whom we do adore,
Though veiled from our senses, bread and wine no more.
Christ our souls are yearning for your healing power.
We are lost in wonder at the God you are.
2 Seeing, touching, tasting are in us deceived:
So we trust our hearing, your word is believed.
That God’s son has told us, we now take as true.
You yourself speak truly or there’s nothing true.
3 On the cross your Godhead gave no word or sign,
Truly human nature hid the true divine.
Both are our confession, both are our belief.
And we pray the faith prayer of the dying thief.
4 We are not like Thomas, wounds we cannot see,
But can surely name you Lord and God like he.
Deepen our faith daily, in this mystery,
Ever draw us closer to love perfectly.
5 Bread and cup remind us of you crucified.
Eucharist the life of us for whom you died.
Give your life to us now; feed and feast our minds,
In the loving union we are meant to find.
6 By this sacrament, Christ, shape our lives in yours.
May our daily living be love that endures.
Some day may we see you in your glory bright,
Joining saints and angels in your love and light.
Adapted by Chris Currie and Peter Grant
This is an enjoyable Advent song from David MacGregor. You could use it one verse at a time for each week (hope/peace/joy/love) or just sing the whole song.
It can be purchased at Willow.
In this time of waiting we will sing of hope
Hope in Jesus who alone makes whole
In our expectation we will sing of hope
Hearts of longing we will sing of hopeIn this time of waiting we will sing of peace
Peace in Jesus: Saviour, Prince of Peace
In our expectation we will sing of peace
Hearts of longing we will sing of peaceIn this time of waiting we will sing with joy
Joy in Jesus: darkness won’t destroy
In our expectation we bring sing with joy
Hearts of longing we will sing with joy.In this time of waiting we bring hearts of love
© 2019 David McGregor Published by Willow Publishing
Peace and hope and joy bound up in love
In our expectation we bring hearts of love
Hearts of longing we bring hearts of love
I’ve found a song not by Patricia Smith at As One Voice. This is seriously good folk song about prayer from John Coleman and Noel Davis. It is probably best as a solo. Songs as nice as this make a good case for revisiting the Willow site for new songs and new artists frequently.
The sheet music can be purchased at Willow. You can listen to John Coleman sing the song at Bandcamp.
The sheet music has a lengthy instrumental before the repetition of the words, presumably for contemplative prayer.
In the silence, we hear music.
In the stillness, we dance your prayer and our prayer comes alive
As we lose ourselves in the dance.
© 2022 John Coleman and Noel Davis. Published by Willow Publishing
